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Board of Directors Hidden

Karl F. Kurz, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Karl Kurz was appointed on May 11, 2018 as non-executive Chairman of the Board of American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company.

He was initially appointed as an independent member of American Water’s board of directors on February 2015.

Mr. Kurz is a former chief operating officer for Anadarko and also held management positions at Vastar Resources and ARCO Oil and Gas. Most recently, Mr. Kurz served as a managing director of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, a global private equity firm, from 2009 to 2012.

Prior to CCMP, Mr. Kurz spent nine years with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world, last serving as chief operating officer from December 2006 to 2009. He was responsible for overseeing the company’s global exploration and production, marketing, midstream, land, technology and service businesses.

Mr. Kurz also previously served as general manager of midstream and marketing for Vastar Resources, Inc. where he managed the company’s marketing of oil, natural gas liquids, gas and gas processing. He also held management positions at ARCO Oil & Gas Company in several business units including reservoir engineering, production, operations, crude oil marketing, and financial trading.

Mr. Kurz currently serves on the boards of WPX Energy Inc. and SemGroup Corporation. He previously served as a board member of the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Natural Gas Supply Association, Western Gas Partners LP, and Siluria Technologies.

Mr. Kurz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Jeffrey Edwards, Director

Jeffrey N. Edwards was appointed as an independent member of American Water’s board of directors on March 1, 2018.

Mr. Edwards currently serves as a partner and chief operating officer at investment advisor New Vernon Capital. Prior to New Vernon Capital, Edwards capped a 22-year career at Merrill Lynch & Co. as vice chairman, and, prior to that, chief financial officer. His previous positions at Merrill Lynch include Head of Origination, Americas, Head of Global Capital Markets and CoHead of Global Equities. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank as a credit auditor.

In addition to American Water, Mr. Edwards also serves on the board of directors of Raymond James Financial, Inc. and Medusind, Inc., and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Pingry School. He previously served on the policy and finance committees of the board of directors of NASDAQ.

Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree, with honors, in Physics from Haverford College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Martha Clark Goss, Director

Martha Clark Goss began her tenure as a member of American Water’s Board of Directors on October 22, 2003.

Ms. Goss currently serves as the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Amwell Holdings/Hopewell Holdings LLC, a holding company making investments in the health insurance space. She previously served as chief financial officer for The Capital Markets Company, a provider of e-based solutions to the global financial services and capital markets industry, and chief financial officer of Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., a management consulting firm. Ms. Goss also held various senior executive positions with Prudential Insurance Company of America and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.

In addition to American Water, Ms. Goss also serves on several company boards, including Channel Reinsurance Ltd., where she also serves as Chair, the board of the Neuberger Berman Mutual Fund Complex, and Allianz Life of New York. She previously served on the Boards of Claire’s Stores, Inc., Foster Wheeler Ltd., Dexter Corporation, the Metropolitan Regional Board of The Chase Manhattan Bank, IBJ Whitehall Business Credit Corporation and the boards of various subsidiaries of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. She is a frequent speaker on corporate governance, enterprise risk management and audit committee topics for the Conference Board and other organizations.

Ms. Goss is a Trustee Emerita of Brown University and Past President and a Board member of the Financial Women's Association of New York. In addition, she was selected as co-honoree with Lady Margaret Thatcher for Brown University's Independent Man Award, was invited to participate as one of the 326 delegates to President Clinton's Economic Summit in 1992, is a member of the Committee of 200 and TIGER 21 and a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of Brown University.

Ms. Goss has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and received her MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Veronica M. Hagen, Director

Veronica M. Hagen joined American Water’s Board of Directors on February 25, 2016.

From April 2007 through August 2013, Ms. Hagen was the Chief Executive Officer of Polymer Group, Inc. (now known as AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.), a global manufacturer of specialty materials. From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Hagen was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sappi Fine Paper North America, a division of a South African-based pulp and paper company. From 1998 to 2004, Ms. Hagen served in various executive positions with Alcoa, Inc., including as Vice President and Chief Customer Officer and President, Alcoa Engineered Products.

