Age: 51 Director Since: 2024 INDEPENDENT COMMITTEES: Audit Finance DIRECTORSHIPS: CMS Energy Corporation, since 2020 Consumers Energy Company, since 2020 QUALIFICATIONS: Mr. Rochow brings to the Board experience as a public company executive officer and Director in the utility industry and possesses a strong background in operations, regulated utilities, and governance, including: Serving as the President and CEO of CMS Energy Corporation ( CMS ) and Consumers Energy Company ( Consumers ) and previously as Executive Vice President of operations at Consumers. Serving on the boards of CMS and Consumers. Over twenty-five years of both hands-on and leadership experience in the utility industry, an industry that represents a significant part of the Company s overall business. Garrick J. Rochow has served since December 2020 as President and CEO of CMS and Consumers (a publicly traded electric and natural gas utility and its subsidiary). From July 2017 through November 2020, he was Executive Vice President of operations at Consumers, responsible for the company s electric and natural gas distribution and transmission operations, generation and compression operations, regulatory compliance, planning and scheduling and operations performance. Prior to that role, he served in a variety of leadership positions across the business as Consumers Senior Vice President of distribution and customer operations and as Vice President of customer experience, rates and regulation and quality and Chief Customer Officer.