COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has named
Emily J. Duncan senior vice
president, Federal Affairs, effective Feb.
13 working in the company's Washington D.C. office. Duncan is currently
vice president, Government Relations for National Grid.
Duncan will be responsible for managing AEP's relationships with
federal government officials, members of Congress, various federal
regulatory agencies and industry trade groups. She replaces
Tony Kavanagh who will retire after
more than 31 years of dedicated service to the company. Kavanagh
will serve as senior vice president, Washington Office until his
retirement June 30. Duncan will
report to Raja Sundararajan,
executive vice president, External Affairs.
"Tony has led our Washington
D.C. office and been a trusted resource for federal policy
makers for decades. His knowledge and ability to build
relationships have been invaluable to AEP," said Sundararajan. "We
wish him all the best in retirement.
"Emily brings 15 years of legislative and regulatory experience
working on a variety of important energy policy issues. Her
extensive industry knowledge, stellar reputation and dynamic
leadership will allow AEP to continue to enhance the safe and
reliable electric service we provide to our customers."
Duncan, 40, was named vice president of government relations and
head of National Grid's Washington,
D.C. office in April 2021.
Previously she served as their director of federal government
affairs.
Before joining National Grid in 2015, she worked for more than
four years at the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national
trade association for the solar industry. There, Duncan served in
several roles, rising to become the association's director of
Government Affairs & Counsel.
Duncan is past chair of the Board of the Business Council for
Sustainable Energy (BCSE) and is a past-president of the
Washington D.C. Chapter of the
Women's Energy Network. She has served on the boards of the British
American Business Association, the Clean Energy Business Network,
the Global Business Alliance, National Energy Resources
Organization, the BCSE Foundation, and Women in Government
Relations. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the
University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman
Center for Energy Policy. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her law
degree from Duke University.
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SOURCE American Electric Power