Michelle Bloodworth, President and CEO, America's Power
Michelle Bloodworth is president and CEO of America’s Power, a national trade organization that represents the U.S. coal fleet and its supply chain. Ms. Bloodworth’s career has been spent working with energy organizations focused on utility, electric markets, regulatory policies and state affairs including as a vice president at America’s Natural Gas Alliance and at Alabama Gas. She also previously served as executive director of External Affairs for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.
Linda Bridwell, Executive Director, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Linda joined the Kentucky Public Service Commission in December 2020 as its Executive Director. In this position, Linda serves as chief administrative support to the Commissioners while leading the staff of the Commission, with an emphasis on increasing program efficiency and collaboration with stakeholders including other state and local agencies, regulated utilities, federal regulators, and customers.
Prior to joining PSC, Linda worked with the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority as Deputy Executive Director, supervising the accounting and loan staff. Linda began her career with American Water, having served in a variety of capacities since starting with the company in 1989. Before leaving American Water in February 2019, she managed water rates and regulation for the company’s Southeast Division, which spans Kentucky and Tennessee. This included providing written and oral testimony During her tenure, she promoted water infrastructure development and led the $164 million construction of the Kentucky River Station 2 Treatment Plant, the largest project in American Water’s history.
Bridwell has received a number of professional honors, including the 2010 Kentucky Section ASCE Robert Gillim Award for service to the civil engineering profession. She was also named a co-recipient of the 2000 University of Kentucky Outstanding Young Civil Engineer Award. She served over 14 years a KIA Board member and served on the Kentucky Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors. She holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky, where she also completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University and is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kimra Cole, President and COO, Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Kimra Cole serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Gas of Kentucky, a NiSource subsidiary serving more than 138,000 customers in Central and Eastern Kentucky. She has profit and loss responsibility, as well as oversight of risk management, regulatory, legislative, and external affairs, focusing on delivering safe, reliable and efficient natural gas services to customers across the company’s 30-county service area.
A native of Richmond, Kentucky, Cole previously served as Vice President of Distribution Operations for NiSource, Director of Engineering for the Kentucky Public Service Commission and Commissioner of General Services for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Cole currently serves on the boards of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Commerce Lexington. She also sits on the executive council of the Southern Gas Association, the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and is a member of the Shriners Corporate Council.
Cole holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an MBA from the University of Kentucky.
John Crockett, President, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
John R. Crockett III is president and chief development officer of LG&E and KU, which serves nearly 1.3 million customers in Kentucky and Virginia. Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities provide electricity and natural gas service and operate about 7,500 megawatts of power generation. Crockett was named to his position in October 2021. As president and chief development officer, he is responsible for all matters of LG&E and KU Energy and is focused on state and federal government affairs, rates and regulatory strategy, local communications, stakeholder engagement and driving economic development and growth in our communities. He serves as a key leader in the PPL organization.
Crockett joined LG&E and KU in January 2018, serving as the company’s general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary. In addition to his responsibilities for the company’s Legal and Corporate Compliance departments, he also oversaw local, state, and federal External Affairs, and Federal Regulatory and Policy. Prior to joining LG&E and KU, Crockett served nine years as the chairperson of Frost Brown Todd, a firm with more than 500 lawyers in mid-America. At Frost Brown Todd, Crockett was responsible for driving the firm’s growth and strategic planning, merger opportunities, and ancillary and new business ventures. During his 27-year tenure at the firm, Crockett focused primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability, and mass tort litigation, and has been honored by his peers in “The Best Lawyers in America®” for his work on commercial litigation and mass tort litigation/class actions from 2008 to 2018.
In private practice, he represented LG&E and KU for many years in claims associated with the company’s electric and gas operations. Crockett earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky. Crockett is highly involved in the community and currently is a trustee of the Gheens Foundation and a board member of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Greater Louisville Inc., the Speed Art Museum, and the Baptist Hospital Foundation. Crockett was honored by his peers in “The Best Lawyers in America®” for his work on commercial litigation and mass tort litigation/class actions from 2008 to 2018.
Kevin Dobbs, President, Kentucky/Midstates Division, Atmos Energy Corporation
Kevin Dobbs was named President of Atmos Energy Kentucky/Mid-States Division in April 2017. Previously, Dobbs served for ten years as vice president of operations for the Northern Region of the Kentucky/Mid-States Division. A Franklin, KY native, Dobbs began his career with Atmos Energy in 1985 first as an apprentice then later as supervisor and operations manager for the company's operations in Kentucky. Dobbs holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and Biophysics from Western Kentucky University.
