CONNIE LAU

Constance H. Lau is president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI), parent company of Hawaiian Electric Company which provides electricity to 95% of the state of Hawaii and American Savings Bank, Hawaii's third largest bank. Connie chairs the National Infrastructure Advisory Council which advises the President of the United States on the security of the sixteen critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems and is a member of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council which represents the electric utility industry with the federal government. Connie is a C3E Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment Ambassador for the Department of Energy and was 2011 Woman of the Year for the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment. She was one of U.S. Banker's 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking for 2004, 2005, and 2006 when she headed American Savings Bank. She serves on the boards of Edison Electric Institute, Associated Electrical & Gas Insurance Services, Matson, Inc., Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and chairs the boards of Punahou School, Consuelo Foundation, and the Military Affairs Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. Connie holds a B.S. from Yale College, a J.D. from University of California Hastings College of the Law, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.