National Regulatory Research Institute
Board of Directors

Commissioner Bob Anthony

Bob Anthony won election to his fourth consecutive six-year term on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in November 2006.

In 1995, the FBI recognized Anthony with its highest award given to a citizen who, “at great personal sacrifice, has unselfishly served his community and the nation.” Among numerous other recognitions, AARP-Oklahoma presented Anthony with an award "[i]n appreciation of his tireless efforts on behalf of Oklahoma consumers."

In addition to holding public office, Anthony currently is a member and past-president of the Economic Club of Oklahoma, a board member and past-chairman of the Crown Heights United Methodist Church, and serves on the board of Skyline Urban Ministry. Prior to joining the Corporation Commission he served on the boards of the Oklahoma State, Oklahoma City, and South Oklahoma City chambers of commerce; Oklahoma Historical Society; the Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum; Liberty National Bank; Banks of Mid-America, Inc.; the Dale Rogers School for Retarded Citizens; and, the Kirkpatrick Center. Anthony has also held positions with Oklahoma City University, Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, O.I.C., the YMCA, Contact, Children’s Medical Research and Hospital Hospitality House.

Anthony graduated from Casady School in 1966 and holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has earned a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, an M.A. from Yale University, and an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served to the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Reserve. In 1972 he was the staff economist for the Interior Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1976 he served as a consultant to the U.S. Library of Congress. From 1979 to 1980 he served on the City Council of Oklahoma City as Ward 2 Councilman and then Vice Mayor.

In 1980, at age 32, Anthony succeeded his grandfather and father to become the third president of the C.R. Anthony Company. During his seven years as president, sales for the retail chain increased from $256 million to $411 million. In this seven-year period, sales, payroll, employment, and dollar profits reached all-time record levels, and the company was listed as the largest privately-owned firm headquartered in Oklahoma. The shareholders voted to sell the company in 1987.
 

Charles D. Gray

Charles Gray was named Executive Director of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in mid-1999. In this role, Gray is responsible for the overall management and day-to-day operation of NARUC’s Washington office. This includes managing a staff of 25 employees who are involved in congressional representation, Federal agency relations, meeting planning and implementation, international programs, and grant-funded domestic research programs. Gray works with NARUC leadership, including the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, to develop and implement the Association’s policy and business plan. He has represented the Association in various proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Departments of Energy and Transportation, and Federal Courts of Law.

Gray started at the Association in 1979 as Deputy Assistant General Counsel. In 1981, he was promoted to Assistant General Counsel and in 1996, before being named Executive Director, he was tapped as the Association’s General Counsel. Gray received his Bachelor’s Degree from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1973. From there he received his J.D. from Cornell University School of Law, Ithaca, NY, in 1977. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar as well as the bars of numerous U.S. Courts of Appeals.
 

Scott Hempling

Scott Hempling is the Executive Director of the National Regulatory Research Institute. He has provided legal and policy advice to public and private sector clients involved in regulated industries. His research emphases include mergers and acquisitions, the introduction of competition into formerly monopolistic markets, corporate restructuring, ratemaking, utility investments in nonutility businesses, and State-federal jurisdictional issues. Prior to joining NRRI in October 2006, he was the founder and principal of a national law practice emphasizing state regulation of public utilities.

Mr. Hempling received a B.A. cum laude in (1) Economics and Political Science and (2) Music from Yale University, where he was a recipient of a Continental Grain Fellowship and Patterson research grant. He received a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a recipient of an American Jurisprudence award for Constitutional Law.

He has appeared numerous times before committees of the U. S. Senate and U. S. House of Representatives; and before state legislative committees in Arkansas, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.

Mr. Hempling’s articles publications include “Corporate Structure Events Involving Regulated Utilities: The Need for a Multidisciplinary, Multijurisdictional Approach,” The Electricity Journal (Aug./Sept. 2006); "Reassessing Retail Competition: A Chance to Modify the Mix," The Electricity Journal (Jan./Feb. 2002); The Renewables Portfolio Standard: A Practical Guide, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (with Nancy Rader) (Feb. 2001); Promoting Competitive Electricity Markets Through Community Purchasing: The Role of Municipal Aggregation, American Public Power Association (with Nancy Rader) (Jan. 2000); Is Competition Here? An Evaluation of Defects in the Market for Generation (National Independent Energy Producers, Jan. 1995) (co-author); The Regulatory Treatment of Embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices: Transition to a Competitive Electric Generation Market (Nov. 1994) (co-author); ADepolarizing the Debate: Can Retail Wheeling Coexist with Integrated Resource Planning?,@ The Electricity Journal (Apr. 1994); and AMaking Competition Work,@ The Electricity Journal (June 1993).

