Jeffrey M. Taylor — Chief SEC, Corporate Governance Counsel and Assistant Secretary at American Water Works

Mr. Jeffrey M. Taylor has been the Chief SEC & corporate governance counsel and Assistant secretary of American Water Works Company, Inc. since September 2, 2015. In this role, Mr. Taylor is responsible for all aspects of American Water's securities and corporate law compliance, including the preparation of SEC filings and other public disclosures; corporate governance matters; overseeing legal compliance for debt and equity financings and loan transactions; legal compliance with respect to executive compensation and employee benefits matters; compliance with New York Stock Exchange requirements; and general corporate law and day-to-day business matters. Mr. Taylor also serves as a Counselor and Legal Advisor to various constituencies and functional units within American Water, including the board of directors, accounting, treasury, corporate communications, human resources, business development and investor relations. Prior to joining American Water in June 2015, Mr. Taylor was an Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Pepco Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining Pepco Holdings, Mr. Taylor was a Partner in the Public Companies and Capital Formation practice group in the Philadelphia office of international law firm Blank Rome LLP and devoted over 17 years in private practice to the representation domestic and foreign clients in a wide array of industries in securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital raising, corporate governance, executive compensation and business and corporate law matters. Mr. Taylor is President and a Member of the advisory committee of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. Mr. Taylor also served Vice/Co-Chair of the Securities Regulation Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association from May 2009 to July 2011. Mr. Taylor is a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel and is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Mr. Taylor received his law degree, with honors, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1995 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1992.