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OPPD Board Elects New Officers for 2012

The Board of Directors of the Omaha Public Power District has selected a new slate of officers to lead the board in 2012. The board unanimously elected N.P. Dodge Jr. as its new chairman, John R. Thompson as vice chairman, Michael J. Cavanaugh as treasurer and Anne L. McGuire as board secretary. The elections were held during January's regular business meeting.

The board also honored outgoing chairman John K. Green with a special plaque. Mr. Green has served as chairman for the past two years N.P. Dodge Jr. was first elected to the board in 1994. He has also previously served as chairman, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Dodge represents customers in the Metropolitan Subdivision.

Mr. Dodge is President and Chairman of the Board of the N.P. Dodge Company. He holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and serves on the board of directors of American States Water Company. He was the 1997 chairman of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the Chamber's Advisory Council Committee. Currently, he is a member of the Physicians Clinic Board of Trustees, Omaha Community Playhouse Foundation Board of Trustees and Omaha Police Foundation Board.

He is a past member of the Nebraska Power Review Board and Mayor's Crime Commission. He is past director of the Girls Club of Omaha and of the Firstar Bank in Council Bluffs; and past president of the Omaha chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Managers. He is also a past member of the board of directors of Bridges Investment Council and current member of the Advisory Council of Just Kidsl.

John R. Thompson represents the Suburban Subdivision. He was first elected to the board in 2004.

Mr. Thompson is a land developer. He is past owner of Putt-Putt Golf of Bellevue and several businesses in Nebraska and Iowa. He is also the developer of Twin Creek Center in Bellevue. Mr. Thompson is a past member of the Bellevue City Council, chairman of several sanitary improvement districts, a 39-year member of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and has served on various land planning boards. He is co-chair of the Parent Television Council.

Other organizations where he has served include the Memorial Ridge of the Midlands Foundation as Vice President, the Nebraska Veterans Cemetery Advisory Board, the Sarpy County Economic Development Committee (1996 to 2002) and the United States Navy (1969 to 1971). He is a Vietnam veteran, ComCruDesFlot 9, Seventh Fleet, from which he was honorably discharged.

Mr. Thompson and his wife of 40 years, Monie (Hokanson) Thompson, have two sons, E. Grant and Adam R.

Michael J. Cavanaugh was first elected to the board in 1994. He represents the Metropolitan Subdivision.

Mr. Cavanaugh is a retired police lieutenant for the City of Omaha who holds a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is also a real estate investor - manager and a former licensed Nebraska realtor, involved in residential property management.

A lifetime resident of Omaha, Mr. Cavanaugh is a former Rotary member and former member of the Omaha Jaycees. He has served as a member of various City of Omaha committees dealing with job training for underprivileged teens and with enforcing housing code violations within the city.

Anne L. McGuire was first elected to the Board in 1996 to represent customers in the Metropolitan Subdivision. Mrs. McGuire holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Creighton University and a master's degree in nursing from St. Louis University. She is a former nurse educator, clinician and researcher. She is also an editor and co-author of two university textbooks.

Mrs. McGuire serves as on the Board of Directors of GESU Housing, Inc., and is President of the Creighton University Jaybackers. She received the Spirit of Creighton Award in 1973.

In other action at its monthly meeting, the board approved appointing Oppenheimer Funds Inc., Wells Capital Management, Inc., and State Street Global Advisors as investment managers for OPPD's Retirement Plan.

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