Ruth G. Shaw was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in July 2005, and serves on the Compensation Committee and the Environment, Health & Safety Committee.
Duke Energy Corporation: Executive Advisor, as of October 2006, Group Executive, Public Policy and President, Duke Nuclear, April 2006 to Oct 2006; President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Power Company, 2003-2006; Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, 1997-2003; President of The Duke Energy Foundation, 1994-2003; Senior Vice President, Corporate Resources, 1994-1997; Vice President, Corporate Communications, 1992-1994. President, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, 1986-1992. President, El Centro College, Dallas, TX, 1984-1986. Director of Wachovia Corporation, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. Past board chair and campaign chair for both the United Way of Central Carolinas and the Arts and Science Council. She currently serves as a trustee for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a board member and immediate past chair of the Foundation For the Carolinas. She is on the board of visitors at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and recently elected to DTE Energy as a Board of Directors.
Dr. Shaw holds a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) and a Master of Arts degree in English from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. in higher educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a University Fellow. |