Jeffrey W. Shaw

JEFFREY W. SHAW, CEO of Southwest Gas Corporation, joined the company in
1988 as Director of Internal Audit. He was promoted to Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer in 1991, Vice President/Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer in 1993, Vice President and Treasurer in 1994, Senior
Vice President/Finance and Treasurer in 2000, Senior Vice President/Gas
Resources and Pricing in 2002, President in 2003 and Chief Executive
Officer in June 2004. Mr. Shaw received a BS in Accounting from the
University of Utah in 1983 and worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. in its
Dallas and Las Vegas offices prior to joining Southwest Gas. He is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
Nevada Society of CPAs and the Leadership Las Vegas Alumni Association.
Mr. Shaw serves on the Board of the American Gas Association, the
Western Energy Institute, the International Scouting Museum Las Vegas,
and he is active with the Boy Scouts of America.