Garrick J. Rochow is president and chief executive officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, which serves 1.9 million electric customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers. The company has annual revenues of $6.7 billion, assets totaling $29.7 billion and 8,500 employees. He was elected to this position in December 2020.

Rochow previously was executive vice president of operations. He was responsible for the company’s electric and natural gas distribution and transmission operations, generation and compression operations, operations performance, regulatory compliance and planning and scheduling.

Previously, Rochow served in several operations leadership roles. Before becoming senior vice president of operations, he was Consumers Energy’s senior vice president of distribution and customer operations. In that role, he led the company’s electric and natural gas distribution systems, engineering, energy operations, electric and gas transmission and customer operations.

Previously, Rochow was Consumers Energy’s vice president of customer experience, rates and regulation and quality and chief customer officer after serving as vice president of energy delivery. In his energy delivery role, he led engineering and planning of the company’s electric and natural gas distribution systems.

Rochow joined Consumers Energy in 2003 and has held several leadership positions, including combustion turbine business manager at the Zeeland generating facility and site production manager at the Campbell Generating Complex. Rochow began his utility career as an environmental lead at the Holland Board of Public Works, where he served as a maintenance superintendent and managed steam turbine and boiler outage responsibilities.

Rochow graduated from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University. He also has attended an executive education program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business

Srikanth (Sri) Maddipati is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2026.

Maddipati is responsible for treasury, tax, investor relations, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit services, supply chain, fleet, facilities, and mergers and acquisitions.

Maddipati previously served as SVP and President of Electric Supply for Consumers Energy. He was responsible for the company’s electric supply business unit, which includes electric supply planning and strategy, market operations, generating plant operations and maintenance, and the development of new energy supply resources. He also led the company’s enterprise project management and real estate functions.

Maddipati previously was treasurer, vice president, finance and investor relations for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. He was responsible for budget and planning, corporate liquidity, financing and maintaining relationships with investors, banks and rating agencies. Maddipati served in a leadership role in setting CMS Energy’s financial, regulatory, and operating strategy. He also chaired the Benefit Administration Committee, which is responsible for managing employee benefit plan investments.

Maddipati joined CMS Energy in 2014 as assistant treasurer. In this position, Maddipati was credited with improving the company’s financial ratings and rating-agency relationships and reducing operating costs.

He previously served as a vice president in the Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in New York, N.Y.

Maddipati earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and a master’s degrees in engineering and business administration, from the University of Michigan.

Tonya L. Berry is executive vice president and chief operating officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

In this role, Berry applies more than two decades of operations leadership experience overseeing the company’s electric supply, electric distribution and natural gas delivery business units.

Berry previously was senior vice president of transformation and engineering for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.

Berry’s previous Consumers Energy leadership roles included Vice President of Gas Operations and Vice President of Operations Performance.

Berry joined Consumers Energy in 2013 as a member of the quality team. After briefly serving as manager of strategic initiatives with Massachusetts-based Energy Federation, Inc., she returned in 2017 to successfully lead Consumers Energy’s Lean Office and company’s adoption of the CE Way. Berry previously held several increasingly responsible engineering leadership roles with Chrysler, LLC and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Berry received a Crain’s Detroit Business Notable Leaders in Energy award in 2023 and was named to Women, Inc’s list of 2022 Most Influential Women Executives in Corporate America. Berry was also featured in Black Enterprise Magazine’s July 2008 issue and named among Chrysler, LLC’s Leaders of Today & Tomorrow in 2007, and was Black Engineer of the Year’s Modern-Day Technology Leader in 2007. Berry was a Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence honoree in 2019 and received the Women of Color Presidents Award that same year.

Berry pays it forward to help her community and encourage the next generation of STEM pros. She also is passionate about STEM education, activities and career advice for aspiring pros. She serves on the boards of the Detroit Zoo and the Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan. Berry also is a member of the Leadership Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Berry holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business administration from Wayne State University.

