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Mr. Justin B. Palfreyman is President and Chief Executive Officer of NW Holdings and Chief Executive Officer of NW Natural, effective as of April 1, 2025. From May 2023 to March 2025, Mr. Palfreyman served as President of NW Holdings and NW Natural. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of NW Natural from February 2023 to May 2023, and from 2016 to 2023, he was Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of NW Natural. Before joining NW Natural, he was with Lazard, Freres & Co., a global financial advisory and asset management firm, serving as a Director in Lazard's Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group from 2009 to 2016. In that position, he provided strategic and financial advice to corporations, institutional investors, private equity funds and government clients. Prior to Lazard, Mr. Palfreyman was an associate in the Infrastructure Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs in New York. He has also held various positions in finance, strategy and business development at both Apex Learning and Accenture in Seattle, Washington. In addition to serving on the Boards of NW Holdings and NW Natural, Mr. Palfreyman is a member of the Board of Directors for various NW Holdings' subsidiaries, including NW Natural Renewables Holdings, LLC, SiEnergy Operating, LLC (SiEnergy) and NW Natural Water Company, LLC (NW Natural Water) and their respective subsidiaries. Mr. Palfreyman currently serves as a board member of the American Gas Association (AGA), a board trustee of the American Gas Foundation, a board member of the Oregon Business Council and a board member of CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington, Columbia and Tillamook Counties, having been the past President. Mr. Palfreyman graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Business Administration. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Master of Public Policy from The University of Chicago Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy.

On January 9, 2025, Northwest Natural Holding Company (NW Holdings) and Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural) announced that the Board of Directors (Board) of NW Natural, on December 12, 2024, elected Kimberly H. Rush to the position of President of NW Natural, effective April 1, 2025. Ms. Rush currently serves as NW Natural's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. She also served as NW Natural's Senior Vice President, Operations and Chief Marketing Officer from April 2018 through May 2023, Senior Vice President, Communications and Chief Marketing Officer from January 2018 through March 2018, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, Communications from 2014 to 2017, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer from 2013 to 2014, Chief Corporate Communications Officer from 2011 to 2013, Communications Director from 2005 to 2011, Director of Consumer Information and Internet Services from 2000 to 2004, and Director of Consumer Information from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining NW Natural, Ms. Rush held management and senior communications positions at Alltel Corporation and Bank of America Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Rush received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the University of Iowa, and a Master of Science in Communications at Northwestern University in Illinois. Ms. Rush currently serves on the board of the Northwest Gas Association and is a member of the Operations and Sustainable Growth Committees of the American Gas Association. Ms. Rush is also a member of the Board of Directors for various NW Holdings' subsidiaries. Prior board experience includes Western Energy Institute, ONE Future, Greater Portland, Inc., LifeWorks Northwest, Natural Gas Vehicles for America and Utilization Technology Development, affiliated with the Gas Technology Institute.

On August 9, 2024, the Boards of Directors of Northwest Natural Holding Company (NW Holdings) and Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural) elected Raymond Kaszuba III, to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NW Holdings and NW Natural, effective August 31, 2024. Mr. Kaszuba, joins NW Holdings and NW Natural from AmeriGas, the United States' largest propane distributor and a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, where he has been serving as Interim President since November 2023. He has been with AmeriGas since October 2022, serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer prior to assuming his role as Interim President. Prior to AmeriGas, Mr. Kaszuba was Vice President and Treasurer of UGI Corporation, an international distributor and marketer of energy products and services, including natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, and renewable solutions, from July 2020 to October 2022. Mr. Kaszuba's other relevant experience includes work at Enviva, a wood pellet producer, where he was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from 2018 to 2020, and Vice President and Treasurer from 2015 to 2018. Prior to Enviva, Mr. Kaszuba served in various treasury, finance and audit roles at ExxonMobil, Allegheny Energy, and US Bank. Mr. Kaszuba holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Master of Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

On December 11, 2025, the Board appointed Megan H. Berge as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of NW Holdings and NW Natural, effective January 1, 2026. Ms. Berge is currently Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NW Holdings and Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NW Natural. She has held these positions since March 2025. Prior to joining NW Natural, Ms. Berge was a partner in the Washington D.C. and San Francisco offices of international law firm, Baker Botts L.L.P., where her practice included extensive complex litigation in state and federal courts as well as rulemaking and advocacy work related to federal and state environmental laws. She began her career at the firm in 2006. Ms. Berge has been nationally recognized by Chambers and Partners in the areas of climate and environmental law, as one of 500 Leading U.S. Environmental & Energy Lawyers by Lawdragon, and a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer-Rising Star by Thomson Reuters. Ms. Berge earned her law degree from the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware.

