Executive Planning Committee – Operations Electric

This Committee consists of senior executives of key business lines in Electric Operations. The committee conveys member companies’ education/leadership needs to WEI, recommends leaders to serve on program delivery teams, communicates WEI program offerings back to member organizations, and monitors participation and evaluation of WEI activities. Participants in the EPC Planning Session assist in building valuable programs for employees and their peers, identify key contributors to learn and grow, and promote these programs within their companies.

For more information on this Program Development Team contact

Kevin Sullivan at sullivan@westernenergy.org or at 971-255-4973

Committee Members

Lora Anguay

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Chief Zero Carbon Officer
Past Chair

Joseph Baranski

Portland General Electric

Director of Asset Management
Member

Stacey Botimer

POWER Engineers, Inc.

Business Development Director
Member

Mikel Cole

Arizona Public Service Company

Director T&D Ops Support
Member

Chad Edinger

Tacoma Public Utilities

Assistant Section Manager (Power/T&D/Electrical Services)
Member

Michael Elenbaas

Black & Veatch

Associate Vice President
Member

David Howell

Avista Corp.

Director
Member

Maneet Jain

Seattle City Light

Manager, T&D Operations
Member

Nataliya Kazakova

EPCOR Distribution and Transmission Inc.

Senior Manager, Asset Management and System Planning
Member

Scott Keaton

Potelco Inc.

Director Operations
Member

Andrew Kendall

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Senior Assistant General Manager Power System Construction, Maintenance and Operations
Member

Dan Koch

Puget Sound Energy

Vice President of Operations
Vice Chair

Carolyn Loos

NorthWestern Energy

Director, Labor & Operational Performance
Member

Adriann McCoy

Quanta West

Vice President Business Operations
Member

Neil McFarlane

FortisAlberta Inc.

Regional Director East Operations & Supply Chain
Member

Nicholas Moran

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

Director - Electric Engineering
Member

Gene Morris

Clark Public Utilities

Director of Operations
Member

Daniel Moser

Chelan County PUD

Director of Electric and Fiber Operations
Member

Terry Nay

Tucson Electric Power

Vice President of Field Operations
Member

Melissa Skelton

Seattle City Light

Service to Bill Program Manager
Member

Dean Stanghetta

ENMAX Corporation

Director, System Planning & Asset Management
Member

John Stoll

Chelan County PUD

Managing Director, Customer Utilities
Member

Leanne Swanson

Southern California Edison

Director, Employee & Contractor Safety
Member
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Leanne Swanson is the Principal Manager of Distribution Engineering in the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) organization at Southern California Edison (SCE). In that role she is responsible for providing strategic direction and managing the teams responsible for the planning of the electric distribution and substation infrastructure throughout the SCE system, including the interconnection of distributed resources.

Previously, Leanne managed the Saddleback District, responsible for electrical and civil design, construction, maintenance and inspection of the overhead and underground electric distribution system in South Orange County. She began her career at SCE in 2000 and has held a variety of engineering, supervisory, and management positions in the Transmission and Distribution Organization.

Leanne earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly Pomona in 2000, and obtained her Professional Engineering license in 2005. In addition, she graduated from the Western Energy Institute (WEI) Business Acumen for Emerging Leaders program in 2007.

Leanne leads the Women in Engineering Steering team at SCE and is the liaison to the Edison International Women in Engineering Program at Cal Poly Pomona.

Outside of work, Leanne keeps busy with her two children Zoey and Rehn. The family is active in the community including Rehn’s elementary school, where her husband Dan Palmquist is the Foundation President and Leanne is the PTA president. Leanne and Zoey are also members of the Newport Chapter of the National Charity League, where they spend time volunteering with those in need and raising funds for local philanthropies. The family enjoys spending weekends travelling, camping, boating, and skiing.

Jeff Teel

Northern Wasco County PUD

COO
Member

Timothy Turnbull

Burns & McDonnell

Account Manager/Business Development Manager
Member

Matthew Wilson

BC Hydro

Director, Construction Services (BC Hydro)
Member

Wayne Wisdom

Salt River Project

Senior Director, Distribution Grid Services
Member
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Wayne Wisdom is the Senior Director of Distribution Grid Services for the Salt River Project (SRP). His area is responsible for performing Maintenance and Reliability Improvement functions and providing Support Services for SRP’s Electric Distribution System.

Wayne joined SRP in 1986 and has served in a variety of engineering and management positions in transmission and distribution.

Wayne holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Arizona.

Beverly Woolf

Western Energy Institute

Director of Programs
WEI Liaison