Allete Inc.

Joined the Company in 1978. Educated at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, he is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. Was named Director of Internal Audit in 1989 and became Corporate Controller in March of 1993. Named Corporate Vice President in 2001 and Senior Vice President in 2004. Appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2006.

Joined the Company in 1979. Educated at the University of Minnesota and the College of St. Scholastica, he is a Professional Engineer. Was named Manager of Strategic Fuels Planning and then Manager, and Director, of Large Industrial Marketing. In 1998 he was named Vice President of Minnesota Power and in 2000 became Vice President-Strategic Initiatives and Chief Operating Officer of MPEX. Was named Senior Vice President – Strategy and Planning in February of 2007.

Joined the Company in 1990. Educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School. At ALLETE: Began as an attorney and was named Senior Attorney in 1998. Was named General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Vice President of corporate legal services in 2004. She was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2006.

Joined the Company in 1978. Educated at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. At ALLETE:Named Manager of Shareholder Services in 1991. Was named Manager and then Director of Investor Relations. Was named Corporate Vice President in November of 2001.

Bruce W. Stender, 67 Duluth, Minn. Director since 1995. Lead Director, Ex officio member of all committees. Vice Chair of Labovitz Enterprises, Inc. which owns and manages hotel and commercial real estate. Trustee of the C.K. Blandin Foundation and member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Joined the Company in 1997. Educated at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Served as Chief Accountant for Enbridge Energy U.S. At ALLETE: Named Assistant Controller in 1999. Beginning in 2004, he directed ALLETE’s non-utility business development efforts. Appointed Controller in 2006.

Joined the Company in 1980. Educated at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. At ALLETE: Began as a load forecast analyst for Minnesota Power. Became a market research analyst in 1984 and was named financial analyst in 1985. Has served as Supervisor, Manager and Director of corporate financial planning and budgeting. Appointed Teasurer of ALLETE in 2004.

Roger Peirce Mr. Peirce was President and CEO of Super Steel Products Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when he joined DEMCO's Board in 1990. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Valuation Research Corporation and as Secretary/Treasurer and co-owner of the Jor-Mac Company, Inc., Grafton, Wisconsin, fabricator and finisher of sheet metal products. He currently serves as a Director of Journal Communications, Inc., of Milwaukee, and of Allete, Inc., a Duluth, Minnesota utility, land owner, and development company. Prior to 1987, CPA Peirce was Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen's Tucson, Arizona office.

Director since 2007. Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a "financial expert" within the meaning of the rules of the SEC. Former Chief Financial Officer of Minneapolis-based Ceridian Corp., a multinational human resources company, and former audit partner with two international accounting firms. Member of the audit committee of Luther College and board member of Tyndale House Publishers. Served on boards of Special Olympics of Minnesota and International Students, Inc. Director and audit committee chairman of Golf Galaxy.

Director since 1996. Member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Founder and President of Manhattan Realty Group which manages various real estate properties located predominantly in the northeastern United States. Director of Schwaab, Inc., one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of handheld rubber stamps and associated products.

Director since 1985. Member of the Executive Compensation Committee. Chairman and CEO of Rajala Companies, and Director and President of Rajala Mill Company, both of which manufacture and trade lumber. Director of Grand Rapids State Bank. Board of Regents of Concordia College in Minnesota.

Director since 2006. Member of the Executive Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Retired President and CEO of Midwest of Cannon Falls, a designer, wholesaler and distributor of giftware. Served on the ALLETE Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003. Member of the St. Olaf College Board of Regents and a board member of the Cannon Falls Medical Center – Mayo Health System.

Mr. Emery has served as a director since October 3, 2005. Since March 1998, Mr. Emery has served as the Chief Executive Officer and president of MTS Systems Corporation, a global supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors. From 1985 to 1997, Mr. Emery held various management and executive positions with Honeywell International Inc., a manufacturer of control systems, last serving as Honeywell's Area Vice President, Western and Southern Europe from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Emery is a director of the Minnesota Business Partnership and the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering. Mr. Emery has also served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of MTS Systems Corporation since January 1999.