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Officers

Garrick J. Rochow , , , President and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

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

Rejji P. Hayes , , , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Rejji P. Hayes is executive vice president and chief financial officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2017.

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

Hayes also served as board chairman of EnerBank USA®, a nationwide provider of home improvement loans and former CMS Energy subsidiary, and as executive sponsor of the Minority Advisory Panel, one of CMS Energy’s largest business employee resource groups.

Hayes joined CMS Energy from ITC Holdings Corp., a regulated electric transmission utility, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. In his role as ITC’s chief financial officer, Hayes was responsible for the company’s accounting, tax, mergers and acquisitions, internal audit, investor relations, treasury, financial planning and analysis, management reporting and risk management functions. He co-led the strategic review that resulted in the sale of ITC – which was then a publicly traded company – to Fortis, Inc. Under Hayes’ tenure as CFO, ITC’s market capitalization increased from approximately $4.7 billion to $7 billion. Hayes has been recognized by Institutional Investor as one of "America's Best CFOs" in the utility sector multiple times.

Prior to joining ITC Holdings Corp., Hayes held strategy and financial leadership roles for Exelon Corporation, Lazard Freres & Co., and Banc of America Securities.

Hayes is a Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) board member and serves as chair of the audit committee. He also serves on the boards of Amherst College, Business Leaders for Michigan and the Detroit Regional Chamber.

Hayes earned a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.

Tonya L. Berry , , , Senior Vice President Of Transformation And Engineering Of CMS Energy Corporation And Consumers Energy Company

Tonya L. Berry is senior vice president of transformation and engineering for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2022. She is responsible for electric and gas engineering, resource planning, project management, environmental services and quality.

In this role, Berry applies her more than 20 years of experience deploying lean methodologies to enhance quality and improve work management in gas and electric groups.

Previously, Berry was vice president of gas operations for Consumers Energy. Her responsibilities included gas transmission, distribution and gas system integrity.

Berry previously served as vice president of operations performance for Consumers Energy. She was responsible for implementing the Consumers Energy Way, lean principles, metrics analysis and reporting, in-process standard verification and work management improvement.

Berry joined Consumers Energy in 2015 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.

Previously, Berry served as lean consultant with a Michigan-based industrial engineering staffing and lean management consulting company. Berry integrated lean methodology and led kaizen workshops to identify process improvements among client organizations.

Berry previously held several increasingly responsible roles with Chrysler, LLC, including industrial engineer and financial analyst in Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant, productivity team lead in its Jeep/truck division and industrial engineering manager in its car/minivan division.

Berry began her career as an operations engineer with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, where she worked with process improvement teams to improve productivity and quality while reducing cost.

Berry was 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.

She 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.

Catherine A. Hendrian , , , Senior Vice President of People and Culture of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Catherine A. Hendrian is Senior Vice President of People and Culture for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She was elected to this position in April 2017.

Hendrian has overall responsibility for the company’s people and culture strategy. This includes cultivating a culture and creating an employee experience in which all co-workers can thrive and succeed. Hendrian’s responsibilities also extend to traditional human resources activities., These include employee benefits, compensation, organization and workforce development, diversity and inclusion, equal employment opportunity, workforce relations, labor relations and all human resources services for nearly 8,000 CMS Energy and Consumers Energy employees.

Hendrian previously served as Consumers Energy’s vice president of human resources, after gaining critical experience as a human resources director working with several departments throughout the company including customer operations and quality; information technology; rates; governmental, regulatory and public affairs; finance; and legal.

Hendrian joined Consumers Energy in 2002 as senior human resources consultant. She has served in various strategy and workforce development roles of increasing responsibility, including human resources strategy, performance and communications director and human resources director. These experiences uniquely position Hendrian to guide and shape the employee experience that will underpin CMS Energy’s future.

Prior to joining Consumers Energy, she worked at Ford Motor Company in various human resources roles from 1993 to 2002.

Hendrian earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with specialization in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan, and a master’s degree in human resources and organizational development from Eastern Michigan University.

Brandon J. Hofmeister , , , Senior Vice President of Sustainability and External Affairs of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Brandon J. Hofmeister is Senior Vice President of sustainability and external affairs for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.

In this role, Hofmeister leads a team responsible for sustainability; environmental compliance; diversity, equity, and inclusion; corporate philanthropy; community engagement; and public policy advocacy. Their work helps shape Michigan’s energy future by proactively engaging with policymakers, customers and other key stakeholders. 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, focusing on energy and climate law and policy.

Previously, Hofmeister was an energy and climate policy advisor and deputy legal counsel to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Hofmeister led comprehensive state energy policy reforms, helped implement the governor's clean energy economic development efforts and coordinated with Congress and the Obama Administration on federal energy and climate policies.