Ms. Hagen served on the board of directors of Polymer Group, Inc. and as the chair of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from August 2013 until October 2015. She also has served on the board of Southern Company since 2008 and as its Lead Director since 2014, and also serves on its Compensation and Management Succession Committee and its Nuclear/Operations Committee. Since 2005, she also has served on the board of directors of Newmont Mining Corporation, a gold producer, and currently serves as chair of its Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. In June 2018, Ms. Hagen joined the board of Stericycle, Inc., a U.S.-based business-to-business services company.

Kimberly J. Harris, Director

Kimberly J. Harris was appointed as an independent member of American Water's board of directors on July 25, 2019.

Ms. Harris is president and CEO of Puget Sound Energy, Washington state’s largest utility serving more than 1.5 million customers across 10 counties. Prior to her current role, Harris was PSE’s chief resources officer. She practiced law with Perkins Coie before joining PSE in 1999.

Ms. Harris is the past chair of the American Gas Association and Washington Roundtable. She was the 2016-2017 campaign chair for the United Way of King County. In October 2014, she joined the U.S. Bancorp Board of Directors.

Ms. Harris has a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and a juris doctor degree from Arizona State University.

Julia L. Johnson, Director

Julia L. Johnson joined American Water's Board of Directors on August 1, 2008.

Ms. Johnson is president of NetCommunications, L.L.C., a strategy consulting firm specializing in the communications, energy, and information technology public policy arenas. Prior to founding NetCommunications, Ms. Johnson was senior vice president of policy and strategic communications for MILCOM Technologies, Inc., a military technology commercialization company.

Prior to her work at MILCOM, Ms. Johnson served on the Florida Public Service Commission for two consecutive terms from 1992-1999. In that capacity, she served as the chief regulator of Florida's $16 billion water and wastewater, electric, gas and communications industries. She served as chairperson from 1997-1999.

Ms. Johnson served as the state chair of the Federal/State Joint Board on Universal Service, which provided regulatory policy recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission on the deployment of communications infrastructure and universal service support mechanisms, bringing internet access to schools and libraries across the nation. Ms. Johnson also chaired Florida's Information Service Technology Development Task Force, which advised Florida's governor and legislature on information technology policy and related legislative issues.

Ms. Johnson also serves on the Board of Directors of Allegheny Energy, Inc., a utility holding company, which, through its subsidiaries, engages in power generation operations, as well as natural gas distribution and transmission, MasTec, Inc., a provider of telecommunications and energy infrastructure construction and Northwestern Corporation, a provider of electricity and natural gas.

Ms. Johnson holds a Juris Doctorate and a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Florida.

Patricia L. Kampling, Director

Patricia Leonard Kampling was appointed as an independent member of American Water's board of directors on July 25, 2019.

Ms. Kampling recently retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Alliant Energy Corporation, a Madison, Wisconsin-based energy company that provides nearly 1.5 million customers in Iowa and Wisconsin with safe, reliable, affordable electricity and natural gas service. Ms. Kampling joined the company in 2005, initially as Vice President of Finance, and was named Chief Financial Officer in 2009. In 2011, she was named President and Chief Operating Officer and assumed her role as Chairman and CEO in 2012.

Prior to joining Alliant Energy, Ms. Kampling spent more than 20 years at Exelon Corporation beginning her career as an engineer with PECO and ultimately served as Treasurer of Commonwealth Edison and as Senior Vice President and CFO for Exelon Enterprises.

Ms. Kampling serves on the Boards of Directors of Briggs and Stratton Corporation and American Transmission Company. Pat also serves on the Boards of the Edison Electric Institute and Electric Power Research Institute (current Chair) and is on the Board of Trustees of the Wisconsin chapter of The Nature Conservancy and is a member of the Business Roundtable.

Ms. Kampling holds bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Economics from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School and received her Professional Engineer License.

Walter J. Lynch, Director

Walter Lynch is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Water Works, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility. Lynch leads a team of 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide service to 15 million people in 46 states.

