CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today elected
Gary Garfield to the Board of the
Company.
Mr. Garfield currently serves as CEO and President of
Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Bridgestone
Corporation, and has held these positions since March
2010. After a March 2011
election as Vice President and Senior Officer of Bridgestone
Corporation, Garfield was promoted to his current role, Senior Vice
President of Bridgestone Corporation, on September 1, 2014. Bridgestone Americas,
Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Garfield joined Bridgestone in 1991 and previously served as
Senior Counsel, Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance
Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas in Nashville.
Mr. Garfield is an active member of the Nashville community and serves as a member of
the board of directors of several charitable and industry
organizations, including the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee,
and the United Way of Middle Tennessee. Since 2011, Mr.
Garfield has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of
Business and on the Board of Trustees for the United Way of
Metropolitan Nashville. In 2012, Garfield was named National Chair
for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn's and
Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the
Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart
Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman.
Mr. Garfield received his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Wittenberg University and his law
degree from the University of
Cincinnati.
About Piedmont Natural Gas
Piedmont Natural Gas is an energy services company primarily
engaged in the distribution of natural gas to more than one million
residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers
in portions of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee, including customers served by
municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our subsidiaries are
invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including
unregulated retail natural gas marketing, regulated interstate
natural gas transportation and storage, and intrastate natural gas
transportation businesses. More information about Piedmont Natural
Gas is available on the Internet at http://www.piedmontng.com/.
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