CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont
Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced that Ranelle Q. Warfield, Vice President of Customer
Service, will be retiring from the Company on October 31, 2014 after 33 years of service with
Piedmont. Ms. Warfield, who began her career at Piedmont
Natural Gas in 1981 in the Company's sales organization, rose to
the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing in
August 2004 before being named to her
current position in Customer Service in October 2009. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Ms. Warfield has been active in
various industry and community organizations throughout her career
and currently serves on the boards of the Piedmont Natural Gas
Foundation and the March of Dimes – Greater Piedmont.
Piedmont Natural Gas Chairman, President, and CEO, Thomas E. Skains, commented on Ms. Warfield's
retirement, "Ranelle has been a valued member of our management
team for many years and has contributed greatly to our
success. As a leader, her management style of collaboration
and inclusion fits our core values so well and she has been an
excellent role model for many in our Company. She will be
missed greatly but we wish her the absolute best in this new
chapter in her life."
Company Announces Executive Promotions
Also today, Piedmont Natural Gas announced the elections of
Brian C. Woody to the position of
Vice President – Customer Experience effective November 1, 2014 to replace Ms. Warfield upon her
retirement from the Company on October 31,
2014, and of Judy Z. Mayo to
the position of Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy
General Counsel effective March 6,
2014.
Mr. Woody, previously Piedmont's Managing Director – Field Customer
Service, will continue reporting to Frank
H. Yoho, Piedmont's Senior
Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Woody will
retain his current field customer service responsibilities in
addition to assuming responsibility for Piedmont's customer contact centers. Mr.
Woody joined Piedmont Natural Gas in 1996 in the Company's
South Carolina field operations as
a gas fitter. Since that time, Mr. Woody has held a number of
managerial positions at the Company including Director of Call
Center Operations and Operations Manager. Mr. Woody, who
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Limestone College is actively involved the
community and currently serves as a board member of the Carolina
Raptor Center.
Commenting on Mr. Woody's promotion, Frank Yoho said, "We are pleased to have someone
with Brian's leadership skills and capabilities take on this
important role at Piedmont. Customer service is very
important to Piedmont Natural Gas and having someone like Brian,
who has excellent people skills and a unique understanding of
customer needs and concerns, is a real plus."
Judy Z. Mayo, who is promoted to
the position of Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy
General Counsel, joined Piedmont Natural Gas in 2006 as the
Company's Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate
Secretary. Prior to joining Piedmont, Ms. Mayo was an Associate General
Counsel for Duke Energy. Ms. Mayo will continue to be
directly involved in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission-related work and in other corporate and financial
transaction activities and filings and will also assume full
Corporate Secretary responsibilities. Ms. Mayo will continue
reporting to Ms. Jane Lewis-Raymond,
Piedmont Natural Gas' Senior Vice President, Chief Legal,
Compliance and External Relations Officer. Ms. Mayo received
her J.D. from the University of Chicago
Law School and her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Commenting on Ms. Mayo's promotion, Ms. Lewis-Raymond said,
"We're very pleased and excited to welcome Judy as a member of our
executive officer team. Judy's knowledge and experience,
along with her engaging leadership style and people skills make her
a valued member of our leadership team and we look forward to her
continued contributions to Piedmont's success."
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 utility
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, and
regulated interstate natural gas transportation and storage, and
regulated 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