Mr. Bayless is a retired Utility Executive and University President. Until June 30, 2008, Mr. Bayless was President and Provost of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, a West Virginia University divisional campus. Before Dec 27, 1999, Mr. Bayless specialized in troubled utility restructuring and was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Illinois Power Company. Before joining Illinova Corporation in June 1998, Mr. Bayless was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Tucson Electric Power Company. From 1981 to 1989, Mr. Bayless was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Public Service Company of New Hampshire, guiding the company through the first bankruptcy of a large utility. Before that, he was employed by Consumers Power Company in Jackson, Michigan, first as an attorney, then as the Director of Nuclear Fuel Supply, and finally as the Director of Special Corporate Projects. In College, Mr. Bayless had summer jobs in line construction and at power plants at Kentucky Power and Pennsylvania Power and Light. Mr. Bayless received his BSEE from the West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1968. In 1971, he earned his MSEE in power engineering and, in 1972, his Law Degree, both from West Virginia University. He earned his MBA in 1977 from the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. Mr. Bayless is a board member of West Virginia American Water, the Climate Institute, and TS Conductors and the Advisory Boards of E Source, Pi Energy, Energy Impact Partners, and the Angeleno Group He is currently a judge for Platt’s Global Energy Awards and a frequent speaker on the future of energy. He is a past Board Member of Recycled Energy Development; the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority; Essential Power (Chairman), Independent Wireless One (Chairman); the Ontario Power Authority; Pike Electric (Chair - Audit Committee); Patina Oil and Gas (Chair- Audit); Dynegy, Chair Audit and Governance and Nominating); Primary Energy; Trigen Energy Inc; Thermon, Inc; EPRI and EEI In 1993, Financial World awarded Mr. Bayless its CEO of the Year Bronze Medal, and the Wall Street Transcript named Mr. Bayless the winner of its CEO of the Year Bronze Medal. In 1995, Financial World awarded Mr. Bayless its CEO of the Year Silver Medal. Mr. Bayless has had multiple involvements with foreign utilities, having spent time in Russia, Egypt, and The Balkans for various organizations on electricity sector design. His involvement with the Boy Scouts of America is extensive. He is a past member of the National Board of Directors, past Chairman of the Philmont Ranch Committee, and past President of the Catalina Council. He was the Support Chairman for the Boy Scouts of America at the 1999 World Jamboree (held in Chile), was Program Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America 1997 National Jamboree, and led the Project 2005 team at the 2001 Jamboree. Mr. Bayless was Chairman of the National Venture Exploring Committee. He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope Awards and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Mr. Bayless is a native of Dunbar, West Virginia, and attended high school at Greenbrier Military School. He is married to the former Joan Schulter, a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of one daughter Lisa and one son, Charles.