Ms. Malia H. Wasson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sand Creek Advisors LLC, which provides business consulting to chief executive officers of public and private companies. Previously, Ms. Wasson was an Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank, N.A., and served as President of U.S. Bank's Oregon and Southwest Washington operations from 2005 to 2015. She also led the U.S. Bank, N.A. Advisory Board in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Wasson is a 33-year veteran of the banking industry. Prior to joining U.S. Bank in 1989, she held various commercial lending positions with the former Oregon Bank and Security Pacific Bank of Oregon. Ms. Wasson was elected as Chair of the Boards of NW Holdings and NW Natural in August 2021. Ms. Wasson currently serves on the Board of Directors of Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM), where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Wasson formerly served on the boards of Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, Inc., OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland Business Alliance, Greater Portland Inc., Portland Mall Management, Inc., SOLVE Founders' Circle and the American Red Cross-Oregon Trail Chapter and was past Chair of the Oregon Business Plan and Oregon Business Council. She also serves as a Senior Fellow at American Leadership Forum. Ms. Wasson holds a Bachelor of Science and Commerce degree in finance from Santa Clara University.

Ms. Jane L. Peverett served as President and Chief Executive Officer of British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC), an electric utility in Vancouver, British Columbia. Between 2003 and 2005, she served as Chief Financial Officer of BCTC. Prior to joining BCTC, from 1988 through 2003, Ms. Peverett held various senior positions with Westcoast Energy Ltd., including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Gas Limited, a Westcoast Energy company, between 2001 and 2003. Ms. Peverett currently serves on the Boards of Directors of NW Natural, Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor) ((NYSE: SU)(TSX: SU)), Capital Power Corporation (TSX: CPX), and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (formerly Canadian Pacific Railway Limited) ((NYSE: CP)(TSX: CP)). She currently serves as a member of the Audit and Finance Committee of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, where she previously served as Chair, on the Audit and Health, Safety & Environment Committees of Capital Power, and on the Audit and Governance Committees of Suncor. Ms. Peverett additionally serves as Chair of the CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association). Ms. Peverett has also previously served on the Board of Directors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) ((NYSE: CM)(TSX: CM)) from 2009 to 2023. She has also previously served on the boards of Hydro One Inc., AEGIS, Encana Corporation, Postmedia Network Canada Corp., BC Ferry Authority, BC Ferries Services, Inc. (BC Ferries), and the United Way of Lower Mainland, also serving as Chair of BC Ferry Authority, Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee at CIBC, and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Encana Corporation. Ms. Peverett earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Queen's University. She is a certified management accountant.

Ms. Sandra McDonough has been the owner of Quetzal Consulting, a business consulting firm. From 2018 to 2021, Ms. McDonough served as President and CEO of Oregon Business & Industry (OBI), Oregon's largest statewide general business organization, with members across the state representing a wide variety of industries. Before joining OBI, Ms. McDonough served as President and CEO of the Portland Business Alliance, Greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce for 14 years. Ms. McDonough previously worked in the energy industry for two decades, including as a Vice President, External Affairs, for PG&E National Energy Group and Vice President, Communications and External Affairs, for PG&E Gas Transmission Northwest, both companies being former operating units of San Francisco-based PG&E Corporation. Earlier, Ms. McDonough worked for PacifiCorp, holding positions in Oregon and Washington, D.C. Ms. McDonough currently serves on the boards of NW Natural and the non-profit New Avenues for Youth. She also serves on the Oregon advisory board for Regence and is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum/Oregon. She previously served on the Oregon advisory board for U.S. Bank National Association. She holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Oregon.

