Philip R. O'Connor

Overview

Philip R. O'Connor, 59, has served as a Director of the Company since May 2003. He also has served as a Director of RSLIC since March 1993. Dr. O'Connor is currently the President of PROactive Strategies, a provider of policy analysis and advice on insurance regulation. He is also a Vice President of Constellation (NewEnergy), a provider of competitive retail electricity. He recently completed a year of service at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq as an advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. Dr. O'Connor served as the Illinois Director of Insurance from 1979 to 1982. From 1983 through 1985, Dr. O'Connor was Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the utility regulatory body of Illinois, and he served on the Illinois State Board of Elections from 1998 until April 2004. After 1985, Dr. O'Connor formed Palmer Bellevue Corporation, an energy and insurance consulting firm that became a part of Coopers and Lybrand in 1993. In 1998, he established the Midwest business of Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. He also serves as a member of the Board of the Big Shoulders Foundation for the schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago and is a member of the Board of the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago.