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John P. Holdren
John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in Harvard’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the Woods Hole Research Center. Trained in engineering and plasma physics at MIT and Stanford, Dr. Holdren co-founded in 1973 and co-led for 23 years the interdisciplinary graduate program in energy and resources at the University of California, Berkeley. His work has focused on causes and consequences of global environmental change, options and choices in energy technology and policy, ways to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons and materials, and the interaction of content and process in science and technology policy. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Council on Foreign Relations, and in February 2005 he became the President-Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) from 1994 to 2001 and, in this capacity, chaired PCAST studies on nuclear materials protection, federal energy R&D strategy for the challenges of the 21st century, and international cooperation on energy-technology innovation. In December 1995 he delivered the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, which he served as Chair of the Executive Committee from 1987 to 1997. From 2002 until the present he has been Co-Chair of the foundation-funded, bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is a founding partner of Aqua International Partners, a private equity fund sponsored by the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation dedicated to investing in water projects and companies in developing countries. Prior to that he was the Payne Visiting Professor at Stanford University (1993-1994), Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989-1993), and president of the World Wildlife Fund (1985-1989). He served as head of the U.S. delegation to the Earth Summit at Rio in 1992.
Mr. Reilly is chairman of the board of World Wildlife Fund, and serves on the Board of Directors of DuPont, Conoco, Royal Caribbean International and Ionics Inc. He is also a director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Geographic Society and the American Academy in Rome. By appointment of the President, he serves as one of the seven members of the Presidio Trust of San Francisco, which manages The Presidio National Park.
John W. Rowe
John W. Rowe is Chairman and CEO of Exelon Corporation, formed in October 2000 by the merger of Unicom Corporation and PECO Energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon is one of the nation's largest electric utilities, with approximately five million customers and more than $15 billion in annual revenues. Exelon owns or contracts for an expanding generation portfolio of approximately 40,000 megawatts, with strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon also has holdings in infrastructure services, energy services and telecommunications.
Prior to the formation of Exelon, Mr. Rowe served as Chairman, President and CEO of Unicom Corporation and Commonwealth Edison. Mr. Rowe was President and CEO of New England Electric System (NEES) from 1989 to February 1998, and he served as President and CEO of Central Maine Power Company from 1984 to 1989.
Before joining Central Maine Power, Mr. Rowe was senior vice president of law for Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) in Philadelphia. Mr. Rowe worked with the Chicago law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale from 1970 to 1980, where he became a partner in 1978 and served as counsel to the Trustees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company.
Mr. Rowe is a native of Wisconsin, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. He has an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bryant College, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Rowe received an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in June, 2002.
Mr. Rowe serves on the Board of Directors at UnumProvident Corporation, The Northern Trust Corporation, and The Chicago Club. Additionally, he is on the Board of Trustees at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, The Chicago Historical Society, The Field Museum, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the Illinois chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Mr. Rowe is past Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a Trustee of Northwestern University and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Urban League, and The Commercial Club of Chicago, for which he serves on the Civic Committee.
