Executive Leadership
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Greg Hall
President, AEP Energy Partners
Greg is responsible for unregulated wholesale marketing and trading, asset management and retail operations. His wholesale team trades the physical and financial power and natural gas markets and structures products that load-serving entities in ERCOT, PJM and MISO desire.
He manages the unregulated asset business, which includes a share of the Oklaunion coal-fired power plant, the Desert Sky and Trent Mesa wind farms and leases on the Southwest Mesa and South Trent wind farms.
His retail team, AEP Energy, is responsible for selling electricity and related products to all end-use customer classes, including residential, commercial and industrial customers.
Hall was named to his current position in October 2006; prior to that, held positions of increasing responsibility with the Commercial Operations group. From November 2002 to September 2006, he was vice president - energy marketing. From January 2000 through November 2002, he was promoted from originator to manager to director of energy marketing. Previous to this work, he was the first energy associate with AEP Energy Services, from 1998 to 2000. He began his career at AEP as a research associate, AEP Service Corporation in 1997.
He holds a master of arts degree in geography from The Ohio State University, and a bachelor of science degree in geography from Brigham Young University.
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James C. Petersen
Chief Operating Officer & President of Energy Supply
Jim is responsible for the growth and profitability of the retail energy business, and manages and improves the company's sales, new market entry, customer service, billing, reporting and other operational activities. Prior to joining AEP Energy, Jim enjoyed an extensive career with Motorola, Inc., first as an Electrical Engineer and ultimately as Senior Director of Sales, where he was responsible for all commercial and operational activities to launch mobile devices with the largest carrier in North America. Jim holds a Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification, a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Dave Daily
Senior VP of Finance & Corporate Development
Dave focuses on the development of AEP Energy's growth initiatives as well as financial analysis and planning. Prior to joining AEP Energy, Dave was a Vice President at Houlihan Lokey where he managed numerous M&A and financing transactions in the industrial and energy sectors. He started his career as a Naval officer in the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program. Dave holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Scott Slisher
President, Energy Management
Scott is responsible for leading the expansion of the energy efficiency business, deployment of energy management products and services, and development of strong energy analytics capabilities to serve customers. With over 15 years in the energy industry, Scott brings an extensive breadth and depth of experience having held numerous leadership positions with several energy companies such as NiSource, AEP, Integrys Energy Services, and Solargenix Energy. Scott holds an MBA from Indiana University and received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In addition, Scott is a LEED Accredited Professional.
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Joyce Dickerson
Chief Culture Officer
Joyce is an accomplished human resources executive with 15 years of progressive experience in organizational development, change management, benefits & compensation, mergers & acquisitions, employee communications and cultural initiatives. Complementing this expertise are exceptional inter-personal/relationship-building skills, impassioned leadership, an aptitude for mission-driven communications and proven ability to guide organizations through tremendous change, with an overriding focus on producing results by aligning employee performance to organizational objectives. Joyce holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Millikin University.
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Adam Helmer
Chief Information Officer
Bio coming soon.
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Graham Leith
VP & General Manager
Graham has overall accountability for the commercial energy business, supplying energy products and services to industrial, commercial, and institutional markets. Graham brings a depth of energy industry experience to AEP Energy, from leadership roles at Centrica plc, Ontario Power Generation, TransaCanada Energy and most recently heading up sales and marketing for the Canadian solar energy company Photowatt Solar. He also held senior positions in Centrica's North American (Direct Energy) and UK (British Gas) operations including credit operations, product structuring, pricing, marketing and sales. Graham holds a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.