Hofmeister serves as a member of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Climate Solutions, as the U.S. business representative on the Great Lakes Water Quality Board, and as a member of the Keystone Energy Board. He previously served on the University of Michigan’s President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality.

Hofmeister holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College and is a Harvard Law School graduate. In 2009, he was one of two Americans selected as a Chevening Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School, where he studied finance and investment in a low-carbon economy with policymakers from around the world.

Shaun M. Johnson , , , Senior Vice President and General Counsel of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Shaun Johnson is senior vice president and general counsel of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2019.

Johnson is responsible for the legal department and all legal matters affecting the company. He also has overall responsibility for corporate secretary activities, investor services, corporate records, compliance and enterprise risk functions.

Johnson joined the company as vice president and deputy general counsel in 2016. In this role, he oversaw litigation, general practice and federal energy regulatory practice groups and provided legal oversight for business development activities.

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 board of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Ingham County, Michigan, and Federal Energy bar associations.

Venkat Dhenuvakonda (DV) Rao , , , Senior Vice President of Strategy of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Venkat Dhenuvakonda (DV) Rao is senior vice president of strategy for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was elected to this position in 2016.

Rao’s leads corporate strategy and strategic projects, which includes new products and business development. Rao’s corporate strategy responsibilities include developing and successfully executing strategy for CMS Energy and Consumers Energy. In his strategic projects role, Rao is responsible for development, testing and piloting of new technologies and business models. Rao also leads CMS Enterprises, which manages the unregulated energy businesses of CMS Energy. These include independent power plants focused on renewables and natural gas.

Rao last served as vice president, treasurer, financial planning and investor relations. He was responsible for developing the financial plan for the company, managing corporate liquidity, financing and treasury operations, and maintaining relationships with investors, banks and rating agencies. Prior to this role, Rao served as vice president of financial planning and treasurer. As treasurer, he also served as chairman of CMS Energy’s Benefit Administration Committee, which is responsible for managing employee benefit plan investments, including pension, 401(k), health care and life insurance.

He joined CMS Energy in 1999 as a financial analyst in the global finance group. From 2000 to 2003, he handled several restructuring and project financing transactions for CMS Energy. In 2004, he joined Consumers Energy as director of financial planning.

Before joining CMS Energy, Rao held project financing responsibilities for five years at ICICI Banking Corporation in Mumbai, India.

Rao earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai and a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Lucknow. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. In 2010, he completed the Graduate Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Brian F. Rich , , , Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Brian Rich is Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2019.

Rich is responsible for the company’s overall customer experience and satisfaction, and for customer programs such as energy efficiency, renewables and economic development. He also oversees customer operations, digital and IT and security.

Rich last served as Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO). He was responsible for the company’s technology strategy, security and IT operations.

Rich joined CMS Energy as CIO in 2014 to advance the company’s strategic goals with resilient integrated information technologies.

Rich is an energy industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, including more than 14 years at Accenture and four years as a vice president at San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from The George Washington University, and completed an executive management program in cyber security policy at Harvard College in 2015.

LeeRoy Wells, Jr. , , , Senior Vice President of Operations of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

LeeRoy Wells, Jr. is senior vice president of operations of CMS Energy and its primary subsidiary, Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2020.

Wells has 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.

Jim G. Beechey , , , Vice President, IT and Security and Chief Information Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

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.

Tamara J. Faber , , , Vice President, Applications and Analytics and Chief Digital Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Tamara J. Faber is Vice President, Applications and Analytics and Chief Digital Officer of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy.

In this role, she works to connect people, technology and data to create better products, services and ways of working. She enjoys creating environments where people can have fun and be wildly successful.

Faber joined Consumers Energy in 2013 as Director of Information Technology before becoming Vice President of Information Technology in 2016. In these roles, she led creation of the company’s digital foundation and expansion of analytics capabilities.

Before joining Consumers Energy, Faber worked in management consulting and global manufacturing roles. Tamara also is active with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and is on the Michigan Women’s Commission. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University.

Melissa M. Gleespen , , , Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

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.

Kelly M. Hall , , , Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Rates and Regulation of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Kelly Hall is deputy general counsel and vice president of rates and regulation of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. 

Hall is responsible for the legal department, including transactions and employment, litigation, environmental, and state and federal energy regulatory practice groups. She also provides legal oversight for business development activities. 

Hall also is responsible for ratemaking and regulatory activities, including rate reviews by the Michigan Public Service Commission. She also leads tariff administration and compliance activities required to provide regulated energy services to customers.

Hall 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 case 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. 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. 

Scott McIntosh , , , Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

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 principal accounting officer, he is responsible for corporate accounting policy, financial and regulatory reporting, accounting operations, internal control, and the annual budget and planning process.

