CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) has elected
Michael C. Tarwater to the Board of
the Company effective November 1,
2013.
Mr. Tarwater is Chief Executive Officer of Carolinas HealthCare
System (CHS), a multi-faceted system that owns and manages
hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices and outpatient
diagnostic and treatment facilities in both North and South
Carolina. Prior to his election as CEO, Mr. Tarwater served
as CHS's Executive Vice President and COO from June 1989 to June 2002. Before joining CHS
in 1981, Mr. Tarwater was the Assistant Administrator for the
University of Alabama Hospitals in
Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr. Tarwater holds a master's degree of science in hospital and
health administration from The University of
Alabama in Birmingham and a bachelor of science degree in
business administration from The University of
West Florida in Pensacola,
Florida.
Mr. Tarwater is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare
Executives and is a life member and past Chairman of the North
Carolina Hospital Association where he was the 2007 recipient of
the Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Tarwater serves on the
Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association and, since
2010, on the Board of Trustees of Queens
University of Charlotte
where he recently joined its Executive Committee in 2012. Mr.
Tarwater also currently serves as the 1st Vice Chairman
of the Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce.
About Piedmont Natural Gas
Piedmont Natural Gas is an energy services company primarily
engaged in the distribution of natural gas to more than one million
residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers
in portions of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee, including customers served by
municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our subsidiaries are
invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including
unregulated retail natural gas marketing, regulated interstate
natural gas transportation and storage, and intrastate natural gas
transportation businesses. More information about Piedmont Natural
Gas is available on the Internet at
http://www.piedmontng.com/.
SOURCE Piedmont Natural Gas