Company Directors

Douglas M. Brown Director since 2001		Age 73 Mr. Brown is lead director and a resident of the State of New Mexico. He is the dean of the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management. He is the former Treasurer for the State of New Mexico. From 1999 to 2005, he was president and CEO of Tuition Plan Consortium and from 1990 to 1999, he was president and CEO of Talbot Financial Services. He is also a former trustee of Stanford University and former regent of the University of New Mexico. Previously, he spent 28 years in commercial banking, most of it at Wells Fargo Bank.
Robert W. Foy Director since 1977		Age 74 Mr. Foy is Chairman of the Board of California Water Service Group and its subsidiaries. Mr. Foy retired as an executive officer and employee director at the 2007 Annual Meeting in accordance with California Water Service Group’s retirement policy. See “Board Structure — Retirement Age of Directors.” He was formerly president and chief executive officer of Pacific Storage Company, a diversified transportation, warehousing and business records management company with offices throughout Northern California; he remains an owner and director of that company. He has served as Chairman of California Water Service Group since January 1, 1996. He serves as a member of the San Jose State University College of Business Global Leadership Council.
Edwin A. Guiles Director since 2008		Age 61 Mr. Guiles is a director of Cubic Corporation. He was formerly executive vice president of corporate development at Sempra Energy. He was previously chairman and chief executive officer of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (So Cal Gas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities. Mr. Guiles is also a director and past chairman of the California Chamber of Commerce.
Bonnie G. Hill Director since 2003		Age 69 Ms. Hill is the president of B. Hill Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in corporate governance and board organization. She is also co-founder of Icon Blue, a brand marketing company. From 1997 to 2001, she was president and CEO of Times Mirror Foundation and senior vice president, communications and public affairs, of The Los Angeles Times. She is a director of AK Steel Holdings Corp., Home Depot, Inc. and Yum Brands, Inc. She was formerly a director of Hershey Foods Corporation. She is a director of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation, a member of the Investors Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and trustee of the RAND Corporation.
Thomas M. Krummel Director since 2010		Age 59 Dr. Krummel is the Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and the Emile Holman Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been recognized as a leader in his field, having received the "Outstanding Achievement in Medicine" award from the Santa Clara County Medical Association; the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching; the John Austin Collins, M.D. Memorial Award for Outstanding Teaching and Dedication to Resident Teaching; and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Recognition of Service Excellence.
Richard P. Magnuson Director since 1996		Age 55 Mr. Magnuson is a private venture capitalist. He holds a law degree and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University. From 1984 to 1996, he was a general partner of Menlo Ventures, a venture capital firm. He has served on the boards of the following public companies: Rogue Wave Software (acquired by Quovadx), IKOS Systems, Inc. (acquired by Mentor Graphics) and OrCAD, Inc. (acquired by Cadence Design Systems). He is currently a director of one privately held company and has also served on the boards of several other privately held companies in the past.
Linda R. Meier Director since 1994		Age 70 Ms. Meier is a member of the National Board of the Institute of International Education and the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. She is co-chair of the "The Stanford Challenge" and chair of outreach programs. She is a former director of Greater Bay Bancorp and chaired its Marketing Committee. Previously, she was a founding board member of the University National Bank and Trust Company where she chaired the Compensation Committee. From 1992-1997, Ms. Meier was chair of the Stanford University Hospital Board of Directors. From 1984-1994, she was a trustee of Stanford University and vice-president from 1991-1994.
Peter C. Nelson Director since 1996		Age 63 Mr. Nelson is president and CEO of the Group and its subsidiaries. Before joining the Group in 1996, he was vice president, division operations (1994-1995) and region vice president (1989-1994) of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). He is a director of the California Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Chamber Water Resources Committee.
Lester A. Snow Director since March 2011		Age 59 Mr. Snow has served as Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, Director of the California Department of Water Resources, Regional Director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Executive Director of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. He currently serves as a consultant, providing policy, planning, and communication guidance to select clients.
George A. Vera Director since 1998		Age 68 Mr. Vera is a former vice president and chief financial officer of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Until 1997, he was an audit partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP.