John W. Rowe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation
John W. Rowe
John W. Rowe is Chairman and CEO of Exelon Corporation, formed in October 2000 by the merger of Unicom Corporation and PECO Energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon is one of the nation's largest electric utilities, with approximately five million customers and more than $15 billion in annual revenues. Exelon owns or contracts for an expanding generation portfolio of approximately 40,000 megawatts, with strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon also has holdings in infrastructure services, energy services and telecommunications.
Prior to the formation of Exelon, Mr. Rowe served as Chairman, President and CEO of Unicom Corporation and Commonwealth Edison. Mr. Rowe was President and CEO of New England Electric System (NEES) from 1989 to February 1998, and he served as President and CEO of Central Maine Power Company from 1984 to 1989.
Before joining Central Maine Power, Mr. Rowe was senior vice president of law for Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) in Philadelphia. Mr. Rowe worked with the Chicago law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale from 1970 to 1980, where he became a partner in 1978 and served as counsel to the Trustees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company.
Mr. Rowe is a native of Wisconsin, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. He has an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bryant College, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Rowe received an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in June, 2002.
Mr. Rowe serves on the Board of Directors at UnumProvident Corporation, The Northern Trust Corporation, and The Chicago Club. Additionally, he is on the Board of Trustees at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, The Chicago Historical Society, The Field Museum, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the Illinois chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Mr. Rowe is past Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a Trustee of Northwestern University and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Urban League, and The Commercial Club of Chicago, for which he serves on the Civic Committee.
Board of Directors, National Commission on Energy Policy, National Commission on Energy Policy - Commissioners
