The diversity and influence of the GridWise Alliance membership is reflected in its leadership. Below are the dedicated individuals of the Board of Directors.
Karen G. Wayland, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Officer
GridWise Alliance
Gil Quiniones
CEO
Chair
ComEd
Larry Bekkedahl
VP Grid Architecture, Integration & System Operations
Director
Portland General Electric
Stephen Callahan
Executive Vice President
Director
GridBright
Connie Carden
Managing Director - Energy and Utilities Vertical
Director
EY
Philip Dion
Chief Customer Officer
Director
American Electric Power Company (AEP)
Justin Driscoll
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Director
New York Power Authority
Neil Gerber
Industry Executive Director, Utilities
Director
Oracle
Chris Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
Director
Anterix
John Haysbert
Vice President, Government and Institutional Relations
Director
Hitachi Energy
Carl Imhoff
Manager, Electricity Market Sector
Ex-Officio
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Giri Iyer
Vice President, Business Development
Director
Sentient Energy
Katie Jereza
Vice President of External Relations and Communications
Director
EPRI
Kerrick Johnson
Chief Innovation and Communications Officer
Director
Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO)
Lee Krevat
CEO
Director
Krevat Energy Innovations
Jay Lasseter
Senior Vice President Industry + Growth
Director
Landis & Gyr
Peter Muhoro
Chief Strategy, Technology & Innovation Officer
Director
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Dan Pfeiffer
Vice President of Government Affairs
Director
Itron
Randy Pryor
Vice President, Distribution Projects and Grid Modernization
Director
CenterPoint Energy
Mahesh Sudhakaran
General Manager, Grid Software
Director
GE Digital
Wade Troxell
Mayor
Director
City of Fort Collins, Colorado
Casey Werth
Global Industry GM, Energy Industry
Director
IBM
Rob Wilhite
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Distributed Energy