Gregory Dutton, Partner, Frost Brown Todd LLP
Greg has broad experience in environmental and administrative law and co-leads the firm’s Renewables Energy Industry Team. His practice focuses on environmental compliance and litigation, utility regulation, and energy law. He has represented clients in federal and state litigation involving the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Greg is particularly experienced in matters concerning wastewater discharge permitting, Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (APCD) permitting and enforcement defense, and landfill permitting and enforcement defense. Additionally, Greg regularly counsels clients on developing and siting solar projects. Greg has practiced extensively before the Kentucky Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board (Siting Board) and the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). Greg is currently processing Kentucky’s first solar project proposed to be sited on reclaimed coal mines. Additionally, Greg is working with clients to site projects on farmlands throughout Kentucky. Greg’s PSC experience includes appearances on behalf of a local water utility, a local gas utility, a local sewer utility, a nationwide energy company, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the City of Louisville, and two state-wide business associations.
Ken Gish, Member, Stites & Harbison PLLC
Ken is a member of the Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Service Group and Business & Finance Service Group where he assists corporate and institutional clients in meeting sustainability goals through renewable energy purchases. Ken also advises clients in the energy industry, routinely representing the firm’s utility clients in matters before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, as well as assisting renewable energy developers in all aspects of project development including negotiating offtake agreements, permitting and financing transactions. He counsels the firm’s clients in all stages of the permitting process from application to appeals before administrative bodies and in state and federal court. Ken also assists clients in managing regulatory compliance matters arising from federal, state and local laws. Ken previously practiced in the Charlotte and Seattle offices of K&L Gates, LLP. Prior to entering law school, Ken served as a watch and division officer on USS San Juan (SSN-751), a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine.
Rebecca Goodman, Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
Rebecca Goodman was appointed as the state’s top environmental officer in December 2019 by Governor Andy Beshear. Secretary Goodman has spent more than four decades in service to the Commonwealth. She most recently advocated on behalf of Kentucky utility ratepayers as the executive director of the Office of Rate Intervention within the Office of the Attorney General. Through her work on both state and federal cases, Secretary Goodman regularly dealt with social and environmental justice issues that frequently involved low income, disadvantaged and residential customer needs. She has served as general counsel for the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission and the Kentucky Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board. Secretary Goodman also has served as the executive director of the Office of Legal Services at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet after beginning her career as a staff attorney for the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Secretary Goodman earned her Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, and her Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, from Kentucky State University.
Christopher Guith, Senior Vice President, Global Energy Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Christopher Guith is the senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute. He leads the Institute’s efforts to build support for meaningful energy and environmental action nationally and internationally through policy development, education, and advocacy. The Institute has attracted grassroots advocates across the nation supporting its efforts to capitalize on America’s tremendous energy promise. Guith offers expertise on an array of energy and environmental issues. He educates policymakers, businesses, energy stakeholders, coalitions, and the public about the importance of a diversified energy portfolio and how it can ensure an efficient, reliable, prosperous, and secure energy future. He also leverages his broad energy expertise as a spokesperson with local, state, and national media. Guith travels frequently to speak to stakeholder groups, raising awareness of the impact of policy decisions on America’s energy future and encouraging groups to share their perspectives with policymakers. In addition, he consults with state and local chambers of commerce and business groups, advising them how to quantify the importance of safe, reliable American energy to their businesses, as well as how to amplify that message when communicating with energy decision makers.
Timothy J. Hagerty, Partner, Frost Brown Todd LLP
Tim Hagerty is a partner in the Louisville, Kentucky office of Frost Brown Todd LLP, where he concentrates his practice in environmental, natural resources, and land use law. He has over twenty-eight years of experience counseling clients concerning the requirements of the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and related federal and state environmental and resource review requirements. He spends much of his time assisting clients in the electric utility industry, especially with regard to the regulation and management of coal combustion residuals (CCR) and wastewater discharges from electric generating facilities. Hagerty also has extensive experience advising clients in the metals and chemical manufacturing industries, in coal mining and oil and gas exploration, and in the transportation sector, and he is the former President of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. Hagerty’s practice includes regulatory counseling, permit and enforcement defense litigation, and transactional support. Hagerty is a graduate of the Yale Law School and the University of Louisville.
Angie C. Hatton, Chair, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Angie Hatton was appointed to the Public Service Commission and designated as Vice Chair by Governor Andy Beshear in March 2023. She was then appointed as Chair on August 6, 2024. Her term expires July 1, 2025.
