NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/17/08 -- Carole Sobin has been named Con Edison's(NYSE: ED) secretary and associate general counsel, effective April 1. Shehad been vice president of Purchasing for Con Edison since March 2002.Sobin joined Con Edison in 1988 as a senior attorney and had served asgeneral solicitor in the company's Law Department. Sobin had also servedas assistant to the Chairman.
Before joining the company, she was an attorney with the National LaborRelations Board in New York. Sobin is a cum laude graduate of New YorkUniversity Law School and has a bachelor's degree in political science, cumlaude, from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland.
Her community involvement has included a board membership with the UnionSquare Partnership and membership with the Young Audiences of New York, anorganization that advances arts education and programs in New York Citypublic schools.
A Manhattan resident, Sobin and her husband Jon Levison have two children.
Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED), one ofthe nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately$13 billion in annual revenues and $28 billion in assets. The utilityprovides electric, gas and steam service to more than 3 million customersin New York City and Westchester County, New York. For additionalfinancial, operations and customer service information, visit Con Edison'sWeb site at www.conEd.com.
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