Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 2005

Mark Dodson – Nw Natural (nwn)

MARK S. DODSON has been President and Chief Executive Officer of NW Natural since 2003. Prior to that he was President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel from 2001 to 2003; Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and General Counsel from 1998 to 2001; Senior Vice President from 1997 to 1998, Director, NNG Financial Corp. from 2000- Present; Partner, Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson Skerritt law firm from 1980-1997 and Special Counsel to Federal Aviation Administrator, Counsel, US Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1980. Mr. Dodson has a BA, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and is a graduate of the Boalt School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of the company

and a picture of the things you are doing at the present time.

Mr. Dodson: We are the second-oldest, still locally-owned