Shaun Johnson is executive vice president of business transformation and chief legal and administrative officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2025.

Johnson is responsible for the company’s legal department and all legal matters affecting the organization. He also holds enterprise wide responsibility for information technology (IT), physical and cyber security, applications and analytics, lean, compliance, enterprise risk management and regulatory affairs. In addition, Johnson leads the human resources function, overseeing talent strategy, workforce development, labor and employee relations, and the cultivation of a high performance, people centered culture. Through his leadership of these diverse operational, technical and people focused disciplines, Johnson guides the company’s business transformation efforts, driving cross functional initiatives that enhance organizational capability, operational efficiency and long term customer value.

Johnson previously served as general counsel and senior vice president of business optimization. He joined the company as vice president and deputy general counsel in 2016.

Johnson formerly served as director of the energy industry group for the law firm Dykema Gossett PLLC, specializing in public utilities, energy and taxation. During his tenure, he represented several public utility and energy clients throughout the United States on a wide range of business and legal issues.

Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree from Saginaw Valley State University and a law degree from Michigan State University. He serves on the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Saginaw Valley State University Board of Control, and is a member of the Ingham County, Michigan, and Federal Energy bar associations and the American Association of Corporate Counsel.

Kelly Hall is senior vice president of regulatory and legal affairs and deputy general counsel of CMS Energy Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

In this role, Hall oversees the company’s legal, corporate compliance, and rates and regulatory organizations. She holds responsibility for legal matters, corporate secretary activities, investor services, corporate records, compliance and enterprise risk functions. Hall also oversees the company’s ratemaking and regulatory activities, including all matters before the Michigan Public Service Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Hall previously served as deputy general counsel and vice president of rates and regulation. Hall also previously served as Consumers Energy’s supervisory assistant general counsel, having led the legal department’s transactions and employment practice group. Hall’s responsibilities included contracts, property, business development, human resources, benefits, privacy policies, marketing and communications.

Hall has also served as a regulatory attorney with Consumers Energy. In this role, she was lead counsel in regulatory administrative litigation and natural gas and electric rate cases and associated appeals. She led several complex regulatory filings and matters.

Hall began her legal career in 1992 as an intern with Consumers Energy’s legal team before becoming a contracts attorney in 1993.

Hall serves on the board of the Michigan Economic Development Foundation and is a member of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Executive Committee. She is past president and treasurer of the Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Education and is a former commissioner with the Grand Traverse County Planning Commission.

Hall holds a law degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Alma College.

Brandon J. Hofmeister is senior vice president of strategy, sustainability and external affairs for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. Hofmeister also is president of the CMS Energy and Consumers Energy charitable foundations.

Prior to joining Consumers Energy, Hofmeister served as an assistant professor of law at Wayne State University and as visiting professor of law at the University of Michigan. Previously, Hofmeister was an energy and climate policy advisor and deputy legal counsel to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

Hofmeister serves as a member of the Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees. He also serves as a member of the State of Michigan’s Council on Climate Solutions and as the U.S. business representative on the Great Lakes Water Quality Board. Hofmeister is a member of the Keystone Energy Board, a group of national leaders from business, government, consumer advocates, and environmental advocacy organizations that focus on energy policy collaboration and understanding.

Locally, Hofmeister is a member of the board of directors for Ann Arbor SPARK, an economic development organization, He is also a member of the Metropolitan Affairs Council of business, labor and government leaders in southeast Michigan.

Hofmeister holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College and is a Harvard Law School graduate.

Lauren Snyder is senior vice president and chief customer and growth officer for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

Snyder leads Consumers Energy’s efforts to deliver exceptional customer experiences and fuel Michigan’s economic growth. She oversees customer operations, customer programs, brand, external communications, and drives Consumers Energy’s economic development strategy to attract new industries, create jobs, and help Michigan thrive.

