COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has named Ashley
M. Weaver vice president, Operations and Performance
Transformation, with responsibility for leading the company's
continuous improvement efforts, effective Jan. 3, 2018. She will replace Barbara D. Radous, senior vice president, who is
retiring from the company.
"Ashley has been instrumental in driving process improvements
throughout the company in her role as director of Operations and
Performance Transformation for the past five years. She brings
broad knowledge of AEP's business operations, extensive experience
in process engineering and project management, and a collaborative
leadership style that will allow us to build upon our efforts to
improve our business," said David M.
Feinberg, executive vice president, general counsel and
secretary.
"Barbara has made many outstanding contributions as part of
AEP's management team, including her focus on continuous
improvement and identifying sustainable cost saving opportunities
to position the company for continued success. We wish Barbara and
her family the best in her retirement," Feinberg said.
Weaver, 38, has served as director of Operations and Performance
Transformation since 2012. She joined AEP in 2005 as project
administrator in Generation Engineering Projects & Field
Services and has held project manager roles in Generation and
Transmission. She also served as alternative fuels manager in the
Fuels, Emissions and Logistics group where she was responsible for
renewable fuel co-firing and led the natural gas refueling
evaluation of AEP's coal-fueled power plants.
Prior to joining AEP, Weaver held various process engineering
and project engineering positions at Lucent Technologies and Andrew
Corporation. Weaver holds a bachelor's degree in manufacturing
engineering from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio, and a master's
degree in business administration from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She
currently is chair of the EEI Continuous Improvement group and
serves as chair of the board of directors for Girls on the Run of
Central Ohio.
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 224,000 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 33,000
megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including 4,200 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.
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SOURCE American Electric Power