Twenty-Third Annual Meeting

of

The Research Bureau

Monday, June 9, 2008

Meeting and Luncheon 11:45 am

Mechanics Hall

Worcester, Massachusetts

Featured Speaker

John W. Rowe

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation

John W. Rowe is the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Exelon Corporation - one of the nation's largest electric utilities, with 5.4 million customers and revenues of more than $15 billion. Forbes ranked Exelon as the number one utility company on its 2005 list of "The Best Managed Companies in America" and ranked Exelon as the number one utility company in the United States on its 2004 list of "The World's 2000 Leading Companies." 

Mr. Rowe has led electric utilities since 1984, consecutively serving as chief executive officer of Central Maine Power Company, the New England Electric System and Unicom Corporation (one of Exelon's predecessors). His business activities have been marked by his attention to balance sheet strength, earnings consistency, service reliability and environmental performance. 

His civic and professional commitments emphasize historical education and diversity, and include serving as chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, chairman of the Chicago History Museum, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Illinois Institute of Technology. He has previously been chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, president of the USS Constitution Museum, and chairman of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable. He is also the founder and benefactor of a new public charter school in Chicago which focuses on math and science. 

Mr. Rowe is the recipient of numerous awards including University of Arizona's 2007 Executive of the Year and the Founders' Award for Business Leadership from the Union League in Philadelphia in 2005.