The 10 members of the PJM Board are responsible for maintaining PJM's independence and, by exercising their prudent business judgment, ensuring that PJM fulfills its business obligations and legal and regulatory requirements.

The Board also is responsible for ensuring that PJM maintains the reliability of the power grid and operates a robust, competitive and non-discriminatory electric power market, preventing any market participants from having undue influence over the operation of PJM.

To establish PJM's neutrality, Board members must adhere to a strict Code of Conduct (PDF).

The members of the PJM Board may have no personal affiliation or ongoing professional relationship with, or any financial stake in, any PJM market participant.

In addition, all communication received by the PJM Board are handled in accordance with the rules relating to “ex parte” communications as outlined in the Code of Conduct. Written communication to members of the PJM Board are reviewed by an appointed staff liaison to the Board to ensure prompt disclosure of any “ex parte” communication in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

Brief profiles of the 10 members of the PJM Board and their contact information follow:

Howard Schneider Chair, PJM Board; Chair, Governance Committee; Member, Regulatory Committee Contact Howard Schneider Phone: 610-666-2232 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: schneider@pjm.com

Mr. Schneider is General Counsel at MF Global, a futures commission merchant that acts as executing and clearing broker on all major commodity exchanges. He was formerly a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman where he concentrated on the practice of futures/derivatives, securities and corporate law. He is the former chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Regulation of Futures and Derivative Instruments. He served as the first General Counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 1975 to 1977.

Lynn W. Eury Vice Chair, PJM Board; Member, Regulatory Committee Contact Lynn W. Eury Phone: 610-666-2207 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: eury@pjm.com

Mr. Eury worked for Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) for thirty-five years in a wide variety of engineering and operating assignments. He was elected executive vice president in 1989 with responsibility for all of the company’s generation and transmission facilities. He also served as a member of the company’s board of directors. Mr. Eury retired from CP&L in 1994 and has since served as an engineering and management consultant.

	Ake Almgren, Ph.D. Chair, Reliability Committee; Member, Human Resources and Governance Committees Contact Ake Almgren Phone: 610-666-2202 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: almgren@pjm.com
	For more than 20 years, Dr. Almgren has led business entities providing electric equipment and systems. He retired in 2003 as president and CEO of Capstone Turbine Corp. and now heads his own consulting company, Orkas Inc., which is focused on new energy technologies. Dr. Almgren was president of several ABB subsidiaries involved in power transmission and distribution worldwide.

John T. Coughlin, J.D. Chair, Regulatory Committee; Member, Competitive Markets Committee Contact John T. Coughlin, J.D. Phone: 610-666-2205 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: coughlin@pjm.com

Mr. Coughlin is an attorney and a professional mediator and arbitrator of electric utility industry disputes and labor relations conflicts. Previously, he was a commissioner on the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, was the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ representative to the North American Electric Reliability Council and was the president of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference. He also served as Wisconsin’s secretary of labor. He is beginning his seventh year on the board of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council.

John McNeely Foster Chair, Audit Committee; Member, Finance and Competitive Markets Committees Contact John McNeely Foster Phone: 610-666-2211 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: foster@pjm.com

Mr. Foster is a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the standards-setting body for financial accounting and reporting, on which he served for 10 years. A certified public accountant, he previously was vice president, treasurer and principal accounting officer of the former Compaq Computer Corp. and senior audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (formerly Price Waterhouse & Co.).

Jean D. Kinsey, Ph.D. Chair, Competitive Markets Committee; Member, Audit Committee Contact Jean D. Kinsey Phone: 610-666-2216 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: kinsey@pjm.com

Since 1976, Dr. Kinsey has been a faculty member in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota where she is director of The Food Industry Center. From 1996 to 1997, she chaired the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Dr. Kinsey is both a past president and a distinguished fellow of the American Council on Consumer Interests and of the American Agricultural Economics Association.

Richard T. Lahey, Jr., Ph.D. Member, Human Resources, Reliability, Finance Committees Contact Richard T. Lahey, Jr. Phone: 610-666-2218 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: lahey@pjm.com

Dr. Lahey is currently the Edward E. Hood Professor of Engineering and was formerly the Dean of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining the Rensselaer faculty and administration, he held numerous technical and managerial positions with the General Electric Co. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and is an international authority on nuclear reactor safety technology. He has more than 45 years of industrial/academic experience in the application of advanced technology to practical problems.

William R. Mayben Member, Audit and Reliability Committees Contact William R. Mayben Phone: 610-666-2228 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: mayben@pjm.com

Mr. Mayben served as president and chief executive officer of the Nebraska Public Power District from 1995 to 2002. Since then, he has acted as a management consultant to the public sector of the electricity industry. He spent more than 30 years at R. W. Beck & Associates, a national engineering and management consulting firm, retiring as managing partner and CEO in 1994. He has served on the board of directors and executive committee of the American Public Power Association and the board of the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Susan J. Riley Chair, Human Resources Committee; Member, Competitive Markets and Governance Committees Contact Susan J. Riley Phone: 610-666-2231 PJM Interconnection PO Box 1525 Southeastern, PA 19399-1525 E-mail: riley@pjm.com

Ms. Riley is currently the Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration of The Children's Place. Previously she served as senior vice president and CFO for Abercrombie & Fitch Company, senior vice president and CFO for Mount Sinai Medical Center of New York, vice president and treasurer for Colgate-Palmolive Company and executive vice president, CFO for Dial Corporation and senior vice president and CFO and chief information officer for Tambrands, Inc. She is a certified public accountant.

W. Terry Boston President and CEO, PJM Interconnection Contact W. Terry Boston PJM Interconnection 955 Jefferson Avenue Norristown, PA 19403-2497 Phone: 610-666-8980 E-mail: boston@pjm.com

Mr. Boston joined PJM in February 2008 after more than 35 years of service with the Tennessee Valley Authority, most recently as executive vice president of power system operations. Mr. Boston is a member of the Power Delivery & Utilization Council’s executive committee of the Electric Power Research Institute. He served for three years as chairman of the SERC Reliability Corp.’s board and executive committee. He has served for six years on the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s (NERC) Engineering Committee and Transmission Task Force and is a member of the NERC Board/Stakeholders Committee.