Triangle Reality Check's 4 Co-Chairs:
Fred Day | John J. Healy, Jr | Rick Weddle | Dr. Phail Wynn

Fred Day

Recently Retired President and CEO of Progress Energy

Fred Day is former president and chief executive officer, Progress Energy Carolinas, a regulated electric utility serving 1.4 million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. He led an organization that includes seven customer service and system operations departments. Those functions include four regional operations departments, a distribution engineering organization, transmission operations and planning for the Carolinas and a customer service organization that includes three customer service centers (one in North Carolina and two in Florida). 

Mr. Day spent his entire career with Progress Energy (formerly CP&L) and held several management positions within the company. He was named senior vice president-Energy Delivery in 1997, executive vice president in 2000, and promoted to President/CEO in 2003.
Currently, Mr. Day serves on the boards of the N.C. State Engineering Foundation, Advanced Energy Corporation, Microcell, N.C. Economic Development Board, and the N.C. Military Foundation. He is past chair of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.  He is also past chair and director of the N.C. Zoological Society and Wilmington Industrial Development, Inc.

Mr. Day received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Mars Hill College. He is also a graduate of Progress Energy's Management Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Day and his wife Patsy enjoy spending time with their family.  He has a son and daughter and two grandchildren.  Mr. Day’s favorite pastimes are playing golf, boating and hunting.