David Thomas - DTE Energy Independent Director

Dr. David A. Thomas, Ph.D., is Independent Director of DTE Energy Company effective June 21, 2013. He has served as the dean and William R. Berkley Professor of Business Administration at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business since 2011. Previously he was the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration and chair of the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business School. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1990 and retired in 2011. Prior to Harvard, he was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his bachelors degree in administrative sciences, and a masters degree and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior, from Yale University. He also has a masters degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University. In addition to his service on the Companys Board of Directors, he is a member of the Posse Foundation board, a trustee with the Center for Creative Leadership and a member of the External Diversity Advisory Board at Deloitte. Previously, he served as a chair for The Partnership in Boston. He is also a past member of the boards of the Brigham and Womens Hospital, Cambridge Trust Co., Jobs for the Future and Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Thomass qualifications to sit on our Board include his experience as a proven business leader and researcher, his experience with various corporate boards and his leadership in the area of corporate inclusion and diversity. since 2013.