Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an operating company of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), has named Katie Davis as vice president of External Affairs and Customer Experience.
Katie Davis
An accomplished energy utility executive, Davis will lead I&M’s newly formed External Affairs and Customer Experience team, which is comprised of the following departments:
- Customer Services and Business Development
- Government Affairs
- External Affairs
- Communications and Marketing
Katie will replace Marc Lewis, who is retiring at the end of June.
“Katie brings the skills and experience to enhance I&M’s commitment to excellent service for our customers and strong support of the communities we serve,” said Toby Thomas, I&M president and chief operating officer. “Katie will continue the important innovation and expansion of our customer service programs lead our public policy team and ensure that I&M robustly communicates with our customers, other stakeholders and the public.”
Davis held key positions at Pacific Gas & Electric, one of the largest gas and electric companies in the country, for more than a decade. At PG&E, Katie served as chief of staff to the company’s CEO and president, and as senior manager of Public Affairs. More recently, she was vice president of External Affairs at Duquesne Light Company in Pittsburgh.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Communications from the University of California, Davis.
Davis will begin her new role with I&M on March 15 and will relocate to Fort Wayne with her family.
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Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne, and its approximately 2,100 employees serve more than 599,000 customers. More than two-thirds of its energy delivered in 2019 was emission-free. I&M has at its availability various sources of generation including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan, 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana, more than 22 MW of hydro generation in both states and approximately 15 MW of large-scale solar generation in both states. The company’s generation portfolio also includes 2,620 MW of coal-fueled generation in Indiana.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is focused on building a smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and custom energy solutions to our customers. AEP’s approximately 17,400 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 221,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with more than 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including approximately 5,300 megawatts of renewable energy. AEP’s family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners, and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.
Media Contact:
Marci Grossman
Indiana Michigan Power
Director of Communications
260-205-1340
mjgrossman@aep.com