Snyder’s vast and varied yet consistently customer-focused career with Consumers Energy spans more than 20 years. From the frontlines of operations working directly with customers, to helping lawmakers advance policies that put customers first and developing the company’s long-term customer strategy to deliver improved experiences, the customer has been at the heart of her work. Snyder is uniquely positioned to shape the company’s customer-first approach.

As a mother of four children, Snyder was honored to serve as executive sponsor for the company’s Women in Energy resource group where she led the development of Consumers Energy’s world-class parental leave policy.

Snyder holds an MBA and a BBA in marketing from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business and earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Michigan State University’s James Madison College. While at MSU, she was part of the Women’s Varsity Golf Team.

Snyder serves on the boards of Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, the West Michigan Center of Arts and Technology, and the St. Mary’s Foundation. She is also a member of the Detroit Regional Partnership Leadership Council. Under Snyder’s leadership, the company has been named a Top Utility in Economic Development by Site Selection Magazine and a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year.

Jim Beechey is vice president, IT and security and chief information officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2024. With more than 25 years of IT and security experience, Beechey is responsible for the company’s information technology strategy, investments and operations. He also leads all aspects of physical and cyber security.

Beechey previously served as Consumers Energy’s executive director of security. He created the utility industry’s first fully integrated security program comprised of compliance, risk, privacy, cyber security and physical security. Beechey also managed Consumers Energy’s external security presence, including media and public events, federal and state regulatory activities and presence at industry working groups.

Beechey joined Consumers Energy in 2011 as IT security manager, and then information security director. In these roles, he created the company’s first comprehensive cyber security program.

Before joining Consumers Energy, Beechey held several increasingly responsible managerial IT and security roles at Northwood University, including academic computing coordinator, technical services manager and associate director of networks and information security.

Beechey serves as an advisor and/or board member to several physical and cyber security organizations, including the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls group. He holds a master’s degree in information security engineering from the SANS Technology Institute and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and business management from Northwood University.

Melissa M. Gleespen is vice president, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy.

Gleespen is responsible for fostering and maintaining an ethical business environment, sound corporate governance, full and fair disclosure to shareholders and strong corporate information governance.

Gleespen was elected as vice president and corporate secretary in 2013 and was elected chief compliance officer in 2016. She joined the company in 2013 as supervisory assistant general counsel. She is a seasoned attorney specializing in securities law and corporate governance matters.

Gleespen holds a bachelor’s degree from the Harvard University Extension School and a law degree from the Northeastern University School of Law.

Scott McIntosh is vice president, controller and chief accounting officer for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was elected to this position in 2021.

As the company’s chief accounting officer, he is responsible for accounting operations and policy, financial and regulatory reporting, tax, the annual budget and planning process and finance transformation.

McIntosh joined Consumers Energy in 2004 and has held increasingly responsible leadership positions. He previously served as vice president of tax, where he was responsible for all tax matters.

Prior to joining Consumers Energy, McIntosh worked in various roles in public accounting with Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, and the Rehmann Group.

McIntosh is a certified public accountant (CPA). He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Michigan State University, and a master's degree in taxation (MST) from Golden Gate University.

Aaron Rajda is vice president, applications and analytics and chief digital officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2024.

Rajda works to connect people, technology and data to create better products, services and ways of working.

Rajda joined Consumers Energy after more than 20 years at Ford Motor Company in several increasingly responsible leadership positions. Rajda joined Ford as senior manager of business systems before serving as an IT executive director leading global technology teams that supported multiple business units and functional skill teams. He most recently helped lead Ford’s digital marketing, sales and customer products area where he delivered complex, high-value digital customer solutions.

Rajda earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Wayne State University and master's degree in business administration (MBA) from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Jason Shore is vice president of investor relations and treasurer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2024.

Shore is responsible for managing corporate liquidity and financing and maintaining relationships with investors, banks and rating agencies. He also manages CMS Energy’s financial, regulatory and operating strategy.