McIntosh previously served as Vice President of Tax. He was responsible for the tax department, including regulatory issues, domestic tax matters, and acquisitions and divestitures.

McIntosh joined Consumers Energy in 2004 and has held increasingly responsible tax positions. He served as director of tax compliance and accounting, leading regulatory issues and tax strategy, and monitoring tax law changes and their impacts to the company. His previous roles with the company include tax manager and senior tax analyst.

Prior to joining Consumers Energy, McIntosh served as tax manager with The Rehmann Group of Jackson, Mich., and as senior tax analyst with Arthur Andersen, LLP in Detroit.

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 from Golden Gate University.

Jason M. Shore , , , Treasurer and Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Jason Shore is Treasurer and Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations 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 , , , Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Community Affairs of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Angela Thompkins is Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Community Affairs of Consumers Energy. 

In this role, Thompkins leads and advances the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and strategic talent sourcing strategies. She partners with Consumers Energy’s leaders to embed diversity, equity and inclusion within Consumers Energy’s corporate culture. Thompkins also establishes and builds business and community relationships to help boost diversity within the company’s talent pipeline. She also advises the company’s employee resource groups. 

Thompkins also leads Consumers Energy’s corporate giving and community affairs functions, extending the company’s DE&I 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 Michigan Chapter of American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), the Michigan Diversity Council and the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion. She also serves on the Advisory Council for the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. 

Under Thompkins’ leadership, the company’s DE&I initiatives have been recognized by Forbes, DiversityInc, Military Times, Best for Vets, Corporate Equality Index, Corp! 

Amanda M. Wagenschutz , , , Vice President of People and Culture Operations of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Amanda Wagenschutz is vice president of people and culture operations for CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2020.

Wagenschutz is responsible for operationalizing the company’s talent strategy across the organization, with focus on cultivating the company’s purpose-driven culture and creating a positive experience for all co-workers.

Passionate for leadership coaching, organizational development and high-performing teams, Wagenschutz has been a people leader and change maker for more than 20 years. Since joining the company in 2012, her commitment to a world class experience for all co-workers has been the core of her Consumers Energy career.

Previously, Wagenschutz led the team responsible for client-facing service delivery, including business partners, talent acquisition, compensation, and service center operations. In her new role, she adds responsibility for labor relations, learning development and technology, analytics and equal employment opportunity/employee relations.

Wagenschutz holds a master’s degree in management with concentration in human resources from Walsh College. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, where she focused on human resources development and specialized in training and development.

She has held a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification since 2008 and obtained Society for Human Resources Management – Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification in 2015.

Holly Bowers , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Holly Bowers is Vice President of Gas Engineering and Supply with Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2023. Bowers is responsible for engineering and planning Consumers Energy’s natural gas transmission and distribution systems, and for natural gas supply. Bowers also oversees natural gas pipeline integrity, natural gas metering and regulation, natural gas transmission, compression, storage, and natural gas control. She applies more than 25 years of natural gas industry experience to lead maintaining, upgrading and expanding the company’s natural gas delivery systems that provide safe, reliable, affordable and increasingly clean natural gas to customers.

Bowers previously served as Executive Director of Operations Compliance and Controls. She led key components of Consumers Energy’s gas safety management system and also improved natural gas and electric compliance and controls in the company and among its 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 Industry Advisory Board and the Michigan 811 MISS DIG board of directors and is active with the American Gas Association.

Bowers holds a bachelor’s degree in biosystems engineering with an environmental specialization from Michigan State University. She also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Baker College.

Norman (Norm) J. Kapala , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Norman (Norm) Kapala is vice president of generation operations for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. Kapala is responsible for the operation of the company’s fossil-fueled, hydroelectric and renewable generating units.

Kapala joined Consumers Energy in 2008 as part of the Karn Weadock generating plant team and has since held increasingly responsible leadership positions. Kapala last served as 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.

Previously, Kapala was site general business manager at Consumers Energy’s D.E. Karn, B.C. Cobb and J.H. Campbell generating facilities. Prior to 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.

Christopher T. Fultz , , , Vice President Of Consumers Energy Company

Christopher (Chris) Fultz is vice president of gas operations for Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2022. Fultz is responsible for gas storage, compression, transmission, distribution, and the integrity of the company's gas system.

Previously, Fultz served as executive director of gas transmission, storage and compression. In this role, he led a multidisciplinary operations team comprised of union and nonunion 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.

David N. Hicks , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

David Hicks is vice president of renewables development and enterprise project management for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. He was named to this position in 2022.

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.

Over the last 20 years, Hicks has led teams that successfully 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 led all aspects of power project development supporting a two-gigawatt pipeline of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, and the Indeck Niles Energy Center, a 1,085-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle plant commissioned in Niles, Mich. on July 1, 2022.

