Center for Operational Excellence / Program Leadership

Program Leadership

The members who lead the work.

The Center's programs are led by the members, not by staff. These are the chairs, co-chairs and co-leads who set each program's agenda and carry the work between sessions.

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Governance

Leadership and Board.

The Center is led by AEIC's executive team and governed by operating leaders from across the member utilities.

AEIC Leadership

Executive Director

Steve Hauser

Chief Executive Officer, AEIC

Former CEO of the GridWise Alliance, with more than 30 years in the clean energy sector.

Program Director

Elizabeth Cook

Vice President of Technical Strategy, AEIC

Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, and host of AEIC's Grid Mod Pod podcast.

Board of Directors

President

Jacob Tetlow

Executive Vice President, Operations, Arizona Public Service Co.

Treasurer

Werner Schweiger

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Long Island Power Authority

Secretary

Archie Collins

President and Chief Executive Officer, Tampa Electric Co.

Program leadership

The member chairs who lead each program.

Each program and working group is led by members from across the utilities, working alongside the AEIC team.

Data Framework Working GroupCo-Chair: Hagen Haentsch, Oncor2 leaders

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Hagen Haentsch

Co-Chair

Oncor

Shane Powell

Co-Chair

Southern Company

Grid Advancement ProgramCohort Chair: Najwa Abouhassan, Exelon1 leader

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Najwa Abouhassan

Cohort Chair

Exelon

Data Center Task ForceCo-Lead: Rob Locke, Dominion Energy2 leaders

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Rob Locke

Co-Lead

Dominion Energy

Jacob Tetlow

Co-Lead

APS

Optimization & Technology SolutionsCo-Chair: Russell Hinton, Dominion Energy2 leaders

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Russell Hinton

Co-Chair

Dominion Energy

Joseph Somma

Co-Chair

Con Edison