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Thomas M. Patrick
Immediate Past Chair

Tom Patrick is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Peoples Energy Corporation, a position he assumed on August 1, 2002.  Previously, he had served as president and chief operating officer of Peoples Energy since 1998, when he also became a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

After joining the company in 1976 as an attorney in the Legal Department, Mr. Patrick represented the company in cases at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and before the Illinois Commerce Commission.  He was elected vice president and deputy general counsel in 1989 and, two years later, was elected vice president of Regulatory Affairs and Gas Supply.  In 1996, he was named executive vice president.

An active industry member, Mr. Patrick has served on the board of directors of the Gas Industry Standards Board.  He serves on the Board of Directors of Aegis and American Gas Association (AGA) Board of Directors.  In addition, he is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Gas Technology Institute.

Mr. Patrick received his BA degree at Washington State University in 1969 and a JD degree at the University of Chicago in 1973.  He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University’s Business School in 1992.

He is a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives Club of Chicago and the Illinois Business Roundtable.  He is on the boards of Children's Memorial Hospital, the Chicago Urban League, the Adler Planetarium and Big Shoulders.

Peoples Energy is a diversified energy company comprised of five primary business segments: Gas Distribution, Power Generation, Midstream Services, Retail Energy Services, and Oil and Gas Production.  The Gas Distribution business serves about one million retail customers in Chicago and northeastern Illinois.