BALTIMORE, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy
(NYSE: CEG) today announced at its annual meeting of shareholders that
three independent directors will be elected to the board of directors of
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). Joining BGE's board are Joseph
Haskins Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Harbor
Bank of Maryland; Dr. Carla D. Hayden, executive director of the Enoch
Pratt Free Library; and Michael D. Sullivan, chairman and co-founder,
LifeSource, Inc. and member of the board of directors of Constellation
Energy.
"We are pleased to welcome Joseph Haskins Jr., Dr. Carla Hayden and
Michael Sullivan to serve on BGE's board of directors," said Mayo A.
Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
Constellation Energy. "This expansion of our board will further enhance
BGE's corporate governance. We look forward to the leadership and expertise
that these independent directors bring to the board and the important
guidance they will provide to BGE as we work with all stakeholders to
create a stronger energy future for Maryland."
Haskins is chairman, president and chief executive officer of The
Harbor Bank of Maryland - one of the top 10 African American-owned and
operated financial institutions in the United States. He was among a small
group of visionaries who founded The Harbor Bank of Maryland, opening its
first branch in 1982. Five years later, he assumed the position as the
bank's president.
An active member of the greater Baltimore community, Haskins chairs
East Baltimore Development, Inc. and formerly chaired the commission for
the Department of Business and Economic Development for the state of
Maryland. He also was a board chair for Maryland CareFirst Blue Cross Blue
Shield, the Morgan State University Business School - where for years he
taught business - and Associated Black Charities. In various capacities, he
has advised three Maryland Governors, two Baltimore Mayors and the
Comptroller of Maryland.
Haskins has garnered numerous awards and honors, including being named
"Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young. He earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in economics from Morgan State University, a Master of Business
Administration in finance from New York University and a Master of Liberal
Arts degree in economics from The Johns Hopkins University. He also
completed advanced banking studies at the University of Pennsylvania's
Wharton School of Business.
Hayden is the executive director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Prior
to coming to Baltimore, she was the first deputy commissioner and chief
librarian of the Chicago Public Library. Hayden also was an assistant
professor in the School of Library and Information Science of the
University of Pittsburgh and served as library services coordinator at the
Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
An active member of the American Library Association (ALA), Hayden was
elected president for the 2003-2004 term. She also chaired ALA's Committee
on Accreditation and Spectrum Initiative to recruit minorities to
librarianship. Hayden currently is a member of the boards of the Maryland
African American Museum Corporation, Baltimore City Historical Society,
Baltimore Reads, Goucher College, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance,
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and Library, PALINET, Sinai
Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including being named as one
of the Women of the Year by Ms. Magazine, Librarian of the Year by Library
Journal and one of Maryland's Top 100 Women from Warfield's Business Record
and The Daily Record. She is the recipient of the Torch Bearer Award from
the Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Andrew White Medal from Loyola
College, the President's Medal from The Johns Hopkins University, the Pro
Urbe Award from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, the Whitney M.
Young, Jr. Award from the Greater Baltimore Urban League, the YWCA Leader
Award, Baltimore and the Barnard College Medal of Distinction.
Hayden has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters
from University of Baltimore, Morgan State University and McDaniel College.
A graduate of Roosevelt University, Hayden earned her Master of Arts degree
and Ph.D. from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago.
Since March 2001, Sullivan has been a private investor. He is also
chairman of the board of ADVANCARE Health Care, LLC and Therapeutic
Services of America, Inc., companies in the home health care industry.
Sullivan previously co-founded and served as chairman for two start-up
ventures, Golf America Stores, Inc. and Pro-Axon International, LLC. He
formerly served as president and chief executive officer of Merry-Go-Round
Enterprises, Inc., based in Baltimore. He also was treasurer for Steak &
Ale Restaurants of America and controller for General Portland, Inc., a
leading cement manufacturer in the United States.
Sullivan has been a member of the Constellation Energy board of
directors since April 1999, and currently serves as its Lead Director. He
is chairman of the board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Sullivan served as a
director of BGE from 1992 to April 1999. Sullivan is a former director of
Signet Banking Corporation and is currently on the boards of trustees for
Loyola University Chicago and Institute of Notre Dame. He graduated from
Loyola University Chicago and has received numerous awards, including being
recognized by the Apparel Hall of Fame, as Specialty Retail CEO and as
Maryland Retailer of the Year.
In addition to Haskins, Hayden and Sullivan, the BGE board of directors
includes Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive
officer, Constellation Energy; Thomas Brady, chairman, BGE, and executive
vice president, Constellation Energy; and Kenneth DeFontes, president and
chief executive officer, BGE and senior vice president, Constellation
Energy.
Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com), a FORTUNE 125
company with 2007 revenues of $21 billion, is the nation's largest
competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial
customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation
Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive
industries and utilities. It owns a diversified fleet of 84 generating
units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 9,000
megawatts of generating capacity. The company delivers electricity and
natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its
regulated utility in Central Maryland.
SOURCE Constellation Energy Group
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