Hampton, N.H., USA - December 14, 2012, Hampton, N.H., USA - Unitil Corporation, an energy company, announced that it has elected Lisa Crutchfield and David A. Whiteley to the board.
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Ms. Crutchfield served as executive vice president of regulation and pricing for National Grid USA, an international electric and gas company, from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining National Grid, she served as senior vice president for regulatory and external affairs for PECO Energy Company from 2003 until 2008, and vice president of energy policy and strategy for Duke Energy Corporation from 1997 until 2000.
Ms. Crutchfield also served as vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission from 1993 until 1997. She recently served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy Electricity Committee from 2010 to 2012, and was a member of the board of trustees for the University of Pennsylvania from 2005 to 2008 and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2000 to 2003.
Ms. Crutchfield earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from Yale University in 1985, and an MBA in Finance from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1990.
Mr. Whiteley has been the owner of a private consulting firm, Whiteley BPS Planning Ventures LLC, specializing utility planning, operations, and management, since 2009. He has also served as the executive director of the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative since 2011.
Mr. Whiteley served as an executive vice-president of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Whiteley served as senior vice president - energy delivery services for Ameren Corporation from 2005 to 2007 and as senior vice president - energy delivery, from 2003 to 2005.
Mr. Whiteley started his employment at Ameren Corporation’s predecessor, Union Electric Company, in 1978. Mr. Whiteley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1978 and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1985. ■