Ms. Monica Enand founded Zapproved, Inc., a cloud-based software provider for corporate legal departments, where she served as Chief Executive Officer until February 2023 following the acquisition of Zapproved by Exterro. Prior to founding Zapproved, she was the Director of Business Development and Marketing at Avnera Corporation, a fabless semiconductor manufacturer. Ms. Enand has also held sales and marketing positions at IBM and was a program manager in the compiler and architecture group at Intel. Ms. Enand also serves as a board member of NW Natural. Additionally, she currently serves as Chair of the Board of Curity and sits on the boards of Nextpoint, Inc., the Oregon Community Foundation, where she chairs the Investment and Audit Committees, and Project Wayfinder. She is also an Oregon Business Council Fellow. Ms. Enand has previously served as Chair of Auth0 and Technology Association of Oregon, and as a member of Oregon Growth Board, Oregon Innovation Council, and Oregon Investment Council. She received the 2018 Sam Blackman Award for Civic Engagement, the 2016 Portland Business Journal Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the 2010 Portland Business Journal Orchid Award for achievement for women in business. Ms. Enand earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Portland.

Since 2022, Ms. Lee has served as Chief Executive Officer of Plymouth Housing, a nonprofit working to eliminate homelessness and address its causes by providing housing and opportunities to stabilize and improve lives. From 2010 to 2022, Ms. Lee served as Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Human Services, a leading nonprofit social-enterprise business based in Seattle, Washington, which operates several businesses to help fund its social mission to assist individuals with criminal histories lead healthy and productive lives. From 2005 to 2010, Ms. Lee served as the Commissioner of the Washington State Employment Security Department. Prior to her role as Commissioner, she held several leadership roles at Puget Sound Energy, including Director of Gas Operations, from 2002 to 2005. She also previously served as an Associate Attorney at K&L Gates LLP in Seattle, Washington, and spent four years as an Officer in the U.S. Army. Ms. Lee holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington School of Law. She is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Russian studies and a minor in engineering. Ms. Lee currently serves as a director of NW Natural, W. Lease Lewis Company, Seattle Downtown Association, and the University of Washington Foundation. She is a member of Washington's Statewide Reentry Council and the Regence Blue Shield Community Advisory Board. Ms. Lee also previously served as a trustee at Western Washington University, a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and as a member of the U.S. Bank Washington Advisory Board. Ms. Lee has been named a 40 Under 40 honoree and one of Seattle's Women of Influence by the Puget Sound Business Journal, and more recently, received an Executive Excellence award from Seattle Business Magazine. As previously disclosed, on February 25, 2026, Karen Lee notified NW Holdings that she intends to retire from the Board at the end of her current term, which expires at this year's Annual Meeting.

Mr. David H. Anderson served as Chief Executive Officer of NW Holdings and NW Natural until his retirement on April 1, 2025. He began serving as Chief Executive Officer of NW Natural in August 2016 and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of NW Holdings upon its formation in 2018. He also previously served as President of NW Natural from July 2016 to May 2023 and of NW Holdings from its inception to May 2023. Prior to that, he held positions at NW Natural, including as President and Chief Operating Officer from August 2015 to July 2016, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2014 to July 2015, as Executive Vice President of Operations and Regulation from February 2013 to February 2014, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from when he joined NW Natural in 2004 to February 2013. Before joining NW Natural, Mr. Anderson was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TXU Gas. He previously held executive positions within TXU Corporation (formerly Texas Utilities) including Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President of Investor Relations and Shareholder Services. In addition to serving on the Boards of NW Holdings and NW Natural, Mr. Anderson serves on the Board of Directors of National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) where he has been appointed to the Audit, Financing and Compensation Committees. Mr. Anderson previously served as Chair and a board member of the American Gas Association (AGA), where he also at various times served as Chair and/or member of numerous AGA committees, including the AGA Finance Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Fiscal and Tax Committee, Executive Committee, and Safety, Resilience/Reliability, and Security Task Force and Clean Energy Task Force. He also served as a board trustee of the American Gas Foundation. Mr. Anderson is a past board member of the Northwest Gas Association, the Oregon Business Council, Portland Business Alliance, Portland State University Foundation, Greater Portland Inc., and a past President of The Oregon Partnership, Inc. (Lines for Life). Mr. Anderson is also a past Chair of the Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) Fiscal Policy Committee, and PSU Foundation Investment Committee, and is a past advisory board member for PSU School of Business and Oregon Department of Education Business Advisory Team. Mr. Anderson was also previously appointed by former Governor Kate Brown and served on Oregon's Global Warming Commission. Mr. Anderson holds a BBA in Accounting from Texas Tech University and is a Certified Public Accountant (ret.) and Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Mr. Peter J. Bragdon was appointed President of Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM) in November 2025. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bragdon served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Columbia since 2015. He joined Columbia in 1999 and served as Senior Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property until January 2003. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Bragdon served as Chief of Staff in the Oregon Governor's office. Mr. Bragdon returned to Columbia in 2004 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and was named Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary in 2010 and Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary in 2015. In 2017, he assumed oversight of Columbia's international distributor business. Prior to Columbia, Mr. Bragdon served as an attorney in the corporate securities and finance group at Stoel Rives LLP, and Special Assistant Attorney General for the Oregon Department of Justice. Mr. Bragdon also sits on the Board of NW Natural. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Oregon Community Foundation, a board member of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and sits on the Board of Trustees of Reed College. He also serves on the Board of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. He received a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School, a Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College.

