EX-24.1 4 d498026dex241.htm EX-24.1 EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of James F. Moriarty, Beth W. Cooper, and Michael P. McMasters, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead and in the capacities indicated below, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 725,262 shares of common stock of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”) to be issued under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan, to execute any and all amendments and supplements thereto, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with the Commission. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURES

  

TITLE

 

DATE

/s/ John R. Schimkaitis

John R. Schimkaitis

   Chairman of the Board and Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Michael P. McMasters

Michael P. McMasters

  

President, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director

  November 8, 2017

/s/ Beth W. Cooper

Beth W. Cooper

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

  November 8, 2017

/s/ James F. Moriarty

James F. Moriarty

  

Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

  November 8, 2017

/s/ Eugene H. Bayard

Eugene H. Bayard, Esq.

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Thomas J. Bresnan

Thomas J. Bresnan

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr.

Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr.

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Thomas P. Hill, Jr.

Thomas P. Hill, Jr.

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III

Dennis S. Hudson, III

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Paul L. Maddock, Jr.

Paul L. Maddock, Jr.

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Dianna F. Morgan

Dianna F. Morgan

   Director   November 8, 2017

/s/ Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.

Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.

   Director   November 8, 2017