Ops Conf – Operational Leadership

Committee Members

Larry Buchanan

NW Natural

Utility Field Services Manager
Member

Devin Dukeshire

BC Hydro

Vancouver Island Regional Manager
Member

Justin Eccles

Asplundh Construction, LLC

Division Lead - Cypress
Session Leader

Jad Farah

Southern California Edison

Distribution Integrated System Planning Manager
Member

Sarah Haroldsen

Puget Sound Energy

Outage Managment System Support Supervisor
Member

Michelle Heskett

Avista Utilities

Gas Operations Manager
Session Leader

Cheryl Jones

Southern Cross

Products Distribution Manager | Account Executive
Member

Shahbaz Khan

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Manager, Electric Design & Standards
Member

Yves Landry

FortisBC

Operations Manager, North & West Vancouver, Squamish & Whistler
Member

Carolyn Loos

NorthWestern Energy

Director, TD Organizational Performance
Vice Chair

Dan Magnan

ATCO Natural Gas

Manager, Lethbridge Region
Chair

Traci Pepper

Western Energy Institute

Program Manager
WEI Liaison

Cody Quezada

Southern California Gas Company

Field Operations Manager
Member

Wallace Rawls

Southern California Gas Company

Director of Safety, Emergency Management and Pipeline Safety & Compliance
Mentor

Joe Stippel

Idaho Power Company

Principal Project Manager
Session Leader

Randy Walls

Puget Sound Energy

Manager of Substation and Relay Operations
Session Leader

Yaphet Wiltz

Asplundh Construction Corporation

Division Manager
Member