James E. Rogers, Jr.

James Eugene "Jim" Rogers, Jr. (born September 20, 1947) is an American businessman.^[1] He serves as the Chairman of Duke Energy. Formerly (until June 30, 2013), he concurrently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company.^{[2][1][3][4][5][6][7]}

Biography

Early life

Rogers was born on September 20, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama.^[5] He attended Emory University and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1970 and a Juris Doctor in 1974, both from the University of Kentucky.^[1][4][8]

Career

He worked as a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader.^[1][5] He was then Assistant to the Chief Trial Counsel and Deputy General at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a law clerk for the Supreme Court of Kentucky, and Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky.^[1][8][5] He was a partner with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.^[1][8][5] He served as Executive Vice President of Interstate Pipelines for the Enron Gas Pipeline Group.^[1][8][5]

He served as CEO of the Hooker Furniture Corp..^[1] In 1988, he became President, Chairman and CEO of PSI Energy.^[1] From 1995 to 2006, he served as Chairman and CEO of Cinergy.^[1][5] After its 2006 merger, he became CEO of Duke Energy.^[1][8][5] He will step down at the end of 2013.^[9][10] The general counsel of the North Carolina Utilities Commission imposed his retirement as a requirement after a ruling subsequent to the merger of Progress Energy Inc.^[11]

He served on the Board of Directors of Duke Realty Corporation, Bankers Life Holding Corporation, Irkutskenergo, Indiana National Bank and Fifth Third Bancorp.^[1][5] He now serves on the Board of Directors of Cigna, Applied Materials, Energy Systems Network, Advanced Energy Economy.^[1][5] He also serves on the Boards of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the National Coal Council, the National Petroleum Council, the American Gas Association, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, the George C. Marshall Foundation, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the World Association of Nuclear Operators.^[1][8][12] He serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.^[1] He is also a member of the Honorary Committee of the Joint U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE).^[1] He is past Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute.^[1] He is Chairman of the Institute for Electric Efficiency and the Nuclear Energy Institute.^[1] He has attended symposia at the Aspen Institute and World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.^[7] He is a registered Democrat.^[7]

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