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Wayne Leonard has been Chief Executive Officer of Entergy Corporation since 1999. Mr. Leonard serves as the President of Entergy Services Inc. He serves as Executive Officer of Entergy Louisiana Holdings Inc., Entergy New Orleans Inc., and Entergy Texas, Inc. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Domestic and International Operations of Entergy Corporation, a holding company of Entergy Louisiana LLC and System Energy Resources Inc. since 1998 and Chief ... Operating Officer of Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi and Entergy New Orleans since 1998. He served as President of Energy Commodities Strategic Business Unit from 1996 to 1998. He served as Vice President, Corporate Planning of PSI Energy since 1987 and also served as its Executive Director, Corporate Planning since 1986, Assistant to Regional Manager since 1985, Executive Director of Internal Audit since 1982, Financial and Operational Audit Manager since 1981, Corporate Accounting Manager since 1979 and held various supervisory and analytical positions from 1973 to 1979. He served as the President of Cinergy Capital & Trading from 1996 to 1998 and also served as the Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cinergy Corporation from 1994 to 1996. He began his utility career at PSI Energy, where he served as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 1994. He worked at Mississippi River Delta BusinessLINC (appointed in 2000 by former President Bill Clinton). He has been Chairman of Board of Trustees of New Orleans United Way since 2001 and Entergy Corporation since 2006. He serves as the Chairman of Enexus Energy Corporation. He has been the Vice Chairman of Entergy New Orleans since 1998. He has been a Director of Entergy Corp. since 1999. He has been a Director of Tidewater Inc. since November 2003. Mr. Leonard serves as Director of Edison Electric Institute Director, National D-Day Museum Foundation Trustee, United Way of Greater New Orleans. He serves as a Trustee of National D-Day Museum Foundation. Mr. Leonard served as a Director of Entergy Arkansas Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Entergy Louisiana holdings Inc.(formerly Entergy Louisiana Inc.), Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans and System Energy from 1998 to 1999. He served as a Director of PSI Resources. He serves on the Ball State University College of Business Advisory Board. He was awarded: Family Service of Greater New Orleans Ten Outstanding Persons in October 2005, Diversity Best Practices CEO Diversity Leadership Award in October 2004, Community Action Partnership's first-ever Corporate Champion Award in September 2004, Institutional Investor “Best CEO” (Electric Utilities) in January 2004, Platts Global Energy Awards - CEO of the Year Finalist (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001), Platts Global Energy Award - 2003 CEO of the Year, Georgetown University 2003 Business Leader of the Year, National Fuel Funds Network 2002 Sister Pat Kelley Award for Achievement on low-income energy issues Young Leadership Council 2003 Role Model of the Year and Foundation for the Mid-South 2000 Corporate Leadership Award. His Industry Recognition includes: Edison Electric Institute - The Edison Award (2005, 2002), Edison Electric Institute - Supplier Diversity Award in 2005, U.S. Department of Labor Exemplary Voluntary Efforts Award in 2005, Governance Metrics International - Entergy earned a “perfect 10” corporate governance rating (January 2005 and January 2004), Platts Global Energy Awards: 2003 Energy Company of the Year, 2002 Power Company of the Year, Edison Electric Institute honored Entergy for best total shareholder return in the Index of Shareholder-Owned Utilities for the five-year period ending September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2004, Institutional Investor Research Group ranked Entergy first in buy-side ranking among all electric utilities and second in Investor Relations in the entire energy industry. His Investor Relations Magazine Awards includes: Best Overall Investor Relations, Best Disclosure Policy, Best Senior Management Communications, Entergy listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for demonstrating strong financial performance and outstanding leadership in environmental and social commitment (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002). He holds a BS degree in Accounting and Political Science from Ball State University in 1973 and other Accomplishments are Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree, from Ball State University, in 2004, Ball State University College of Business Hall of Fame, in 2002, Outstanding Alumni, of Ball State University, in 1996, Outstanding MBA Student, Indiana University in 1987 and is a Certified Public Accountant.