Shore previously served as executive director of treasury and capital markets. In this role, he led strategic enterprise-wide financing initiatives. He also was responsible for short- and long-term financing activities that include cash administration, liquidity analysis, funding sources, capital structure and credit exposure.

He joined Consumers Energy in 1998 as a general accounting analyst. He has since held several increasingly responsible accounting and finance leadership roles, including senior accounting analyst, director of general accounting and executive director of budget, planning and analysis.

Shore chairs the finance committee and is a member of the board of Lumen Christi High School of Jackson, Mich., and is past chair and member of the Jackson County United Way board of directors.

Shore holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Michigan State University.

Angela Thompkins is vice president of external affairs and media relations and chief diversity officer of CMS Energy and its primary subsidiary, Consumers Energy.

In this role, Thompkins leads and advances the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. She partners with Consumers Energy’s leaders to embed diversity, equity and inclusion within Consumers Energy’s corporate culture. She also advises the company’s employee resource groups.

Thompkins also leads Consumers Energy’s corporate giving, media relations and community affairs functions, extending the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion reach to cultivate a broader, more immersive external impact.

Thompkins’ previous Consumers Energy roles include executive director of strategic talent sourcing and senior human resources consultant. She provided statewide human resources consulting services to the company’s natural gas distribution, storage and compression teams.

Thompkins joined Consumers Energy in 2013 after holding previous leadership positions in the food distribution, non-profit legal services and automotive industries. She began her career as a prosecutor for the City of Detroit, Mich.

Thompkins serves on the boards of directors of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) and The Unity Collaborative. She also serves on the United Way of Southeast Michigan’s Community Impact and Equity Committee.

Under Thompkins’ leadership, the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have been recognized by Forbes, DiversityInc, Military Times, Best for Vets, Corporate Equality Index, Corp! Magazine, National Organization on Disability, and Montel Williams’ Military Makeover. Thompkins was most recently recognized as a 2022 Tough Enough to be a Girl Scout honoree, a 2021 Top Diversity Officer by the Energy Inclusion Conference, a 2021 Corp! Magazine Salute to Diversity Business Leaders award recipient and a 2020 Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence honoree.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Eastern Michigan University, a juris doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in labor and employment law from Wayne State University Law School.

Christopher (Chris) Fultz is SVP and President of Electric Supply for Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2026.

Fultz is responsible for the company’s electric supply business unit, which includes electric supply planning and strategy, market operations, generating plant operations and maintenance, and the development of new energy supply resources. He also leads the company’s enterprise project management and real estate functions.

Fultz previously served as Vice President of Low Voltage Distribution for Consumers Energy. Fultz was responsible for planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the company’s 90,000 miles of low voltage electric distribution infrastructure that provides safe, reliable energy service to 1.9 million electric customers. Fultz also oversaw forestry planning and operations.

Fultz previously served as Consumers Energy’s Vice President of Gas Operations. He was responsible for gas storage, compression, transmission, distribution and the integrity of the company's gas system.

Prior to that, Fultz served as Executive Director of Gas Transmission, Storage and Compression. In this role, he led a multidisciplinary operations team comprised of union and non-union employees who supported gas transmission, storage, compression, and metering and regulation infrastructure. He partnered with the company’s union workforce to deliver a data-driven, people-first approach to help boost safety performance. Fultz also oversaw capital construction and asset reliability programs that included well rehabilitation, pipeline integrity and city gate expansions.

Fultz joined Consumers Energy in 2014 as a project manager supporting electric infrastructure and large customer projects. He has since held increasingly responsible leadership roles supporting energy delivery, natural gas and electric operations and enterprise project management.

Previously, Fultz served as renewable energy business development manager with Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Black & Veatch. He began his Black & Veatch career as a high-voltage substation electric design engineer and held several engineering and management roles.

Fultz earned an executive master’s degree in business administration from Oakland University. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering with concentration in power systems, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, from Michigan Technological University.