In 1997, Mr. Hempling began a series of annual seminars, at the introductory and advanced levels, for students of electricity law. Attendees and purchasers of the accompanying seminar book have come from all 50 states and from all sectors and professional disciplines within the electric industry.
 

Commissioner Philip B. Jones

Philip Jones was appointed to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission by Governor Gregoire in March 2005. Commissioner Jones is a member of the International Relations and Telecommunications Committee of NARUC. On the Telecommunications Committee, he has served on the Task Forces of Intercarrier Compensation and ETC Designations, and currently serves as its chair of Federal Legislation. Jones has been appointed to serve on the Federal Advisory Council of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). He is Vice Chair of NARUC’s Washington Action Committee. Prior to his commission appointment, he served as managing director of Cutter & Buck (Europe), BV in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for five years.

From 1978 to 1981, he served as Director of the State of Ohio’s office in Tokyo, Japan, which coordinated the state’s activities in Asia to promote direct investment in Ohio (e.g., the Honda Motor Company) and promote exports to the Asian region. After leaving Japan, Jones directed the Program on U.S. - Japan Relations at Harvard University that is housed in the Center for International Affairs.

From 1983 – 1988 he served as senior legislative assistant to Senator Daniel J. Evans, the former U.S. Senator from Washington State, and staffed him on energy policy issues and for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as well as international trade policy. He was responsible for a broad range of energy issues, including hydroelectric re-licensing, nuclear waste management, energy conservation and renewables, and the Bonneville Power Administration.

Jones is a native of Spokane, Washington. He graduated from Harvard College with honors with a degree in East Asian Studies in 1977. He is fluent in Japanese, and has a working knowledge of Chinese and Swedish.
 

Commissioner Betty Ann Kane

NARUC President Marsh Smith has appointed Betty Ann Kane, a member of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission, to a three-year term on the NRRI Board.

Betty Ann Kane was nominated by Mayor Fenty and confirmed by the Council as a Commissioner effective March 6, 2007 for a term ending June 30, 2010.

Betty Ann Kane is an experienced public official combining over 28 years of service to the District of Columbia Government in elected and appointed positions with extensive private sector experience in regulatory, administrative and public policy matters. Commissioner Kane was elected as an at large member of the District of Columbia Board of Education in 1974 and re-elected in 1975. She was elected to three terms as an at large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 1978 to 1990. Her service on the Council included chairing the Public Services and Cable Television Committee, with legislative, budgetary and oversight responsibility for the D.C. Public Service Commission, Office of Peoples Counsel, Cable Television, and utility regulatory policy.cy.

As government relations advisor for a Washington law firm, Commissioner Kane wrote the guidebook on telecommunications and cable television regulation for the National League of Cities and assisted local governments in influencing Congressional and Federal Communications Commission decisions on telecommunications matters. She later operated her own government relations company serving a variety of business, non-profit and labor organizations as well as serving as a government relations specialist for the D.C. Court System.

Commissioner Kane also served as a Trustee and as Executive Director of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, and led the transformation of the Board from an investment agency managing $3.2 billion in pension funds to a full service retirement and investment agency.

Commissioner Kane is a graduate of Middlebury College, Vermont and also has a Masters Degree in English from Yale University, as well as specialized academic study in Telecommunications Regulation at the Annenberg School, and Investing and Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Betty Ann Kane is a 40-year resident of the District of Columbia. She and her husband, attorney Noel W. Kane, have two grown children.

Commissioner Valerie Lemmie

Commissioner Valerie A. Lemmie was appointed to the PUCO by Gov. Bob Taft in 2006. Prior to joining the PUCO, Commissioner Lemmie served as city manager for the cities of Cincinnati, Dayton, and Petersburg, Va., where she was responsible for the day-to-day administration of city government. As city manager in Cincinnati, Lemmie oversaw the operations of 15 city departments with more than 6,000 employees and an annual budget of $1 billion. She also supervised the implementation of city policy, controlled government finances, advised and supported the mayor and city councilors, and ensured the delivery of essential city services.

Most recently, Commissioner Lemmie was a scholar-in-residence at the Kettering Foundation, a research organization focused on democracy and the strengthening of public life. Additionally, Commissioner Lemmie has been an adjunct professor in public administration at the University of Dayton and senior fellow at the Center for Excellence in Municipal Management at George Washington University. Commissioner Lemmie currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration, a federally chartered think tank that reviews and analyzes public policy issues and provides technical assistance and support to governmental agencies. Commissioner Lemmie was elected to serve as Secretary of the Organization of MISO (Midwest Independent Systems Operators) States Board in 2007.

