Institute of Nuclear Power Operations competitors

Maria Pope is president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Portland General Electric, Oregon’s largest electric company. Before becoming CEO in 2018, she served as PGE’s senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations and Resource Strategy. In that role, she oversaw PGE’s transition to the Western Energy Imbalance Market, a foundational step in creating a regional smart grid. She joined PGE in 2009 as the company’s chief financial officer. As CEO, Pope leads PGE’s strategy to create clean, affordable energy Oregon customers expect, while keeping reliability and resiliency at the forefront of the company’s planning efforts. Prior to PGE, Pope was CFO of Mentor Graphics Corporation. She has also held senior operating and finance positions within the forest products and consumer products industries. Pope began her career in banking with Morgan Stanley. Pope serves on the Oregon Global Warming Commission. Her other board and commission activities include The Nature Conservancy, Electric Power Research Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Pope is an alumna of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

Caroline Winn is chief executive officer for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. SDG&E provides service to 3.6 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 873,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. Winn became CEO of SDG&E in August 2020. Previously, she served as the chief operating officer of SDG&E, overseeing operations of the utility’s gas and electric infrastructure assets, and customer services. In that role, Winn is widely recognized for SDG&E’s national leadership in sustainability, technology and innovation, including the company’s significant safety and wildfire mitigation efforts. Winn also served as chief energy delivery officer, managing all energy delivery activities for SDG&E, including electric distribution operations and gas services, customer services, and external and state legislative affairs. Since joining the company in 1986 as an associate engineer, Winn has held several leadership positions with SDG&E and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas). Winn is the current board chair for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. She also serves on the board of directors for Veloz, Monarch School and Smart Electric Power Alliance; the executive council for Western Energy Institute; and the director’s council of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University Sacramento and is a registered professional engineer in the State of California.

Kevin Payne is a Board Member at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO and is based in Rosemead, California. He has worked as VP:Client Svcs Planning & Controls at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO, VP:Enterprise & Resource Planning at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO, and VP:Engineering at SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. Kevin studied at UCLA and University of California between 1980 and 1983.

Duane Highley is a Chief Executive Officer at TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC.. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.

Mike Hummel is a Chairman at Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, CEO/General Manager at Salt River Project (Srp), and Board Member at EPRI. He has worked as Deputy Gen Mgr:Resources & Finance at Salt River Project (Srp).

John Hairston is Executive Vice President, Internal Business Services (Acting) @ Bonneville Power Administration.