Exelon President and CEO Calvin Butler Leads Nation’s Largest Transmission and Distribution Company During Transformative Era for Energy Industry
January 03 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Calvin Butler has begun in his role as president and chief
executive officer of Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) and has joined Exelon’s
Board of Directors after previously serving as the company’s
president and chief operating officer. Exelon, the nation’s largest
energy transmission and delivery company by customer count, is
headquartered in Chicago, and serves more than 10 million customers
in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the
District of Columbia.
“It is an honor and a privilege to lead this great company into
its next chapter,” said Butler. “I have had the pleasure of working
alongside Chris Crane for the past 10 years, and I am excited to
build upon the legacy he has built for this company. We are in a
unique position to lead our customers and the nation on a path to a
clean energy future. And we strive to not only lead the energy
transformation, but to do so equitably, while strengthening our
infrastructure, modernizing our energy delivery systems, and
improving the lives of those in our communities.”
“Leading this company has been the honor of a lifetime, and I
can’t think of anyone better suited to build upon our successes and
usher in our next chapter than Calvin Butler,” said Chris Crane. “I
am so proud of what we have achieved as a company over the past
decade for our customers and communities. We have an incredibly
strong foundation to build upon, and so much ahead for us to
achieve. Under Calvin’s leadership, our exceptionally talented
Exelon team will continue to thrive for years to come.”
The company is an industry leader in improving the reliability
and resilience of the energy grid and is consistently recognized
for achieving excellence in safety, customer service and pursuing
its value of diversity, equity and inclusion. Through its workforce
development programs, support for educational initiatives, employee
volunteerism and other philanthropic efforts, Exelon powers the
economic health and well-being of the diverse communities it
serves.
Butler has served as COO since October 2021 and was named
president and COO in October 2022. He previously served as Exelon
Utilities CEO since 2019 and as CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric
(BGE) from 2014 to 2019. Prior to that role, Butler served as BGE’s
senior vice president for Regulatory and External Affairs. In
addition, he has held various leadership positions at ComEd,
including as senior vice president of Corporate Affairs and vice
president of Governmental and Legislative Affairs.
Before joining Exelon in 2008, he held senior leadership roles
in external affairs as well as in manufacturing with the print,
digital and supply chain solutions company R.R. Donnelley. Butler
spent his early career with Central Illinois Light Company
(CILCORP, Inc.), where he worked in government affairs, legal and
strategy.
In addition to serving on the Exelon Board, Butler also serves
as chair of each Exelon operating company board — BGE, ComEd, PECO
and PHI. He is the vice chair of the Institute of International
Education (IIE) and also serves on the board of RLI Corp. (NYSE:
RLI). He will be a new member of the Civic Committee of the
Commercial Club of Chicago. He also serves on several nonprofit
boards in areas where Exelon operates, and is on the Board of his
undergraduate alma mater, Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. Butler
also serves on the James Madison Council of the Library of
Congress.
He has been recognized by several organizations for his
leadership and community commitment. In 2021, The Daily Record
named Butler to their “Power 100” list and has singled him out as
one of its top 35 Influential Marylanders, as well as listed him
three times as one of Maryland’s “Most Admired CEOs.” In 2020, he
was honored with the BEYA Chairman’s Award, recognizing Black
leaders for their meaningful contributions to science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM). That same year, he was named among
Black Enterprise magazine’s “Most Influential Black Executives in
Corporate America,” and as Zpryme’s “ETS Thought Leader of the
Year,” honoring those with the “inventive and brave vision needed
to inspire the global energy ecosystem toward sustainable
modernization.” In 2019, the Boy Scouts of America honored him with
the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award. He is an active member of
the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Butler earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University and a
Juris Doctor degree from Washington University School of Law in St.
Louis, Mo. He received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from
Morgan State University in 2014.
Exelon is the nation’s largest energy transmission and
distribution company. More information about Exelon is available at
exeloncorp.com.
About Exelon
Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) is a Fortune 200 company and the nation’s
largest energy delivery company, serving more than 10 million
customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution
utilities — Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and
Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power &
Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power
Company (Pepco). More than 18,000 Exelon employees dedicate their
time and expertise to powering a cleaner and brighter future for
our customers and communities through reliable, affordable and
efficient energy delivery, workforce development, equity, economic
development and volunteerism. Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
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