Retired Utility Company Executive American Electric Power Co., Inc. The Board determined that Mr. Patton should serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience in the utilities industry and his experience working with the Company through his service on the Centuri Advisory Board. Mr. Patton has served as a member of the Board since the completion of the Centuri IPO and has served on the Company s advisory board since September 2018. Mr. Patton is an infrastructure thought leader with more than 39 years of experience. From 2017 until his retirement in July 2022, Mr. Patton served as Executive Vice President-External Affairs at American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP). In this role, he led AEP s customer services, communications, regulatory, NERC Compliance, federal public policy, and corporate sustainability organizations. Prior to assuming these responsibilities, Mr. Patton served in numerous executive positions throughout his tenure with AEP, including Executive Vice President AEP West Utilities, Chief Human Resource Officer, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Policy, and the president and chief operating officer of two AEP subsidiaries: Appalachian Power Company and AEP Texas, each company serving over one million customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee and South and West Texas, respectively. While at AEP, Mr. Patton was an Executive Sponsor of the Black Employee and Pride Resource Groups. Prior to joining AEP in 2005, Mr. Patton spent approximately 11 years in the energy and telecommunications business with Houston Lighting & Power Company. During his tenure in Texas, Texas Governor George Bush appointed Patton to serve on the Texas Energy Coordination Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Later, Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Patton to the Texas Energy Planning Council, established to advise the governor on energy matters. Mr. Patton previously served on the boards of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, National Association of Manufacturers, United States Energy Association, Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. and Center for Workforce Development. Mr. Patton currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Ameresco, Inc., Messer, Inc., Messer Construction Company and California Water Service Group. Mr. Patton holds a Bachelor s Degree from Bowdoin College and a Master s Degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.