ALLETE Honored for Advancing Women in Leadership Roles
May 07 2018 - 12:40PM
Business Wire
ALLETE Inc. (NYSE:ALE) recently received state and national
recognition for its success in advancing women in corporate
leadership roles.
The 2017 Minnesota Census of Women in Corporate Leadership,
produced by St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, named
ALLETE an Honor Roll company. ALLETE is among 19 out of 72 public
companies in Minnesota with women representing at least 20 percent
of corporate directors and 20 percent of executive officers,
according to the report.
In 2017, three women served on the 12-member ALLETE board of
directors: Madeleine Ludlow, Heidi Jimmerson and Kathryn Dindo. In
January, Susan Nestegard joined the board, bringing the total to
four women. Jimmerson, lead director, and Ludlow are the
longest-serving board members. Both joined the board in 2004.
In addition, three of nine executive officers are women. They
are Deb Amberg, senior vice president ALLETE, chief strategy
officer of regulated operations and president of Superior Water,
Light and Power; Bethany Owen, senior vice president ALLETE and
chief legal and administrative officer; and Nicole Johnson, vice
president of ALLETE Human Resources.
Owen said the company is honored by the recognition.
“The ALLETE board and executives understand very well the
strategic advantages and contributions that women bring to the
conversation and to the success of the company,” Owen said. “The
women on the board, along with women in other leadership
capacities, serve as role models and demonstrate ALLETE’s
commitment to diversity. ALLETE is absolutely stronger when we are
collaborating and listening to different perspectives.”
Jimmerson said it’s important for ALLETE to build on the
momentum it has achieved in advancing female leadership. ALLETE has
long recognized the importance of having women in leadership roles.
Women have served in senior leadership positions and on ALLETE’s
board of directors for decades. Women also serve in key executive
roles within ALLETE’s family of companies.
“Having women in key leadership roles to challenge thinking and
offer varying points of view is imperative for our continued
success,” Jimmerson said. “I’m proud of ALLETE’s strong track
record of diversity and inclusion and know that talented, capable
women at all levels of the company will help drive our growth and
attract the next generation of leaders.”
ALLETE also was recognized for championing gender diversity on
its board of directors by 2020 Women on Boards, a national campaign
to increase the number of women on corporate boards to at least 20
percent by 2020. ALLETE is one of 1,151 companies in the campaign’s
database of 3,192 companies to achieve this recognition. It is the
seventh consecutive year ALLETE has been recognized as a “Winning
Company” by the campaign.
ALLETE Inc. is an energy company headquartered in Duluth,
Minnesota. In addition to its electric utilities, Minnesota Power
and Superior Water, Light and Power of Wisconsin, ALLETE owns
ALLETE Clean Energy, based in Duluth, U.S. Water Services in St.
Michael, Minnesota, BNI Energy in Bismarck, North Dakota, and has
an 8 percent equity interest in the American Transmission Co. More
information about ALLETE is available at www.allete.com.
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ALLETEAmy Rutledge, 218-723-7400Manager – Corporate
Communicationsarutledge@allete.com
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