Northwest Lineman College Leadership

Ben Quintana is a Chief Culture & People Officer at Northwest Lineman College and is based in Boise, Idaho. He has worked as Director, Organizational Effectiveness at St. Luke's Health System; Director, Leadership Development at Boise Metro Chamber; and Instructor at Boise State University. Ben studied at Boise State University and George Fox University.

ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD MEMBER/SENIOR EXECUTIVE/ASSET MANAGERElectric Utility and Education Executive with 25+ years of experience in electric ops and commercial asset mgmt Expertise in:♦Regulatory Compliance♦Budget and Fiscal Responsibility♦Operational Efficiencies♦Community Relations♦Project Management♦Rate Adjustments♦Contract Negotiations♦Succession Planning♦Public Presentations ♦Change Management♦Business Development and Strategic Planning ♦Acquisitions & Divestiture ♦Long and Short Term Power ProcurementPROFESSIONAL PROFILECurrently Serving as Board Member - Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc.♣ Served as Director of California’s fourth largest investor-owned electric utility and reporting to the President and CEO of American States Water Company. The Director oversees the routine working of an organization with 40+ employees, to include, managers, engineers, customer service associates, business, accounting and financial analysts, and an IBEW team of linemen. ♣ Senior Vice-President of Business Development and Operations and MMC Energy Board member reporting directly to the CEO with specific expertise in debt and equity capital raising, acquisitions and divestitures, and full P&L management and cost control. ♣ General Manager of the 750MW (3x2 GE 7FA) natural gas-fired Calpine Pastoria Energy Facility in southern CA. S♣ U.S. Director of Operations and Maintenance for GE/Enron Wind Company, with responsibilities for directing ten plant managers and approximately two hundred fifty technicians in the startup, commissioning and operation of ten wind generating facilities. ♣ International Regional Manager for Stewart Stevenson Operations Inc., with responsibilities for directing eight plant managers in the daily operation of 600Mw of combustion turbine generation (LM2500, 5000, and 6000) in Australia, India, UAE, and China. ♣ Sixteen years of commercial plant operations experience, also served twenty years in various propulsion engineering assignments aboard numerous U.S. Navy ships (nuclear, gas turbine, and conventional steam)