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COMPANY DIRECTORY | BOARD OF DIRECTORS
C. Howard Nye Dorothy M. Ables
Chairman of the Board, President Former Chief Administrative Officer
and Chief Executive Officer Spectra Energy Corp.
Martin Marietta
Ms. Ables joined the Martin Marietta
Mr. Nye has served as Chairman of Board in 2018. Ms. Ables held a
the Board since 2014, as President of number of executive positions with
Martin Marietta since 2006 and as Spectra Energy and predecessor
Chief Executive Officer and a Director companies, including serving from
since 2010. Mr. Nye previously November 1, 2008 to 2017 as the
served as Chief Operating Officer Chief Administrative Officer of Spectra
from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Martin Marietta in 2006, Mr. Energy Corp., where she was responsible for human resources,
Nye spent nearly 13 years in a series of increasingly responsible information technology, support services, community
positions with Hanson PLC, including as Executive Vice President relations and audit services. Prior to that, she served as Vice
of its North American building materials business. President of Audit Services and Chief Ethics and Compliance
Since 2018, Mr. Nye has been a member of the Board of Officer for Spectra Energy, Vice President and Chief
Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD), a Compliance Officer for Duke Energy Corporation and Senior
global aerospace and defense company. In 2019, Forbes Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Duke Energy
Gas Transmission. Spectra Energy was a Fortune 500
Magazine recognized Mr. Nye as one of America’s Most
Company and one of North America’s leading pipeline and
Innovative Leaders; he was previously recognized by both
Aggregates Manager and Pit & Quarry magazines as Aggman midstream companies. Ms. Ables started her career in the
of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee, respectively. audit department of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
Ms. Ables serves as an Independent Director of Cabot Oil &
In addition to his educational, professional, executive and
Gas Corporation, an independent oil and gas company,
related roles, Mr. Nye is a past Chairman of the Board of the
where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA); he
presently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the the Compensation Committee. She served as a Director of
American Road Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Spectra Energy Partners, an affiliate of Spectra Energy Corp.,
from 2013 to 2017.
Mr. Nye is also a member of the Board of Directors of the
United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest Ms. Ables attended the University of Texas at Austin where
business organization, and as Chairman of the North Carolina she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in
Chamber. Mr. Nye has also served on numerous other state, Accounting.
local and/or philanthropic organizations including the North
Carolina Business Council of Management and Development,
Inc., Co‐Chair of the NC FIRST Commission (evaluating North
Carolina’s current and future transportation investment
needs), and as a gubernatorial appointee to the North
Carolina Mining Commission. He has also served on the
Alumni Boards at Duke University and Wake Forest
University School of Law.
Mr. Nye received a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University
and a Law degree from Wake Forest University.
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