Montana-Dakota Utilities competitors

David John Lesar (born May 30, 1953) is an American businessman who is the former chair of Halliburton Energy Services. He was the CEO of Halliburton for 17 years from 2000 to 2017. Trained as a Certified Public Accountant, Lesar spent 16 years at Arthur Andersen. He had spent most of his career at Andersen, where he worked on their Halliburton account. In 1995, Lesar was hired by Halliburton as a new vice president. July 24, 2019 David Lesar was named the interim CEO of HCSC. June 30, 2020 David Lesar was name the President and CEO of CenterPoint Energy.

Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984. He later served as director of Business Services for FirstEnergy's Northern Region - Ohio, and director of Operations Support Services for the company's Western Region - Ohio. In 2001, he was named president of the Northern Region for Jersey Central Power & Light, and in 2005, he was named regional president of Ohio Edison. He was promoted to vice president, Distribution Support, for FirstEnergy Utilities in 2011. and he was named senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities in 2015. He was elected senior vice president and chief financial officer of FirstEnergy in March 2018, and was elected to his current position in May 2020.

Robert Rowe is a Chief Executive Officer at NORTHWESTERN CORP and is based in Butte, Montana.

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.  

John Hester is a Trustee at College of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc. He has worked as Senior VP:Regulatory Affairs at Southwest Gas, Exec VP:Administrative Functions at Southwest Gas, and Director:State Reg Affrs at Southwest Gas. John works or has worked as TRUSTEE at Las Vegas Chamber Of Commerce, BOARD MEMBER at American Gas Association, and TRUSTEE at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. He studied at Northern Illinois University.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Ascent Capital Group, Inc. William E. NilesWilliam E. Niles has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Ascent Capital Group, Inc., formerly Ascent Media Corporation since the spin-off of the company from Discovery Holding Company in September 2008, and also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Ascent Media Group (“AMG”) from January 2002 until the sale of AMG on December 31, 2010. From August 2006 through February 2008, Mr. Niles was a member of AMG’s executive committee. Prior to 2002, Mr. Niles was a senior executive handling legal and business affairs within AMG and its predecessor companies.

Julie Caruthers Parsley is a Chief Executive Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative and is based in Austin, Texas Area. She has worked as Commissioner at Public Utility Commission of Texas, Commissioner at Gamma Beta Phi Society, and Associate at K&L GATES LLP. Julie works or has worked as Partner at Parsley Coffin Renner LLP. She studied at Texas A&M University between 1980 and 1984 and Texas Tech University School of Law between 1988 and 1990.