Louisville Water competitors

Walter Lynch is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Water Works, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility. Lynch leads a team of 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide service to 15 million people in 46 states. American Water’s regulated businesses operate in approximately 1,600 communities in 16 U.S. states and provide water and wastewater utility services to residential, commercial, industrial and other customers. The company's market-based businesses include Military Services Group providing water and wastewater services for military installations across the U.S.; and Homeowner Services providing warranty services to homeowners and smaller commercial establishments to protect against the cost of repairing broken or leaking water pipes and clogged or blocked sewer pipes on their property, and other related service plans. The company is a member of the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA), the Philadelphia Utilities Index (UTY), and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Lynch has more than 25 years of experience in both the regulated and market-based water and wastewater industry. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Lynch was responsible for the successful performance of American Water’s 16 regulated states, serving approximately 12 million people in more than 1,600 communities. He also led operational excellence across the company’s footprint, as well as system-wide engineering, health and safety, and the company’s Military Services Group. He previously served as executive vice president of a multistate division; as president of New Jersey American Water and New York American Water; and as a group president of the company’s market-based businesses. He joined American Water in 2001. Lynch has also served as president of the National Association of Water Companies and has served for several years on the board of directors and on its executive committee. He also serves on the Water Research Foundation’s board of trustees. He has attended executive education programs at Oxford University in England and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he holds a bachelor’s degree in general engineering and attained the rank of captain before his departure from the U.S. Army in 1990.

Jimmy Addison is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for SCANA Corporation. As CFO, Addison is responsible for planning, directing and overseeing the organization’s finance functions including accounting, financial planning, investor relations, treasury and new nuclear finance, along with oversight of information services and technology. Addison also serves as president of SCANA Energy Georgia, which provides retail natural gas, and as president of SCANA Energy Marketing, which provides wholesale and large retail natural gas sales across the southeast.  

Thomas is a student Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth starting in 2014 and is based in Hampton, New Hampshire. He is a Board Member at Northeast Gas Assn and Chairman/President/CEO at Unitil. Thomas has worked as Director of Engineering at Unitil, Board Member at Southern New Hampshire Services Inc, and Chairman at Energy Council of The Northeast. He studied at University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, UNH, and DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Paul Thompson is president and chief executive officer of LG&E and KU Energy, which serves nearly 1.3 million customers in Kentucky and Virginia. Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities provide electricity and natural gas service and operate about 8,000 megawatts of power generation. Thompson was named to his position in March 2018. Before taking on his current role, Thompson held a number of leadership roles within LG&E and KU. Most recently, as president and chief operating officer, he was responsible for all activities of the company. Thompson joined LG&E in 1991 as director of Business Development. Prior to coming to LG&E and KU, Thompson worked for 10 years in the oil and gas industry with Northwest Industries and Koch Industries. Thompson has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. He also completed the Executive Program on Leading Corporate Transformation at the E.ON Academy Harvard University. Thompson is on the advisory board for the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research. In civic roles, Thompson is a board member and past chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. He is also a board member of TreesLouisville and Fund for the Arts, and was the 2017 Fund for the Arts campaign chair. Thompson is also a Leadership Louisville graduate and the chair of the Louisville Orchestra Endowment, LLC.

Andrew W. (Drew) Evans was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Southern Company, one of America’s largest producers of energy, in June 2018. In this role, Evans is responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, business development, investor relations, treasury and information technology. He also serves as the chief risk officer and is a member of the Southern Company Management Council. Prior to joining Southern Company Services, Evans served as president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, the largest distributor of natural gas in America. He also served as chairman of the Southern Company Gas Board of Directors. Evans joined Southern Company Gas, formerly AGL Resources, in May 2002, and held several positions of leadership, including chief operating officer, chief financial officer and treasurer. Evans came to Southern Company Gas from Mirant Corporation, formerly Southern Energy Inc., where he served in various finance and business development roles over a nine-year period. Prior to Mirant, Evans was employed by National Economic Research Associates and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He serves on the boards of Zoo Atlanta, past chairman; Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation, audit chairman; Grady Health Foundation, past chairman; and the Georgia Council on Economic Education. Evans is a graduate of Emory University and the Booth/Kellogg program, CEO Perspectives. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Faye.