CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company Boards of Directors

Kenneth Whipple
He is Chairman of the Board of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.  He served from May of 2002 through September of 2004 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.  He served from 1988 until his retirement in 1999 as Executive Vice President of Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, a world-wide automotive manufacturer, and President of the Ford Financial Services Group.  In addition, he served from 1997 to 1999 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company.  He is a director of Korn/Ferry International, as well as a trustee of certain mutual funds in the JPMorgan family of mutual funds.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since 1993.

Joseph F. Paquette Jr.
Presiding Director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.  He served from 1988 to 1995 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and from 1995 until his retirement in 1997 as Chairman of PECO Energy, formerly the Philadelphia Electric Company, a major supplier of electric and gas energy.  He is also a director of USEC, Inc.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since December 2002.  He had previously served as a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy and as President of CMS Energy from 1987 to 1988.

Merribel S. Ayres
She has served since 1996 as President of Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLC.  Lighthouse provides governmental affairs and communications expertise, as well as management consulting and business development services, to a broad spectrum of international clients.  Ms. Ayres served from 1988 to 1996 as Chief Executive Officer of the National Independent Energy Producers, a Washington, DC trade association representing the competitive power supply industry.  She is a member of the Aspen Institute Energy Policy Forum and the Dean's Alumni Leadership Council of the Harvard Kennedy School.  She is a director of the United States Energy Association (USEA).  She has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since 2004.

Jon E. Barfield
He has served since 1981 as the President and since 1995 as the Chairman and President of The Bartech Group based in Livonia, Michigan, a talent acquisition and management firm which specializes in the placement of engineering and information technology professionals, recruitment process outsourcing, business process consulting services and managing the staffing requirements of regional and global corporations.  Mr. Barfield currently serves as a director of BMC Software, Inc.  He is also a director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit Renaissance Inc., New Detroit Inc. and The Henry Ford.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since August 2005.

Stephen E. Ewing
He served for more than 35 years in the energy industry before retiring in 2006 as Vice Chairman of DTE Energy ("DTE"), a leading energy provider in the Great Lakes Region.  Prior to DTE's 2001 acquisition of MCN Energy, Ewing had a 30-year career with MCN and its subsidiaries, including Michigan Consolidated Gas Company ("MichCon").  He joined MichCon in 1971, and at the time of DTE's acquisition of MCN, he had risen to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of MichCon.  He is a director of National Fuel Gas and serves as chairman of The Skillman Foundation, Chairman of AAA Michigan and Vice Chairman of the Auto Club Group.  He also serves on the Board of the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, a Michigan nonprofit organization.  He joined the boards of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy in July 2009.

Richard M. Gabrys
Former Interim Dean of the School of Business Administration of Wayne State University, and retired Vice Chairman of Deloitte.  Mr. Gabrys served for 42 years with Deloitte in public accounting serving a variety of publicly held companies, especially automotive manufacturing companies, financial services institutions and health care entities.  He serves on the boards of La-Z-Boy Corporation, Massey Energy Company, Tri-Mas Corporation, The Detroit Institute of Arts, the Karmanos Cancer Institute, Michigan Venture Capital Fund, Detroit Regional Chamber, Alliance for a Safer Greater Detroit (Crime Stoppers) and Ave Maria University.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since May 2005.

David W. Joos
He has served since October 2004 as President and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy and Chief Executive Officer of Consumers Energy.  He served from 2001 to 2004 as President and Chief Operating Officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy; 2000 to 2001 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Electric of CMS Energy; and from 1997 to 2000 as President and Chief Executive Officer - Electric of Consumers Energy.  He is a director of Steelcase, Inc., the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Detroit Renaissance Inc.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since 2001.

Philip R. Lochner Jr.
He is a director of several public companies.  He is a director of CLARCOR Inc., Crane Co. and Gentiva Health Services, Inc.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since May 2005.

Michael T. Monahan
He has served since 1999 as President of Monahan Enterprises, LLC, a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based consulting firm.  He was Chairman of Munder Capital Management, an investment management company, from October 1999 to December 2000 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Munder Capital from October 1999 until January 2000.  Prior to that, he was President and a director of Comerica Bank from 1992 to 1999 and President and a director of Comerica Inc. from 1993 to 1999.  He is a trustee of The Munder Funds, a director of Engineered Machined Products, Inc., as well as a member of the Boards of Trustees of Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and the Children's Scholarship Fund.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since December 2002.

Percy A. Pierre
He is Vice President and Professor Emeritus of Michigan State University.  From 1990 to 1995 he served as Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and from 1995 to 2005 as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Dr. Pierre is a former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition.  He is also a former President of Prairie View A&M University.  He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Notre Dame and the Board of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since 1990.

Kenneth L. Way
He served from 1988 through 2002 as Chairman of Lear Corporation, a Southfield, Michigan-based supplier of automotive interior systems to the automotive industry.  In addition, he served from 1988 to 2000 as Chief Executive Officer of Lear Corporation.  He is a director of Comerica Inc., WESCO International Inc., and Cooper Standard Automotive.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since 1998.

John B. Yasinsky
He served from 1999 until his retirement in 2000 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and continued as Chairman until February 2001 of OMNOVA Solutions Inc., a Fairlawn, Ohio-based developer, manufacturer, and marketer of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and building products.  He served from 1995 to 1999 as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of GenCorp.  He is a director of TriState Capital Bank and TriState Capital Holdings, and lead independent director of A. Schulman, Inc.  He has been a director of CMS Energy and of Consumers Energy since 1994.