SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG) announced today the election of Joshua W.
Martin III, a partner at the law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP,
to its Board of Directors.
SCANA’s Board of Directors voted on July 30, 2009, to increase the size
of the SCANA Corporation Board from 11 to 12 members. The Board elected
Martin to serve in the newly created seat in Class II until the next
annual meeting of shareholders at which time the Board plans to propose
him for election by the shareholders.
Joshua W. Martin III
Martin, a native of Columbia, S.C., spent his formative years in the
Wheeler Hill neighborhood where his parents were active in urban
development. Martin received his primary education in the Columbia
public school system, graduating from Booker T. Washington High School
in 1962. In 2005, Martin became a partner at the Delaware-based law firm
of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP. He concentrates his law practice on
mediation and arbitration and on business counseling, particularly in
the areas of telecommunications, public utilities and governmental
relations. He is chairman of Potter Anderson’s Diversity and Inclusion
Committee.
From 1996 to early 2005, Martin was president and chief executive
officer of Verizon Delaware Inc. and its predecessor company, Bell
Atlantic Delaware Inc. Prior to joining Verizon Delaware in 1990 as vice
president, general counsel and secretary, Martin was a Delaware Superior
Court Judge for eight years. He served on the Delaware Public Service
Commission from 1978 to 1982, including three years as chairman. After
obtaining his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Martin
joined Hercules Inc. where he was a patent attorney until 1982. With a
bachelor’s degree in physics from Case Institute of Technology, he began
his professional career as a physicist at the DuPont Company in 1966.
His education also includes completion of the Wharton School Executive
Development Program. He holds honorary degrees from Widener University
and Goldey-Beacom College.
In January 2009, Martin was appointed by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to
chair the state’s Economic & Financial Advisory Council. Martin is also
a member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, the AAA Roster of
Neutrals and the Board of Arbitrators-Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority.
A leader in education as well as professional and community
organizations, Martin is Director of Southwest Power Pool Inc.; Trustee,
Winterthur Museum; Trustee and Director, Christiana Care Hospital System
Inc.; Trustee Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University; Life Trustee,
Goldey-Beacom College; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; former Director
and Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. (2000-2009);
and former Director, PNC Bank Delaware (1990-2007).
Martin’s former community and professional activities include:
President, Delaware State Bar Association; Chairman, Wilmington
Renaissance Corporation; Chairman, United Way of Delaware; Trustee,
Delaware Community Foundation; Trustee, Wilmington Friends School;
Member , New Castle County Vo-Tech School Board; and Chairman, YMCA
Black Achievers Program. Along with his wife, Cynthia, he received the
prestigious United Way Tocqueville Society Award in 2006.
SCANA Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia,
S.C., is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through
subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other
energy-related businesses in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
Information about SCANA Corporation and its businesses is available at www.scana.com.
