COMPANY

Electrical provider, owner of Carolina Power & Light (founded 1908) and Florida Power (founded 1899.) Carolina P & L purchased Florida Power (by then called Florida Progress) in 2000 and renamed the combined entity Progress Energy.

Official Website:
http://www.progress-energy.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:PGN

Corporate headquarters:
Raleigh, NC

Sales:
$8.7B (2003)

Employees:
15300 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
H. William Habermeyer, Jr.	Business	1942		CEO of Progress Energy Florida
William D. Johnson	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Progress Energy
Robert B. McGehee	Business	c. 1943	9-Oct-2007	CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Bostic, Jr.	Business	c. 1947		EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05
David L. Burner	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Goodrich, 1996-2003
Richard L. Daugherty	Business	18-Oct-1935		Former IBM executive
Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Sonoco Products
William D. Johnson	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Progress Energy
Robert W. Jones	Business	c. 1950		Investment Banker, Morgan Stanley
W. Steven Jones	Educator	c. 1952		Dean of Kenan-Flagler Business School
E. Marie McKee	Business	c. 1950		Senior VP at Corning
John H. Mullin III	Business	1941		Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
Charles W. Pryor, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		Former Westinghouse executive
Carlos A. Saladrigas	Business	1948		CEO of the Vincam Group, 1984-2002
Theresa M. Stone	Business	c. 1944		Treasurer of MIT
Alfred C. Tollison, Jr.	Business	c. 1942		Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin B. Borden	Business	c. 1935		Borden Manufacturing Co.
Charles W. Coker	Business	10-May-1933		CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98
W. D. Frederick, Jr.	Business	6-Jul-1934		Mayor of Orlando, 1980-92
Robert B. McGehee	Business	c. 1943	9-Oct-2007	CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07

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