Vice President Education
Joel Bladow
Tri State Generation and Transmission Assn.
Sr. VP, Transmission
Tim Brossart
Xcel Energy
VP, Enterprise Transformation Office
SECTION COMMITTEES
SAFETY
Chair
Dean Larson
Kansas City Power & Light
Manager, Safety & Medical
Vice Chair
Marc Welsh
Westar Energy
Director, Safety and Training
Jeff Allen
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn.
Training & Development Manager
Chuck Hendry
Austin Energy
Occupational Health & Safety Coordinator
Scott Masino
Arizona Public Service
Manager, Corporate Safety
Dave McCormack
Xcel Energy
Supervisor Field Safety PSCO and SPS
Brian Moore
Platte River Power Authority
Occupational Health & Safety Specialist
Julius Moore
CPS Energy
Safety Manager
Chris Overman
Nebraska Public Power District
Director, Human Performance
John Woodard
Western Area Power Administration
Director, Safety
GENERATION
Chair
Jeff Karloff
Omaha Public Power District
Division Manager, Production Engineering & Fuels
Vice Chair
Curt Brown
Black & Veatch Corp.
Associate Vice President, Retrofit and Plant Betterment, Power Generation Services
David Aranda
El Paso Electric Company
Plant Manager - Rio Grande
Ed Seal
Arizona Public Service
Director, Design Engineer & Projects
Matt Ferguson
HDR, Inc.
VP, Client Development Leader
Jeff Kruse
CPS Energy
Sr. Director - Coal Generation Operations │ Power Generation
Richard Threet
PNM Resources
Director, Power Generation
Kellen Walters
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas
Regional Sales Director
John Wester
Austin Energy
Director Power Plant Operations
Tom Wos
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn.
Regulatory Program Administrator
TRANSMISSION
Chair
Angela Piner
HDR, Inc.
Vice President
Vice Chair
Ana Bustamante
UNS Energy Corporation
Director, T&D Engineering
Scott Bayer
Austin Energy
Director, Transmission & Substation Engineering and Construction
Jedd Fischer
Nebraska Public Power District
Sr. Project Manager
Chad Kinsley
Black Hills Corporation
Electric T&D Engineering Manager
Chris Koch
Kansas City Power & Light
Manager, Substation Engineering
Keith Nix
Texas New Mexico Power
VP, Technical Services and System Reliability
Mike Pfeister
SRP
Manager of Scheduling & Reliability Services
John Quintana
Western Area Power Administration
Transmission Asset Maintenance Manager
DISTRIBUTION
Chair
Bill Galloway
Colorado Springs Utilities
Standards Managing Engineer
Vice Chair
Joshua Jones
PacifiCorp
Director, Distribution Standards and Engineering Publications
Andy Alexander
Kansas City Power & Light
Manager T&D Central Design
Steve Duran
SRP
Engineer
Brent Gerling
Independence Power & Light
Distribution Engineer
Travis Johnson
Xcel Energy
Danny McReynolds
Austin Energy
Power System Engineer Sr.
Frank Sanderson
Arizona Public Service
Manager, Metro Distribution Maintenance
VITAL ISSUES
CHAIR
Roy Steiner
Platte River Power Authority
Manager, HR
Vice Chair
Tim Mallen
Kansas City Power & Light
Manager, Field Support Operations & Contract Management
David Daly
Arizona Public Service
Program Manager Employee Engagement
Sarah LaBarre
Colorado Springs Utilities
Managing Engineer
Jim Trask
Burns & McDonnell
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Steve Yexley
Western Area Power Administration Electric Power Training Center
EPTC Manager