COMPANY

Electricity and natural gas distributor, formed 2000 by the merger of New Century Energies with Northern States Power Company.

Official Website:
http://www.xcelenergy.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:XEL

Corporate headquarters:
Minneapolis, MN

Sales:
$7.9B (2003)

Employees:
11000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard C. Kelly	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Xcel Energy
Cynthia L. Lesher	Business	c. 1948		Xcel Energy executive
Patricia K. Vincent	Business	c. 1959		Executive at Xcel Energy

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
C. Coney Burgess	Business	c. 1938		Burgess-Herring Ranch Company
Fredric W. Corrigan	Business	c. 1942		CEO of The Mosaic Company, 2004-07
Richard K. Davis	Business	?		CEO of US Bancorp
Roger R. Hemminghaus	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, 1996-98
A. Barry Hirschfeld	Business	c. 1943		AB Hirschfeld Press Inc.
Richard C. Kelly	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Xcel Energy
Douglas W. Leatherdale	Business	c. 1935		CEO of St. Paul Companies, 1990-2001
Albert F. Moreno	Attorney	c. 1944		General Counsel of Levi Strauss, 1996-2005
Margaret R. Preska	Educator	c. 1938		Robinson Preska Company
A. Patricia Sampson	Business	c. 1949		The Sampson Group
Richard H. Truly	Astronaut	12-Nov-1937		NASA Administrator, 1989-92
David A. Westerlund	Business	c. 1950		EVP at Ball Corporation
Timothy V. Wolf	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Molson Coors Brewing

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David A. Christensen	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Raven Industries, 1971-2000
James J. Howard	Business	1-Jul-1935		CEO of Northern States Power, 1987-2000

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