Biography

Arthur H. House, age 80, has been a partner at Cybersecurity Risk Associates, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, that advises clients on improving their cybersecurity, compliance and privacy programs, since May 2020. Mr. House also has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut since March 2020. From April 2020 to December 2020, he served as a cybersecurity policy advisor to the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut. From October 2016 to October 2019, Mr. House served as Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut. From June 2012 until October 2016, he was chairman of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. From January 2009 until May 2012, Mr. House served as Director of Communications of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as head of internal and external communications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a combat support agency for the U.S. Department of Defense. From January 2002 until January 2009, he served as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Connecticut-based Webster Bank, a bank that provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and investment services. Mr. House has also previously served in various positions at the World Bank, the National Security Council and the U.S. Senate. We believe Mr. House’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his extensive experience in the utility and cybersecurity industries, his international business and government relations experience and work in both internal and external corporate communications. Mr. House has been a director of our company since September 2016.