Robert ("Bob") M. Worsley is the founder and president of NZ Legacy, LLC, and has served as our Chairman and CEO since October 1, 2007. Prior to founding NZ Legacy in March 2002, Mr. Worsley was the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyMall, Inc., which he founded in 1989, until his retirement in 2003. During his tenure at SkyMall, Mr. Worsley was successful in leading the Company through a $16 million IPO in 1996 and a $70 million sale to Newscorp's Gemstar affiliate in 2001, and growing the business to become the largest in-flight catalog company in the United States with over $85 million in annual revenues. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Worsley was a principal of ExecuShare, Inc., an executive services firm that provided time-shared financial executives for small companies. From 1980 to 1985, Mr.Worsley was an accountant with PriceWaterhouse, a public accounting firm, where he most recently held the position of Audit Manager. Mr. Worsley has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University. Mr. Worsley was a Certified Public Accountant for over twenty years.
Ricardo B. Levy, Ph.D.
Lead Director
Retired Founder, President & CEO of Catalytica, Inc. & former Chairman of Catalytica Energy Systems
Ricardo Levy has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Previously, Dr. Levy served as chairman of the board of Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. from December 2000 through September 2007. In addition to his role as chairman, Dr. Levy also served as interim president and CEO of Catalytica Energy Systems from June through December 2002, having previously served as president and CEO of the former parent company Catalytica, Inc. Dr. Levy founded Catalytica, Inc. in 1974, serving as chief operating officer until 1991 and then as president and chief executive officer until December 2000, when Catalytica, Inc. and its subsidiary Catalytica Pharmaceuticals Inc. were sold to DSM N.V concurrent with the spin-off of Catalytica Energy Systems. Before founding Catalytica, Inc., Dr. Levy was a founding member of Exxon's chemical physics research team. Dr. Levy currently serves on the board of directors of public companies Accelrys, Inc. (formerly known as Pharmacopeia, Inc.) and StemCells, Inc. He has an M.S. from Princeton University, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Stanford University and is an alumnus of Harvard University's Executive Management Program.
Richard A. Abdoo has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Previously, Mr. Abdoo served on the board of directors of Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. from July 2004 until September 2007, most recently as vice chairman. Mr. Abdoo is president of R.A. Abdoo & Company LLC, and brings nearly three decades of energy industry expertise to the Company's board membership, having retired in April 2004 from his position as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (WEC) after a 29-year career with WEC and its subsidiary, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPC), now known as We Energies. Mr. Abdoo first joined WEC as a director of corporate planning in 1975 and held positions of increasing responsibility in planning and operations for WEC through 1989 including vice president, senior vice president and executive vice president. In 1989, Mr. Abdoo was named president and chief operating officer of WEPC and several other WEC subsidiaries, and subsequently served as chief executive officer of all WEC subsidiaries until 1991 when he was elected chairman, president and chief executive officer of WEC. Under his executive leadership, WEC grew to become a Fortune 500 company through a series of mergers and acquisitions which both enriched and enlarged the offerings and markets of the Company. He oversaw the merger of WEPC and Wisconsin Natural Gas into a single utility in 1996, the acquisition of WICOR, Inc. and its Wisconsin Gas subsidiary in 2000, and later that same year the introduction of the WEC's Power the Future plan to meet the future energy needs of southeastern Wisconsin. Mr. Abdoo's experience includes planning and leadership in coal both in Wisconsin's energy plan and support of state regulation to support coal industry initiatives. Mr. Abdoo currently serves on the boards of directors of AK Steel Holding Corporation and Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. He earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master's degree in economics from the University of Detroit. He has also completed post-graduate studies in engineering at Wayne State University.
William B. Ellis has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Previously, Mr. Ellis served on the board of directors of Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. from September 1995 until September 2007. Dr. Ellis is a lecturer and resident fellow of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Dr. Ellis retired as chairman of Northeast Utilities in 1995, where he also served as chief executive officer from 1983 to 1993. Dr. Ellis joined Northeast Utilities in 1976 as its chief financial officer. He was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. from 1969 to 1976 and was a principal in that firm from 1975 to 1976. Dr. Ellis serves on the boards of directors of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and on the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland.
Susan Tierney, Ph.D., has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Previously, Dr. Tierney served on the board of directors of Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. from December 2001 until September 2007. Dr. Tierney is currently a managing principal of Analysis Group Inc. where she specializes in energy industry issues. Dr. Tierney served as Senior Vice President of Lexecon Inc. from 1995 to 2003. Dr. Tierney is Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Energy Foundation and Clean Air-Cool Planet, non-profit organizations. Additionally, she is a director of the following non-profit organizations: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Climate Policy Center, and the Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future. During 2004, she was also Chairperson of the board for the Electricity Innovation Institute (a subsidiary of EPRI). Before joining Lexecon (and its predecessor company, the Economics Resource Group) in November 1995, Dr. Tierney served in senior positions in federal and state government from 1983 until 1995, most recently as assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Secretary of Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Previously, she was an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine from 1978 until 1982. Dr. Tierney has a Ph.D. and a Masters degree in regional planning from Cornell University and a bachelor's degree from Scripps College.
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