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Milton Carroll       Chairman of the Board Independent Director
Milton Carroll, 58, is chairman of the board. He is also chairman and founder of Instrument Products, Inc., an oilfield equipment manufacturing company. He has been a board member of CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies since 1992.
Donald R. Campbell       Independent Director
Donald R. Campbell, 68, is a private investor who formerly served as chief financial officer and as a director of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc., a regional investment banking firm. He has been a board member of CenterPoint Energy since June 2005.
Derrill Cody       Independent Director
Derrill Cody, 70, is of counsel to the law firm of Tomlinson & O'Connell, P.C., in Oklahoma City, Okla. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since May 2003.
O. Holcombe Crosswell       Independent Director
O. Holcombe Crosswell, 67, is president of Griggs Corporation, a real estate and investment company. He has been a board member of CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies since 1997.
Michael P. Johnson       Independent Director
Michael P. Johnson, 61, retired in March 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Williams Companies, Inc., a publicly held natural gas producer, processor and transporter. He had held executive positions with that company from 1998 until his retirement. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since July 2008.
Janiece M. Longoria       Independent Director
Janiece M. Longoria, 55, is a partner in the Houston law firm of Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P.. She has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since June 2005.
Thomas F. Madison       Independent Director
Thomas F. Madison, 72, is president and chief executive officer of MLM Partners, a small business consulting and investments company. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since January 2003.
David M. McClanahan       Director
David M. McClanahan, 59, is president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy. He has been a member of the board of directors since 2002.
Robert T. O'Connell       Independent Director
Robert T. O'Connell, 70, is a financial, strategic and business development consultant. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since June 2004.
Susan O. Rheney       Independent Director
Susan O. Rheney, 47, is a private investor. She has served since 2002 as a director of Genesis Energy, Inc., the general partner of Genesis Energy, LP, a publicly traded limited partnership focused on the midstream segment of the oil and gas industry in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. She has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since July 2008.
Michael E. Shannon       Independent Director
Michael E. Shannon, 71, is president of MEShannon & Associates, Inc., a corporate financial advisory services and investments company. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since January 2003.
Peter S. Wareing       Independent Director
Peter S. Wareing, 57, is a co-founder and partner in the private equity firm Wareing, Athon & Company. He has been a member of the CenterPoint Energy board since June 2005.
Sherman M Wolff       Independent Director
Sherman M. Wolff, 67, is the retired executive vice president and chief operating officer of Health Care Service Corporation, which provides health and life insurance products and related services as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Illinois, New Mexico and Oklahoma. He held various positions with that company from 1991 until his retirement. He has been a CenterPoint Energy board member since October 2007.

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Role of the Chairman

The primary functions of the Chairman are to provide leadership to the Board and a coordinating role for its activities.  Additionally, the Chairman performs duties as may be conferred by law, set forth in the by-laws or charters of Board committees, or otherwise assigned by the Board.  The responsibilities of the Chairman include:

• in consultation with the CEO, developing and communicating the agenda for and scheduling meetings of the Board; establishing parameters for the quality, amount and timeliness of the information flow between management and the Board (it being understood that management is responsible for the preparation of materials for the board consistent with these parameters);
  
• presiding at regular and special meetings of the Board, executive sessions of the Board's non-management members, and shareholders;
  
• reviewing major activities and plans of the Company with the CEO;
  
• conferring with the CEO regarding the development, implementation, and monitoring of near- and long-term strategic plans for the Company;
  
• monitoring performance of the CEO and providing input to the Compensation Committee concerning the compensation arrangements for the CEO;
  
• working with the CEO in representing the Company through participation and leadership in community activities such as business, political, charitable, civic, and social organizations; and
  
• supporting and promoting business relationships as appropriate.

Contact the Board

You can contact CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Board of Directors to provide comments, to report concerns, or to ask a question, at the following address.

Corporate Secretary
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana St.
Houston, TX 77002
United States

You may submit your concern anonymously or confidentially by postal mail. You may also indicate whether you are a shareholder, customer, supplier, or other interested party.

Communications are distributed to the Board, or to any individual directors as appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication. In that regard, the CenterPoint Energy, Inc. board of directors has requested that certain items which are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the board should be excluded, such as:

• Product complaints
• Product inquiries
• New product suggestions
• Resumes and other forms of job inquiries
• Surveys
• Business solicitations or advertisements

In addition, material that is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly unsuitable will be excluded, with the provision that any communication that is filtered out must be made available to any non-management director upon request.

You may also communicate online with our Board of Directors as a group.

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