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Barbara J. Duganier 

Barbara J. Duganier

Former Managing Director and Global Chief Strategy Officer of the Outsourcing Business at Accenture plc

Independent Director since 2024

Committees:

  • Audit (Chair)
  • Governance, Environmental and Sustainability
 

Key Qualifications and Skills Leading to Board Nomination

  • Finance and Accounting - Ms. Duganier has extensive experience serving on public and private company audit committees, including as chair of audit committees as well as a “financial expert” pursuant to SEC rules. Further, Ms. Duganier has extensive experience advising public companies on financial and accounting matters.
  • Strategic Planning - Ms. Duganier has extensive experience serving on both private and public company boards in a diversity of industries. This experience provides a unique perspective to the Board as it develops and oversees the Company’s short- and long-term strategic plans.
  • Sustainability - As a member of two sustainability committees and as a member of the board of a wind and solar developer and operator, Ms. Duganier has extensive experience with the various issues associated with companies transitioning to a cleaner source of energy and seeking to achieve various carbon emission reduction goals. The Board believes this experience will be beneficial to the Company as the Board oversees the Company’s generation transition and its progress towards its net zero and carbon emission reduction goals.

Experience

  • Held various positions (2004 - 2013) of increasing responsibility as a Managing Director including the position of Global Chief Strategy Officer of the Outsourcing Business and Global Growth and Offering Development Lead of the Global Business Process Outsourcing Business at Accenture plc, a leading provider of strategy, consulting, technology and operations services to various industries and sectors.
  • Independent Consultant, Finance Transformation Program (2002 - 2003) at Duke Energy North America, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, one of America’s largest energy holding companies that provides electric utility and natural gas services.
  • Held various positions (1979 - 2002) of increasing responsibility as an equity Partner including the position of Global Chief Financial Officer and Partner-in-Charge, Business Consulting, Southwest Region at Arthur Andersen LLP, an accounting firm that provided auditing, tax advising, consulting and other professional services to large public corporations.

Other Boards (For Profit and Non-Profit Entities)

U.S. Public Company

  • Texas Pacific Land Corporation (2021 - Present)
  • MRC Global Inc. (2015 - Present)
  • Noble Energy, Inc. (2018 - 2020)
  • Buckeye Partners, L.P. (2013 - 2019)
  • HCC Insurance (2015 - 2015)

Other Public Company

  • Arcadis NV (ENXTAM) (2023 - Present)

Other

  • McDermott International (2020 - Present)
  • Pattern Energy (2021 - Present)
  • John Carroll University (2019 - Present)
  • National Association of Corporate Directors Texas Tri-Cities Chapter (2015 - 2024)
  • West Monroe Partners (2018 - 2021)

Education and Credentials

  • B.B.A., John Carroll University
  • Licensed CPA-Texas
  • NACD Director Certified (NACD.DC™)
  • CERT Certificate: Cybersecurity Oversight, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute​