Contact: Barbara Draper
Whittemore School CEO Forum
603-862-1107

November 7, 2002

DURHAM, N.H. -- Robert Schoenberger, chairman and CEO of Unitil Corp., Hampton, is the featured speaker for the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics CEO Forum Thursday, Nov. 21. The event opens with a breakfast buffet at 8:30 a.m. at the New England Conference Center on campus, and the program follows from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Schoenberger, who began his career working on economic policy for the governor of New York and at New York Power Authority, took the helm of Unitil in 1997. The public utility holding company not only provides natural gas and electric service, but also participates in energy planning, procurement, marketing and consulting. Unitil employs 333 people and had total operating revenues of $207 million in 2001. The company was recently honored as 2002 N.H. Business of the Year by the N.H. Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and Business NH Magazine.

Annual membership in the CEO Forum is $695, which includes breakfast for two at five seminars. For more information on this forum contact Barbara Draper at (603) 862-1107, or by e-mail at: barbara.draper@unh.edu.

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