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, the Diamond Generating Corporation, and FPL Energy (now NextEra Energy Resources).

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. He also completed contract negotiation and executive leadership courses at Harvard University, Stanford University and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Christopher J. Laird , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Christopher (Chris) Laird is vice president of electric operations for Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. He was named to this position in 2022. Laird has overall responsibility for constructing, operating and maintaining the company’s electric system that provides safe, reliable energy service to 1.8 million electric customers. Laird also oversees grid management and metering operations.

He previously served as Consumers Energy’s executive director of electric operations and low voltage distribution. In this role, he led electric operations employee contract negotiations with Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) leaders, led waste elimination efforts surpassing cost-savings goals and helped establish a new electric underground work team to better serve new business customers.

Laird joined Consumers Energy in 2000 and has held increasingly responsible roles in the company’s electric operations, customer operations and scheduling and dispatch departments. Laird holds a master’s degree in business administration from Grand Valley State University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ferris State University.

Srikanth (Sri) Maddipati , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Srikanth (Sri) Maddipati is Vice President of Electric Supply with Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2024. Maddipati is responsible for electric supply operations, generation engineering and electric supply strategy.

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.

Gregory M. Salisbury , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Gregory M. Salisbury is vice president of electric distribution engineering for Consumers Energy. He was named to this position in 2022. Salisbury is 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 more than 200 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.

Jeffrey J. Shingler , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Jeffrey Shingler is Vice President of Operations Support for Consumers Energy. He is responsible for the company’s corporate safety and health, fleet, facilities and real estate functions, all of which serve customers across Michigan every day.

Previously, Shingler was Vice President of Employee Experience. He led delivery of an exceptional employee experience in “people” processes, progressive salaried and union workforce relations, and talent acquisition and training.

Shingler previously served as Executive Director, Low Voltage Distribution East and Electric Meter Operations. His leadership yielded performance improvements in storm restoration and customer-committed projects. Working alongside Utility Workers Union of America representatives, he led electric field employee performance improvements. He also established leadership and safety training programs and enhanced processes, procedures and standards.

Previously, Shingler was Consumers Energy’s Executive Director of Business Services. In this role, he oversaw fleet, facilities, real estate and corporate security functions. During his tenure, the company established a 15-year strategic facilities plan and constructed several facilities, including the John G. Russell Leadership Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Consumers Energy Innovation Center in Jackson, Mich. and several field service centers.

Shingler joined Consumers Energy in 2001 as Fleet Supervisor. His leadership in fostering union partnerships enhanced the company’s safety culture program and helped drive top-decile safety performance.

Shingler holds a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Eastern Michigan University and is a Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP).

Christine M. Wisniewski , , , Vice President of Consumers Energy Company

Christine (Chris) Wisniewski is vice president of operations performance for Consumers Energy. She was named to this position in 2021.

In this role, Wisniewski 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), Wisniewski works to improve the company’s operations work management and quality functions.

Previously, Wisniewski served as executive director of operations performance analytics. In this role, Wisniewski implemented a first-ever machine learning model to improve estimated restoration times, increasing the company’s outage customer experience scores 73%. She also automated the company’s outage notification process using meter data to help improve customers’ outage experience.

Wisniewski joined Consumers Energy in 2014 and has held increasingly responsible leadership roles that leverage advanced analytics and operational strategies to deliver positive outcomes for customers and employees.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan-Flint focused on accounting. Wisniewski also holds a Six Sigma Blackbelt in Lean Operations and was awarded as 2020 Best Utility Analytics Leader from the Utility Analytics Institute.

Lauren Snyder , , , VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

Lauren Snyder is Vice President of Customer Experience for Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility and the nation’s fourth largest combination utility. The company provides electricity and natural gas to 6.6 million of Michigan's 10 million residents.

When promoted to this position in 2017, Snyder was the youngest female officer to be named at Consumers Energy – a distinction that still stands today.

Snyder is the company’s marketing and sales officer. She has responsibility for customer products that support the Clean Energy Plan (e.g., renewable energy, electric transportation and demand-side management), economic development (attracting new and expanding businesses to Michigan) and all external communications inlcuding brand and media relations.

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 working mother of four children, Snyder serves as executive sponsor for the company’s Women in Energy resource group. She was honored to lead the development of Consumers Energy’s world-class parental leave policy.

Snyder holds a master’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University (MSU). She also holds bachelor’s degrees in marketing and international relations from MSU. While at MSU, she was part of the Women’s Varsity Golf Team.

Snyder serves on the boards of directors of the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT), the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and the Legatus Chapter of West Michigan.Under Lauren’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.

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