American Water’s regulated businesses operate in approximately 1,600 communities in 16 U.S. states and provide water and wastewater utility services to residential, commercial, industrial and other customers. The company's market-based businesses include Military Services Group providing water and wastewater services for military installations across the U.S.; and Homeowner Services providing warranty services to homeowners and smaller commercial establishments to protect against the cost of repairing broken or leaking water pipes and clogged or blocked sewer pipes on their property, and other related service plans.

The company is a member of the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA), the Philadelphia Utilities Index (UTY), and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).

Lynch has more than 25 years of experience in both the regulated and market-based water and wastewater industry. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Lynch was responsible for the successful performance of American Water’s 16 regulated states, serving approximately 12 million people in more than 1,600 communities. He also led operational excellence across the company’s footprint, as well as system-wide engineering, health and safety, and the company’s Military Services Group.

He previously served as executive vice president of a multistate division; as president of New Jersey American Water and New York American Water; and as a group president of the company’s market-based businesses. He joined American Water in 2001.

Lynch has also served as president of the National Association of Water Companies and has served for several years on the board of directors and on its executive committee. He also serves on the Water Research Foundation’s board of trustees.

He has attended executive education programs at Oxford University in England and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he holds a bachelor’s degree in general engineering and attained the rank of captain before his departure from the U.S. Army in 1990.

George F. MacKenzie Jr, Director

George MacKenzie has been a valued member of the American Water Board of Directors since August 2003. He previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from May 2006 until May 2018.

Mr. MacKenzie also previously served as interim president and CEO of American Water until the appointment of Donald L. Correll, which took effect April 17, 2006.

In addition to his role with American Water, Mr. MacKenzie is a director on the board of Tractor Supply Company and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Medical Center of Delaware.

George MacKenzie previously served as vice chairman of the Board and chief financial officer of Hercules Incorporated, a global manufacturer of chemical specialties whose 5,000 employees generated sales of approximately $2 billion in fiscal 2005. During his 22-year career with Hercules he served in a variety of senior management roles including president of the Chemical Specialty Division.

James G. Stavridis, Director

Admiral James Stavridis was appointed as an independent member of American Water’s board of directors on March 1, 2018.

Mr. Stavridis currently serves as Operating Executive for The Carlyle Group a Washington, D.C. based private-equity group and also serves as Chair, Board of Advisors for McLarty Associates, an international consulting firm.

Mr. Stavridis previously served as the Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Chairman of the U.S. Naval Institute Board of Directors.

Mr. Stavridis, a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has more than 30 years of service in the U.S. Navy, including serving as commander of U.S. Southern Command, Commander of European Command and as Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, and rose to the rank of 4-star admiral.

In addition to American Water, Mr. Stavridis serves on the board of directors of the Neuberger Berman Mutual Funds and NFP Corp., a privately held insurance brokerage firm.

Mr. Stavridis earned a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy and a Ph.D. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is also a distinguished graduate of both the National and Naval War Colleges. He holds various decorations and awards, including two awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and five awards of the Legion of Merit.

Lloyd Yates, Director

Lloyd Yates was appointed as an independent member of American Water's board of directors on July 25, 2019.

Mr. Yates serves as executive vice president, and president, of Duke Energy’s Carolinas Region. Prior to his current role, Yates served as executive vice president of regulated utilities and executive vice president of customer operations.

Prior to the Duke Energy/Progress Energy merger in July 2012, Yates served as president and chief executive officer for Progress Energy Carolinas. He was promoted to that position in July 2007, after serving for more than two years as senior vice president of energy delivery for Progress Energy Carolinas. Prior to that, he served as vice president of transmission for Progress Energy Carolinas. Yates joined Progress Energy predecessor, Carolina Power & Light, in 1998, and served for five years as vice president of fossil generation. Before joining Progress Energy, he worked for PECO Energy for 16 years in several line operations and management positions.

Yates serves on several community, state and industry boards. In 2014, he was elected president and chairman of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. He is also a director for Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., a global professional services firm.

Yates earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in business administration from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and the Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School.