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Peabody Energy has named Morry C. Davis Director of Government Relations. He is responsible for serving as a liaison with Midwestern state legislators and constituent groups and leading educational community and minority outreach programs.

Davis is also actively involved in bipartisan advocacy in local, state and federal legislatures for Btu Conversion and coal-fueled generation development initiatives. He reports jointly to Vice President of Federal Government Relations W. Christopher Leahy and Vice President of State Government Relations Kelly F. Mader.

Most recently, Davis served as Manager of Government Relations. He joined Peabody in 2001 as a Management Associate, where he focused on market research and generation development.

Davis holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Purdue University with concentrations in Finance and Information Management and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

He is a founding member of the Southeastern Missouri -- Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy and is a member of the National Black MBA Association and the American Coal Council.

Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2006 sales of 248 million tons of coal and $5.3 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and more than 2 percent of worldwide electricity.

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