Gregory M. Salisbury is SVP and president of electric distribution for Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2025.

In this role, Salisbury leads the company’s electric distribution business unit, including overseeing electric distribution operations and engineering functions.

Salisbury previously served as Consumers Energy’s vice president of electric distribution, responsible for electric distribution planning, design and strategy.

Previously, Salisbury was Consumers Energy’s vice president of gas engineering. He was responsible for engineering and planning of the company’s natural gas transmission and distribution systems.

With nearly 30 years of operations and quality assurance experience, Salisbury joined Consumers Energy as vice president of operations performance, and was responsible for implementing The Consumers Energy Way, lean principles, metrics analysis and reporting, in-process standard verification and work management improvement.

Before joining Consumers Energy, Salisbury held several quality assurance and operations positions with global medical device manufacturer Stryker Corporation. Salisbury had most recently served as Stryker’s vice president, global supplier quality, where he led quality managers and engineers across 39 manufacturing sites and was responsible for quality performance among Stryker’s more than 4,500 supplier partners.

Salisbury’s previous roles include general manager, Fresh Solution Farms, L.L.C., and several plant operations and quality positions within General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.

Salisbury earned a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute, and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan as a GM Fellow. Salisbury also is recognized by the American Society for Quality as a certified quality engineer.

LeeRoy Wells, Jr. is SVP and president of gas delivery of Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2025.

Wells oversees the company’s natural gas delivery business unit, including operations and engineering of the entire natural gas system. He also oversees the company’s enterprise-wide safety strategy.

Wells previously served as the company’s senior vice president of operations, with overall responsibility for the company’s electric and natural gas distribution and transmission operations, generation and compression operations, operations performance, regulatory compliance and planning and scheduling.

Wells previously was vice president of gas operations for Consumers Energy, and was responsible for gas transmission, distribution, and the integrity of the company's gas system. Wells also oversaw gas measurement, gas service and meter reading.

Previously, Wells served as vice president of operations support for Consumers Energy. He managed customer and employee experience enhancement across the company’s safety and health, supply chain, real estate, fleet and facilities functions.

Wells previously was executive director of electric system operations and maintenance. In that role, he led nearly 500 employees responsible for electric low voltage distribution maintenance, construction and service restoration. Wells also guided zone managers in delivering operational excellence, system reliability and speedy storm restoration.

Wells’ previous Consumers Energy roles include director of customer and service infrastructure, and managerial positions in electric systems maintenance, instrumentation, controls, infrastructure and operations. Wells joined Consumers Energy in 2006 as part of the electric generation operations team responsible for electric infrastructure reliability.

Wells graduated from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and received a master’s degree in organizational leadership and management from Lourdes College. Wells also holds a master’s certificate in project management from The George Washington University School of Business, and certification in business acumen for high-potential executives from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Holly Bowers is vice president of gas engineering, planning and supply with Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

As part of the company’s natural gas delivery business unit, Bowers is responsible for the engineering, planning and system integrity of Consumers Energy’s natural gas transmission and distribution systems, gas code compliance, and natural gas supply procurement. This includes leading the company’s focus on methane emission reduction and renewable natural gas to achieve net zero methane.

Additionally, Bowers oversees the gas safety management system (RP1173) and damage prevention activities. Bowers also oversees the engineering and asset management of the natural gas metering and regulation, compression and gas storage systems, along with the natural gas control center, geographic information system and damage claims.

She applies more than 27 years of natural gas industry experience to lead maintaining, upgrading and enhancing the company’s natural gas delivery systems that provide safe, reliable, affordable, equitable and increasingly clean natural gas to customers.

Bowers previously served as executive director of operations compliance and controls where she led key components of Consumers Energy’s gas safety management system and improved natural gas and electric compliance and controls in the company and among its distribution contractors.

