E. Spencer Abraham

E. Spencer Abraham is an independent member of the Board of Directors and has served as a director of our company since May 2014. Since 2005, Secretary Abraham has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Abraham Group LLC, an international strategic consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. He represented the State of Michigan in the United States Senate prior to President George W. Bush selecting him as the tenth Secretary of Energy. During his tenure at the Energy Department from 2001 through January 2005, he developed policies and regulations to ensure the nation’s energy security, was responsible for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, oversaw domestic oil and gas development policy, and developed relationships with international governments, including members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Secretary Abraham serves as a director of PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF), where he is a member of its compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees; Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE: UEC), where he is the Chairman of the Board; and NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), where he is a member of its compensation committee. Secretary Abraham also currently serves as a director of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), though he will step down from the Occidental board effective upon its annual meeting of stockholders in May 2020. Secretary Abraham previously served as a director of GenOn Energy, Inc. and as a director and member of the nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees of ICx Technologies. He also previously served on the board of directors for C3 IoT. He is also a member of the board of trustees for the California Institute of Technology and is a senior advisor to Blank Rome Government Relations LLC. Secretary Abraham holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.