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Thomas M. Matthews Thomas M. Matthews is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer for Washington Water Power, soon to be Avista Corp. Effective July 1, 1998, Matthews joined the company and is only the fourth person to serve as Washington Water Power's board chairman since the company emerged from holding company control in the early 1950's. Washington Water Power, with annual revenues of $2 billion, is an energy services company with regulated and non-regulated operations located throughout the United States. Washington Water Power also operates Avista Corp., which owns all the company's non-regulated energy and non-energy businesses. Prior to joining Washington Water Power, Matthews served as the president of Houston-based Dynegy, formerly NGC Corporation. He as responsible for oversight of Dynegy's worldwide operations, including its gas liquids and gas pipeline subsidiary, the company's international division; the company's power division; and the corporate merger and acquisition, legal, regulatory, and information technology functions. Dynegy is a leading gatherer, processor, generator, transporter, and marketer of energy products and services in North America. Matthews previously held the position of vice president of Texaco, Inc., president of Texaco's Global Bas and Power Division, and president and chief executive officer of Texaco Natural Gas, where he was responsible for worldwide power, natural gas processing, gas liquids, gas pipelines and gas sales and marketing operations. Matthews also held the position in Texaco as president of Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc. In this position, he was responsible for nationwide gasoline marketing and refinement. Prior to joining Texaco, Matthews spent eight years with Tenneco as president of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company ;and executive vice president of Tenneco Gas. He also spent 16 years with Exxon in various domestic and international engineering, management and executive positions. Matthews received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Texas A & M University in 1965. He has completed postgraduate training in petroleum and natural gas engineering at the University of Oklahoma and executive business training at Stanford and Columbia Universities. Matthews serves on boards of a number of organizations, including the Advisory Council for Texas A & M University and Texas A & M Vision 2020 Committee. Matthews and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of two grown daughters, Stephanie and Leslie.
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