Mr. David Drinkward Drinkward has served as president and CEO of Hoffman Construction Company (Hoffman) since November 2018. Over the course of his career at Hoffman, he has held several leadership roles including executive vice president, vice president, business systems manager, and general counsel. Drinkward serves on the boards of several organizations including Hoffman, Meals on Wheels People, the ACE Mentor Program of America, the Oregon Business Council, and is a Trustee of Willamette University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Linfield College and a Juris Doctor from Willamette University College of Law.

Mr. Brian Fellon, Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer (2024- ); Director of Information Technology, Puget Sound Energy (2016-2024).

David A. Weber,Vice President, Gas Supply and Utility Support Services (2019- ); President and Chief Executive Officer, NW Natural Gas Storage, LLC (2011- ); President, KB Pipeline Company (2018- ); Director, NWN Gas Reserves LLC (2018- ); President and Chief Executive Officer, Gill Ranch Storage, LLC (2011-2020).

Ms. Kyra Patterson, Vice President and Chief People Officer (2025- ); Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, AVANGRID, Inc. (2021-2024); Vice President, People Operations, AVANGRID, Inc. (2020-2021); Vice President, Human Resources-Networks, AVANGRID, Inc. (2018-2020); Human Resources Director, AVANGRID, Inc. (2017-2018).

Effective August 31, 2024, The Boards of NW Holdings and NW Natural have reappointed Mr. Brody J. Wilson to the positions of Vice President, Treasurer, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Brody J. Wilson, Chief Financial Officer (Interim) (2023- ), Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer (2017- ); Controller (2013-2023); Chief Financial Officer (Interim), Treasurer (Interim), and Chief Accounting Officer (2016-2017); Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Assistant Treasurer (2016); Acting Controller (2013); Accounting Director (2012-2013). c, the Board determined that Mr. Wilson's interim service as Chief Financial Officer concludes.

Mr. Joseph S. Karney, Vice President, Engineering and Utility Operations (2023- ); Senior Director, Utility Operations (2021-2023); Senior Engineering Director (2019-2021); Engineering Director (2017-2019); Compliance Senior Manager (2015-2017).

Ms. Melinda B. Rogers; Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer (2018- ); Senior Director of Human Resources (2018); Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness and Talent Acquisition (2015-2017); Senior Associate, Point B (2014-2015); Director, Executive Development Center, Willamette University (2011-2014).

Mr. Zachary D. Kravitz, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Resource Planning (2025- ); Vice President, Rates and Regulatory (2022-2025); Senior Director, Rates and Regulatory (2021-2022); Director, Rates and Regulatory (2018-2021); Regulatory Attorney (2014-2018).

Kathryn M. Williams, Vice President, Chief Public Affairs and Sustainability Officer (2023- ); Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability (2020-2023); Vice President, Public Affairs (2019-2020); Government and Community Affairs Director (2018-2019); State Affairs Manager, Port of Portland (2015-2018); Business and Rail Relations Manager, Port of Portland (2007-2015).