Since 1993, when Frederick Bermudez joined the media relations team at Salt River Project, he has demonstrated the ability to thrive in an environment in which responsibilities increase. He currently serves as manager of Investor Communication for PNM Resources, an energy holding company based in Albuquerque, N.M. Frederick is a key contact for buy- and sell-side analysts and serves as the media spokesperson regarding all financial aspects of the company. He has planned and executed successful investor marketing road shows in the United States and seven European countries, and spearheaded IR communications efforts for various acquisitions, including the purchase of three power plants valued at $1.4 billion.

He is the author of the company’s award-winning annual reports, financial-related news releases, earnings conference call scripts and executive speeches to shareholders. He also manages the company’s corporate Web site. In 2009 and 2010, he chaired the Communications Subcommittee for the National Institute of Investor Relations’ Annual Conference. He also has served in various planning roles for conferences and meetings held by the Edison Electric Institute.

Prior to joining PNM Resources’ investor relations team, Frederick served as the company’s Director of Corporate Communication and was responsible for overall corporate communication strategy. In that role, Frederick successfully positioned the company as responsible and honest during the disclosure of employee misjudgments after a near-fatal natural gas explosion in Santa Fe. His strategic, proactive approach to this issue gained acclaim by the International Association of Business Communicators and the Public Relations Society of America. His work also was highlighted as a corporate best practice in the 2006 book “The High Purpose Company: The Truly Responsible (and Highly Profitable) Firms That Are Changing Business Now.”

Before joining PNM Resources in 2001, Frederick served in various communication and management roles during an eight-year span for Salt River Project and its affiliate, New West Energy. He has 18 years of experience in the energy industry after having been a print journalist in Cincinnati and Phoenix.
For the past four years, Frederick has been involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team-In-Training, completing four marathons and five half-marathons while raising more than $20,000. He also has served on the LLS El Paso-New Mexico Board of Trustees.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in Mass Communication from Arizona State University.

Mark Donohue is Senior Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for Impax Laboratories, a specialty pharmaceuticals company that develops both brand and generic products. Mr. Donohue joined Impax in April of 2008 and has led the effort to restore investor confidence and positively promote the company following security delisting and financial reporting issues.

Prior to joining the Company, he had been director of investor relations for Dow Jones & Co., a global publisher of business and financial news and information. He was responsible for developing and executing a global investor relations program.

Prior to joining Dow Jones in early 2001, he was vice president, investor relations, with Summit Bancorp, the 25th largest U.S. regional bank before its merger with FleetBoston. Before getting his start in the investor relations field in early 1999, he worked in corporate finance at Covance, Inc., after beginning his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young.

Mr. Donohue earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Villanova University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania. He also served four years active duty in the United States Air Force as an air traffic controller. He currently serves on the NIRI IR Update Magazine Editorial Advisory Board and on the NIRI Philadelphia Chapter Advisory Board. He previously served on the board of the Philadelphia Chapter from 2006 to 2010, and was the Chapter’s President from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Donohue was also NIRI’s 2010 University of Michigan Theory and Practice of IR Program Scholarship recipient.