South Bend, Ind. – Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is adding to its strong and diverse team in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. Lesley Odom has been named the Community Affairs Manager for the South Bend/Elkhart and Southwest Michigan areas.

She serves as I&M’s primary community contact in the Michiana area. Odom, a 23-year veteran of I&M, holds a degree in Business Administration from Indiana Tech and attended the Basic Economic Development course at Ball State University in 2017. She has exemplary skills in interacting with all types of customers and members in the community.

Odom will remain committed to putting customers and the communities we serve at the heart of our business through corporate philanthropy, employee volunteerism and economic development.

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Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne, and its 2,370 employees serve more than 597,000 customers. More than half of its generation is emission-free, including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan, 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana, 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 2,600 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 more than 17,000 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 219,000 miles of distribution lines to efficiently deliver safe, reliable power to nearly 5.4 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with approximately 32,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including 4,300 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 and east Texas). AEP also owns AEP Energy, AEP Energy Partners, AEP OnSite Partners and AEP Renewables, which provide innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide.