COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has named
Juliet Majtenyi vice president of
Project Solutions, Generation, effective Oct. 22. She replaces Frank Pifer, who will retire after more than 35
years with the company.
Majtenyi will be responsible for all aspects of project
management, project controls, construction, start-up and
commissioning, and enabling capital excellence activities across
the Project Solutions organization. She will report to Paul Chodak, executive vice president,
Generation.
"Frank first joined AEP at the John E. Amos plant in 1987,"
Chodak said. "He then served as plant manager at two more plants
before bringing his institutional knowledge and leadership skills
to our projects team. Frank has led the projects group through a
significant transition as the needs of our fleet continue to
change, and we appreciate his commitment to his work, our customers
and the Generation organization. We wish him all the best in his
well-deserved retirement."
"Juliet's strong background in project controls and management
will serve our organization well as we move to a clean energy
future," Chodak said. "I'm confident her leadership skills and
focus on continuous improvement will be instrumental as we continue
to optimize our fleet and shift to a more balanced fuel mix."
Majtenyi is currently the director of Generation Transformation.
She has held roles of increasing responsibility in the Generation
organization since joining AEP in 2006, including director –
Project Controls and manager – Estimating. She received her
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University and her master's degree in
business administration from Kent State
University.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner,
brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP's
approximately 16,700 employees operate and maintain the nation's
largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles
of distribution lines to safely deliver reliable and affordable
power to 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is
one of the nation's largest electricity producers with
approximately 31,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity,
including more than 7,100 megawatts of renewable energy. The
company's plans include growing its renewable generation portfolio
to approximately 50% of total capacity by 2030. AEP is on track to
reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels
by 2030 and has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. AEP is
recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community
engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion. 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, east Texas and the Texas
Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides
innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more
information, visit aep.com.
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