Russell B. Starkey, Jr.

Mr. Starkey received his bachelor of science degree in physics from Miami University in 1964, and he performed graduate work in business and economics at the University of New Haven and North Carolina State University.

Prior to his retirement in March 2010, he was vice president for USEC Inc. He served as an advisor to John Welch, USEC’s president and CEO, on matters related to all of USEC’s business divisions. (USEC Inc., NYSE: USU, a global energy company, is a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.)

Mr. Starkey previously served as vice president, American Centrifuge, where he was responsible for the deployment and commercial operations of USEC’s next-generation uranium enrichment technology, the American Centrifuge, including the manufacturing of centrifuge machines by USEC’s strategic suppliers worldwide. Prior to that, Starkey served as vice president, operations, for USEC Inc. where he was responsible for USEC’s production operations at the Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plant and for the Company’s U.S. Department of Energy contract work at the Paducah and Portsmouth, Ohio, plants. Mr. Starkey served as general manager of the Paducah plant from September 2001 to February 2005.

Mr. Starkey joined USEC from Advanced Energy Corporation where he held the position of vice president and general technical manager. Previously, he worked for Carolina Power and Light Company (CP&L, now a subsidiary of Progress Energy) over a 20-year period in a variety of line and staff management positions including general manager, Robinson Nuclear Plant, vice president, Brunswick Nuclear Plant and ultimately as vice president, nuclear services. Before joining CP&L, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard one conventional and two nuclear submarines, attaining the rank of Lt. Commander. His last assignment was Assistant Director of the Navy’s Submarine School Engineering Division.

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