Bowers joined Consumers Energy in 1998 as a gas distribution engineer and has held increasingly responsible engineering and operations leadership roles. They include executive director of gas asset management, southwest gas operations and construction manager, director of economic portfolio management and gas distribution pipeline engineering lead.

Bowers is a member of Michigan State University’s Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) Industry Advisory Board and the Michigan 811 MISS DIG board of directors and is active with the American Gas Association and part of its Managing Committee.

Bowers holds a bachelor’s degree in biosystems engineering with an environmental specialization from Michigan State University. In 2024, Michigan State University College of Engineering honored her with the BAE Distinguished Alumni Award. She also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Baker College.

Steve Champine is Vice President of Gas Operations for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. He was named to this position in 2025.

As part of the natural gas delivery business unit, Champine is responsible for gas storage, compression, transmission, distribution and the integrity of the company's gas system.

Champine joined Consumers Energy in 2004 as part of the Karn Weadock generating plant team and has since held increasingly responsible electric and gas operations leadership positions.

Champine last served as Senior Executive Director of Gas Operations for Consumers Energy. In that role, he successfully reduced natural gas infrastructure replacement costs to record lows and exceeded installation timelines while sustaining zero high-risk safety incidents year over year. Champine also served as chief operations negotiator of the company’s 2025 working agreement with the Michigan State Utility Workers Council.

Before joining Consumers Energy, Champine worked in automotive and manufacturing positions.

Champine earned a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Northwood University and holds a bachelor’s degree in welding engineering technology from Ferris State University.

Amanda Gomez is vice president of Lean for Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025. 

In this role, Gomez leads implementation of lean operating principles across the company, working closely with Consumers Energy’s natural gas and electric operations teams. Using the Consumers Energy Way (CE Way), Gomez works to improve the company’s operations work management and quality functions. 

Amanda Gomez last served as executive director of analytics and digital products. With two decades of experience in the utility industry, she possesses extensive business expertise in customer operations, operational strategy, process optimization and analytics, with specialization in using advanced analytics to optimize complex processes.

Amanda began her career at Consumers Energy in 2006 as a customer contact center representative and has progressively taken on more responsible leadership positions. Her roles have included contact center team leader, contact center resource planning manager, customer operations strategist, operations strategist, process optimization director, executive director of analytics and systems, and most recently, executive director of analytics and digital products.

Gomez holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Spring Arbor University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Davenport University.

Anita Griffin is vice president of commercial operations and planning with Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

As part of the company’s electric supply business unit, Griffin oversees electric supply strategic planning processes; market operations, which includes power supply cost recovery (PSCR) forecasting and strategic power market participation; and generation fleet optimization. 

Previously, Griffin was Consumers Energy’s executive director of electric supply strategy. She was responsible for long-term electric supply planning, operational strategy, regulatory filings and data modeling to build the company’s integrated resource plan (IRP).

Griffin previously held increasingly responsible leadership roles in Consumers Energy’s customer organization, having led the division’s long-term strategic roadmap, annual planning data analytics and regulatory strategies.

Griffin possesses more than two decades of utility experience. Before joining Consumers Energy, she served in leadership roles supporting coal power plant operations, renewable energy development, and continuous improvement deployment at DTE Energy, an electric and natural gas utility serving 2.2 million electric customers in southeast Michigan and 1.3 million natural gas customers in Michigan. 

Griffin holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University.

David Hicks is Vice President, Electric Supply, Development and Origination for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. He was named to this position in 2025.

In this role, and as part of the company’s electric supply business unit, Hicks leads delivery of the renewable energy components of Consumers Energy’s clean energy plan. These include the buildout of 8,000 megawatts of owned and contracted solar energy and 550 megawatts of battery storage by 2040.

Hicks joined Consumers Energy as Vice President of Renewables Development and Enterprise Project Management in 2022. 