Prior to her appointment, in addition to her private law practice, Chair Hatton served three terms representing Letcher, Pike and Harlan Counties in the House of Representatives, and served the General Assembly as House Minority Whip. Much of her legislative work centered around energy and utility issues. She served on the House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and was appointed by the Speaker of the House to the Southern Legislators Conference Committee on Energy and Environment. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors for both OPSI (Organization of PJM States) and OMS (Organization of MISO States). For NARUC, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions, she serves on the Energy Resources and Environment Committee, the International Relations Committee, and serves as Co Vice Chair of the Clean Coal Committee. Also, she serves on the Advisory Board for the New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities.
Chair Hatton hails from Letcher Co, one of the more impoverished areas of East Kentucky. After graduating from Eastern Kentucky University in 1994 with a degree in journalism, she worked as a newspaper reporter before earning her law degree at the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1999. She and her family reside in Whitesburg.
Thomas LoTurco, Executive Vice President, East US, Canada & Government Affairs, EDP Renewables North America
Tom LoTurco serves as Executive Vice President of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA). Tom and his team focus on development of wind, solar, and storage projects in eastern U.S. markets such as PJM, NYISO, SERC, ISO-New England, and MISO, as well as across Canada. Tom also heads EDPR NA’s Government Affairs and Communications teams.
Tom has more than 19 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, 18 of which have been with EDPR. Tom joined Horizon Wind Energy, now EDPR NA, in 2007 in Houston as a Civil Engineer. Between 2010 and 2015, Tom served as EDPR’s Deputy Project Director and Project Director of the Moray Offshore Renewables wind project in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2015, he returned to North America to assume the role of Director of Development for Canada, and in 2018, his role expanded to include responsibility for EDPR NA’s Eastern Region development activities. Prior to joining EDPR, Tom spent five years as a Design Engineer for CHA Companies in upstate New York.
Tom has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He currently resides in Indianapolis with his wife and two sons.
Mark Martin, Vice President, Public Affairs, Atmos Energy
Mark Martin is currently the Vice President, Public Affairs for Atmos Energy Corporation and covers KY, TN and VA for them. Prior to the public affairs role, Mark was VP, Regulatory Affairs for thirteen years. Mark has been with Atmos Energy for 30 years and worked in various departments with increased responsibility. Mark recently concluded two terms on the Kentucky Chamber Board and is the past Chairman of the Board for the Owensboro Economic Development Corporation as well as the Owensboro Chamber. Mark has served on numerous non-profit boards in Tennessee and Kentucky. He has an accounting degree with a minor in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University. Mark resides in Owensboro with his wife, Pattie, and they have two sons, Barrett and Chance.
Don Mosier, Executive Vice President and COO, East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Don Mosier oversees day-to-day operations of the co-op’s power production, power delivery and system operations, power supply, resource planning, PJM market operations, environmental affairs, construction and engineering and supply chain departments. He previously served as vice president of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation, an investor-owned electric and gas utility that serves energy consumers in Missouri and Illinois. He has extensive experience in the energy, construction and manufacturing sectors having worked at Duke Energy Progress, Bechtel Corporation and Boeing.
Mr. Mosier holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He is a registered Professional Engineer.
Jarrod Pitts, Senior Director, Project Development, Tenaska
Bio coming soon.
Mary Pat Regan, Commissioner, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Mary Pat Regan was appointed to the Public Service Commission and designated as Commissioner by Governor Andy Beshear on July 11, 2022. Her term expires July 1, 2023.Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Regan was the Commonwealth’s Deputy Secretary for Education & Labor. Her previous professional experience includes key senior executive roles with the AT&T Corporation including responsibility as National Vice President-Regulatory for AT&T and Kentucky State President of AT&T Communications. Commissioner Regan also held several senior sales executive positions with MCI Telecommunications Corporation.Commissioner Regan has participated in and provided Chair leadership for several Louisville based community and civic programs during the last ten years including Greater Louisville Inc., Kentucky Chamber, Business Leaders for Education, and United Way. She has served as member of the Board of Directors for Kentucky Educational Television, The Louisville Science Center, the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation and the Louisville Collegiate School. Commissioner Regan attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has a life-long interest and participation in sports and competitive athletic activities to include cycling, running and swimming. She has earned participation completion medals in seven Ironman National Competitions. Originally from Minneapolis, Commissioner Regan has resided in the Commonwealth for over twelve years and currently lives in St. Mathews.
