COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Daryl Roberts, senior vice president, chief
operations and engineering officer, DuPont de Nemours Inc., has
been elected to the American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) Board of
Directors.
"Daryl is a recognized global leader in the manufacturing
industry with significant experience improving productivity,
business performance, compliance and health and safety," said
Nicholas K. Akins, AEP chairman,
president and chief executive officer. "We look forward to his
insights as we continue delivering new, cleaner energy technologies
and a smarter, more reliable energy system to our customers."
Roberts, 51, has been chief operations and engineering officer
at DuPont since 2018, leading the company's integrated operations
and engineering organizations globally. Before joining DuPont,
Roberts worked for 20 years at Arkema S.A. where he held
progressive leadership roles including vice president,
Manufacturing, Engineering and Regulatory and director, Safety and
Health. Additionally, Roberts worked at Eastman Kodak Co. in
engineering and safety and health positions.
A U.S. Army veteran, Roberts has a bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering from Howard University in
Washington, D.C., a master's
degree in occupational health and safety from the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., and a Master of Business
Administration from the Rochester Institute of
Technology in Henrietta,
N.Y.
He is a member of the boards of the American Chemistry Council,
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Foundation and
National Action Committee for Minorities in Engineering.
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
17,000 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
approximately 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity,
including more than 5,300 megawatts of renewable generation. 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.
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