Sarah Raiss is currently Executive Vice-President of Corporate Services, responsible for human resources, government relations, community investment, communications, information systems
and other administrative functions, for TransCanada PipeLines Limited.

Prior to her position with TransCanada, Sarah was President of S.E. Raiss Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in strategy, culture change and merger integration. From 1989 through 1994, Ms. Raiss held various positions at Ameritech. She served as Vice President of Customer Service, Training and IT Support for the $2 billion Ameritech Long Distance Industry Services business unit and was one of 120 top leaders appointed by the Chairman of Ameritech to move the company from a network-based regulated company to a market-facing competitive company.  Sarah also served as Director of Strategy at Ameritech Advertising Services. Prior to joining Ameritech, Ms. Raiss was a Senior Consultant at Metzler & Associates. Ms. Raiss began her career at Michigan Bell in engineering, facility and technology planning. She also held the positions of manager, long range technology planning and product manager, transportation and information services.

For the second year in a row, Ms. Raiss has been named on Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list. The listing, compiled by Women’s Executive Network, recognizes CEOs, senior executives, corporate directos and public sector leaders who are proven achievers in a variety of fields. Ms. Raiss was also part of the inaugural list announced in November 2003.

Ms. Raiss is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Senior Level Retention and Compensation for the Treasury Board of Canada, the Management Associates Council at the University of Calgary and sits on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. She also is the Co-Chair for the 2004 United Way of Calgary and Area campaign.