DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GridLiance Senior
Vice President N. Beth Emery has
been named a winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Lifetime
Achievement – Business category in the 17th annual Stevie Awards®
for Women in Business. A founding member of GridLiance, an
independent electric transmission company, Emery has practiced law
in the energy industry for more than 40 years.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives,
entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run– worldwide.
The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world's premier business
awards.
In recognizing Emery's achievements, the Individual Entrepreneur
and Executive Awards Judging Committee described her as a
"trailblazer for women in a male-dominated field and a force for
transparency and competition in energy markets." They noted that
Emery is an example of how "a woman can empower many other women."
The judges also cited her charitable work with the National Breast
Cancer Coalition.
"I am honored to be among the many accomplished women who were
recognized this year as Stevie Award winners and thrilled to be
chosen for my work in the energy industry and at GridLiance," said
Emery. "When we started GridLiance over six years ago, our vision
was to provide transmission service to the underserved markets in
rural communities to improve their quality of life. This Stevie
Award reflects the importance of that mission and I share this
award with my colleagues at GridLiance as well as the many women
who have inspired me throughout my career."
Emery served as GridLiance's first general counsel and secretary
before announcing in September that she would retire at year end.
She currently serves as GridLiance's special counsel. Prior to her
work at GridLiance, Emery was a national law firm partner for
almost two decades. Earlier in her career, Emery served as the
first general counsel for the California Independent System
Operator Corporation and as the first in-house general counsel for
CPS Energy, the nation's largest municipally-owned electric and gas
utility at the time. She earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
"We're extremely proud of Beth's achievements in the industry
and her role in the success of GridLiance," said GridLiance
President and CEO Calvin
Crowder.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by
the average scores of more than 180 business professionals around
the world, working on seven juries.
About GridLiance
GridLiance is an independent electric
transmission utility holding company. GridLiance collaborates with
rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, joint action
agencies and others to plan for the future of the grid, invest in
necessary electric infrastructure and implement strategies to
improve system reliability and resiliency and reduce overall costs
to customers. Based in Dallas,
GridLiance operates more than 700 miles of transmission lines and
related substation facilities in Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada and Oklahoma. GridLiance is a portfolio company of
Blackstone Energy Partners, an affiliate of Blackstone (NYSE: BX), a leading energy
infrastructure investor. For more information about GridLiance,
visit gridliance.com.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are
conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the
German Stevie Awards, the Middle
East & North Africa Stevie Awards The American Business
Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for
Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the
the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards
competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from
organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of
all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies
recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.
Learn more about the Stevie Awards at
http://www.StevieAwards.com.
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