Kate Shanks, Senior Vice President – Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Kate Shanks is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the Kentucky Chamber. She focuses her work on energy, environment, small business, and competitiveness issues. She is a lifelong resident of Kentucky and earned both a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Conservation and Management and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining the Chamber, Kate spent nearly 12 years working for state agencies focused on energy and environmental policy and regulation and has held multiple positions relating to communications, outreach, policy analysis and design, and legislative affairs.
Amy Spiller, President, Ohio and Kentucky, Duke Energy
Amy Spiller is president of Duke Energy's utility operations in Ohio and Kentucky, which serves approximately 850,000 electric customers and 533,000 natural gas customers. She is accountable for advancing the company's rate and regulatory initiatives, and managing the government relations, economic development and community affairs functions throughout the region.
John Will Stacy, Commissioner, Kentucky Public Service Commission
John Will Stacy was appointed to the Public Service Commission by Governor Andy Beshear on September 4, 2024. His term will expire July 1, 2028.
Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Stacy served for over 20 years in the Kentucky House of Representatives and during his tenure served on various committees, including the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, the State Government Committee, the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and as chair of the Budget Review Subcommittee on Education. Following his time as a state representative, he also served as the Morgan County Judge Executive.
Commissioner Stacy received his BS from Morehead State University, and continued his education, graduating from Northern Kentucky’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He is the proud father of 4 children, and grandfather to 6 grandchildren.
Kenya Stump, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Energy Policy
Kenya Stump was appointed as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Energy Policy in March of 2020. Prior to that, Kenya served as Assistant Director for the Division of Energy Assistance within the Office of Energy Policy. Before her work in energy, Kenya managed the environmental assistance programs at the Cabinet including environmental leadership, brownfields, and compliance assistance with the Division of Compliance Assistance. She also served as environmental scientist and policy advisor for the Director’s Office at the Division for Air Quality. Prior to moving to state government in Frankfort, she served as an environmental consultant with the Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program at the University of Kentucky. Kenya has master’s degrees in environmental science and public administration from Indiana University and the University of Kentucky, respectively. She also holds a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Systems and graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
Jayce Walker, Director, East Development, Recurrent Energy
Bio coming soon.
Brian Weisker, Senior Vice President and President, Natural Gas Business, Duke Energy
As senior vice president and president of Duke Energy’s natural gas business, Brian Weisker is responsible for the company’s regulated natural gas operations in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, including subsidiary Piedmont Natural Gas. In addition, he leads the gas commercial operations, which includes supply, wholesale marketing, transportation and pipeline services, field customer service, sales and delivery, and business development.
Prior to assuming his current position in April 2024, Weisker served as senior vice president and chief operations officer for Duke Energy’s natural gas business, a position he held since January 2020. He led gas utility operations, including construction, engineering, operations support and maintenance, asset management and integrity, operations performance, gas control, quality management and pipeline safety. Prior to that, he served as vice president of operational excellence within the natural gas business. Weisker has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry.
He began his career as a nuclear submarine officer serving onboard three separate fast attack submarines from 1994 to 2002. After leaving military service, Weisker joined Cinergy Corp., where he held several corporate leadership roles from 2002 to 2006. Following Duke Energy’s merger with Cinergy in 2006, he served as the plant manager at the East Bend, Allen and Marshall power plants. He was named vice president of coal combustion products, operations and maintenance in 2015. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Weisker graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University.
Weisker serves on the boards of directors of the American Gas Association, the Southern Gas Association, the Common Ground Alliance and the Charlotte, N.C., Chapter of the American Heart Association. Weisker also is a recipient of Duke Energy’s James B. Duke Award, the company’s highest employee award for outstanding contributions to Duke Energy’s business success.
Cindy Wiseman, President and COO, Kentucky Power
Cindy Wiseman is president and chief operating officer of Kentucky Power and is responsible for all aspects of electric service for Kentucky Power's customers.
Previously, she was vice president, External Affairs and Customer Service for Kentucky Power and provided oversight for all economic development, corporate communications, external affairs and customer service initiatives. Wiseman started with AEP in 2008 in corporate communications at Appalachian Power and later was named as an external affairs manager for the company. In 2018, she joined Kentucky Power as managing director of External Affairs and Customer Service.
Prior to joining Appalachian Power, she spent 15 years working in marketing and fund raising for the Kanawha County Public Library system in Charleston, West Virginia.
She is a graduate of Marshall University with a bachelor's degree in journalism with an emphasis on public relations. Wiseman completed the Oklahoma University Economic Development Institute certification coursework. She serves on the board of directors for Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Chamber Center for Policy and Research, Northeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, One East Kentucky and Leadership Kentucky.