LISLE, Ill., Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SunCoke
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) today announced that Susan R. Landahl has been appointed to the
Company's Board of Directors, for a term commencing September 1, 2017. Landahl will be a member
of the Governance Committee of the board, and will serve in the
class of directors standing for election at the Company's Annual
Meeting of Stockholders in May
2018.
Since June 2015, Landahl, 56, has
served as Senior Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness and
Integrated Performance Assessment of Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, a major generator and marketer of electricity and a subsidiary
of Exelon Corporation, one of the nation's largest power
generators, with operations in 48 states. Since joining Exelon
in 1999, Landahl has held a number of senior leadership positions,
including Senior Vice President, Operations Integration &
Business Development from August 2012
to January 2014, and Chief Operating
Officer & Senior Vice President, Exelon Nuclear from
June 2010 to August 2012. In
this latter position, she oversaw 10 facilities with 17 nuclear
reactors in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and was responsible for 5,000
employees and annual budgets in excess of $1.5 billion. Exelon's nuclear fleet has
since grown to 14 nuclear facilities, including 23 reactors in five
states. As Vice President, Industry Leadership at the
Institute for Nuclear Power Operations from January 2014 to June
2015, Landahl led development of INPO 15-005, now the
industry standard for leadership development and organizational
effectiveness for the entire U.S. nuclear fleet and much of the
world. She is a current member of the Advisory Committee for
the Future of Nuclear Study. Landahl has a Bachelor of Science
degree in Nuclear Engineering and Fission Reactor Technology from
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology ("MIT"), and holds a
Masters of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics
from MIT. She also has completed the Advanced Management
Program at the Harvard University Business
School.
"Susan is an extremely knowledgeable industry leader with strong
operational skills and a proven track record for successfully
managing large, complex projects and major project
turnarounds. She has a keen and strategic understanding of the
energy industry, and brings extraordinary leadership experience and
qualities that will augment SunCoke's already deeply talented
board," said Fritz Henderson,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SunCoke Energy,
Inc. "We are pleased that Susan has agreed to join our board,
and we look forward to her contributions to the direction and
growth of our company in the years to come."
ABOUT SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) supplies high-quality coke to
the integrated steel industry under long-term, take-or-pay
contracts that pass through commodity and certain operating costs
to customers. We utilize an innovative heat-recovery cokemaking
technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power
generation. We are the sponsor of SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.
(NYSE: SXCP), a publicly traded master limited partnership, holding
a 2 percent general partner interest, 57.2 percent limited
partnership interest and all of the incentive distribution rights.
Our cokemaking facilities are located in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Brazil and India. To learn more about SunCoke Energy,
Inc., visit our website at www.suncoke.com.
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