Commissioner Lemmie is an active community volunteer, serving on the board of directors of numerous organizations including the Cincinnati Zoo and the Cincinnati Fine Arts Council. Her service extends internationally where she has lead delegations and conducted seminars in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She has received numerous local and national awards, most recently from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Cincinnati Chapter of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. In April 2005, she was appointed to House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s Urban Advisory Committee.

Commissioner Lemmie earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Urban Society from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy Planning from Washington University.

William M. Nugent

Bill Nugent served for twelve years as a commissioner in the Maine Public Utilities Commission, during which time Maine restructured its electricity industry and devised alternative rate plans for the state’s largest electricity and telephone utilities. During his tenure, two gas pipelines were built from Canada to and through Maine to serve the New England market.

Mr. Nugent served an extended term as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and has testified several times on energy regulation before the U. S. House and Senate. He has worked extensively with European regulators and previously served as a director of the National Regulatory Research Institute (1999-2001). He is a former president of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC).

Mr. Nugent was for five years the deputy budget director for the State of Michigan, and for three years, as commissioner, directed the activities of the Michigan Lottery, North America’s largest. Previously he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and served as a staff member of a White House Council.
Since 2004 Nugent has continued to work closely with regulators as the executive director of NECPUC.

Chairman Carlito P. Caliboso

Carlito P. Caliboso was appointed to the Public Utilities Commission and was named Chairman of the Commission by Governor Linda Lingle on April 30, 2003. In 2004, he was reappointed for a term that expires on June 30, 2010.

Prior to his appointment, Chairman Caliboso had been engaged in private law practice since 1991. He is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and serves on NARUC’s Board of Directors, the Committee on Telecommunications, the Ad Hoc Committee on National Wireless Protection Standards, the Committee on International Relations, and the Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection. As well, he served as president of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners from 2008 to 2009. Chairman Caliboso serves on the Board of Directors of the National Regulatory Research Institute. In 2004, Chairman Caliboso was appointed as a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, which provides advice to the FCC on a broad range of telecommunications issues of interest to state, local, and tribal governments. In October 2007, Chairman Caliboso was named to serve a second term on the FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee as the Vice Chairman of the committee. In addition, he serves on the State Energy Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee.

Chairman Caliboso earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii in 1984, a law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii in 1991, and an Executive MBA from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii in 2009.

Chairman Arnetta McRae

Arnetta McRae joined the Delaware Public Service Commission in July 1996 and assumed the position of chairman in July 2001. Previously, she was employed for eighteen years as counsel with the DuPont Company, where she provided legal services for domestic and international business units. She has also held positions in commercial banking and social service organizations.

Chairman McRae is the current Chairman of the Committee on International Relations, as well as a member of the Committee on Consumer Affairs and the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Regulatory Research Institute; the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of the Regional Green House Gas Initiative, Inc.; the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners; the Advisory Council of the New Mexico State Center for Public Utilities; the Board of Education of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District; and the Chief Executive Officer’s Advisory Council of the Girl Scouts of Chesapeake Bay. \

Chairman McRae received her B.S. in business administration from Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD and her law degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Susan Parker

Susan Parker was elected to the Alabama Public Service Commission in 2006. Parker’s political career also includes being elected as State Auditor of Alabama in 1998, and she was the first woman in Alabama ever nominated for the U. S. Senate in 2002.

Prior to becoming involved in politics, Parker had a 25-year career in public education. In 1972, at the age of 16, she started working at Calhoun Community College as a file clerk and rose through the ranks to become an Associate Dean. Parker worked her last eight years in higher education at Athens State University where she served as Development Officer and Assistant to the President.

The accomplishment of which Parker is most proud is that she completed four college degrees by attending college at night and working full-time during the day. It took her 13 years but Parker persevered and completed her associates, bachelors, masters and Ph.D. — all with honors.

She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (NARUC) Executive Committee, Member of Energy Resources and Environment Committee and Subcommittee on Education and Research. Vice-President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (SEARUC) and Chairperson of the Gas Technology Institute Advisory Board in Chicago Illinois.

Throughout her career, community service has been important to Parker. She has served as president of numerous non-profit organizations including; Boys and Girls Clubs, Heart Association, Cancer Society, Leukemia Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and United Way. In 1988, Susan Parker became the first woman in Alabama to receive the coveted TOYA Award (Ten Outstanding Young Americans) by the U. S. Jaycees.

Parker and her husband of 29 years, Paul Parker, enjoy golf and travel. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.