Over more than 20 years, Hicks has developed more than 11,000 megawatts of renewable and clean energy projects. He last served as Vice President of Business Development with Illinois-based Indeck Energy Services. In this role, he secured renewable energy project sites and led business development activities supporting a two-gigawatt pipeline of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.

Hicks has held business development, renewable energy procurement and energy storage and project development roles with utilities and renewable energy service providers, including Florida Power & Light, NV Energy and Diamond Generating Corporation. 

Hicks holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of California – Santa Barbara and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Hawaii. Hicks also has completed contract negotiation and executive leadership courses at Harvard University, Stanford University and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. 

Jean Kang is vice president of generation operations with Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2025.

In this role, Kang is responsible for the operation of the company’s fossil-fueled, hydroelectric and renewable generating units. 

Kang most recently served as executive director of electric operations. She applied more than 23 years of energy career experience to lead statewide HVD and LVD grid operations, execute safe and excellent emergency restoration response, and strategically implement digital solutions for electric operations. 

Kang previously served as executive director of fossil generation operations, where she maintained and enhanced the company’s fossil-fueled generating units that provide safe, reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy to our customers. 

Kang joined Consumers Energy in 2002 as a gas distribution engineer and has held increasingly responsible leadership roles. They include roles in gas operations performance, energy operations planning, statewide performance team leader, customer operations project management, business and operations support, gas planning and scheduling, and generation operations processes. 

Throughout her career at Consumers Energy, Jean also actively supported and led Business Employee Resource Groups that advocate for female and minority employee development, retention and success.

Jean holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Wayne State University. 

Norman Kapala is Vice President of Grid Operations, Restoration and Work Management for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy.

In this electric distribution leadership role, Kapala leads a customer-centric team of emergency response, grid automation, work management systems and metering technologies.

Kapala joined Consumers Energy in 2008 as part of the Karn Weadock generating plant team and has since held increasingly responsible leadership positions. Kapala previously served as Vice President of Generation Operations and most recently as Vice President of Gas Operations. As part of the natural gas delivery business unit, Kapala was responsible for gas storage, compression, transmission, distribution, and the integrity of the company's gas system.

Kapala previously was Executive Director of Fossil and Renewable Generation for Consumers Energy and was responsible for the operation of the company’s fossil-fueled and renewable generating units. Prior to that, Kapala was Site General Business Manager at Consumers Energy’s D.E. Karn, B.C. Cobb and J.H. Campbell generating facilities.

Before joining Consumers Energy, Kapala worked in engineering and operations management positions at Chrysler Corporation and Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems.

Kapala earned a master’s degree in manufacturing management from Kettering University and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and U.S. Navy Reserve while earning his bachelor’s degree.

Marlon Merritt is Vice President of Supply Chain for Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in February 2026. Merritt is responsible for increasing alignment and reliability of materials, optimizing purchased materials and services, and partnering with the company’s strategic supply base while utilizing automation and artificial intelligence in the digital transformation.

Merritt comes to Consumers Energy with more than two decades of supply chain leadership experience with FORTUNE® 150 and FORTUNE® 500 North America energy companies. He has held domestic and international roles, developing high-performing teams of more than 400 employees and 200 contractors to drive transformational growth. Marlon has led six enterprise supply chain transformations optimizing procurement processes and reinventing complex operating models, improving human capital productivity and cost to deliver by 40% and delivering over $2 billion in value.

Merritt last served as Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at TC Energy, a Calgary, Alberta-based energy company that builds and operates energy infrastructure across Canada, the United States and Mexico. In that role, he directed enterprise transformation program workstreams targeting safety, productivity and cost.

Previously, Merritt held several leadership positions at Entergy, most notably as the company’s Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, and as Entergy’s first Vice President of Continuous Improvement, where he built and led an enterprise-wide transformation program.

Merritt earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Carolina Wesleyan College and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Strayer University. He holds certifications in executive leadership from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, the City of Charlotte (North Carolina) Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Leader Program, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Senior Leadership program, and Deloitte’s Board Ready Program.