Scott Armstrong, former president and chief executive officer of Group Health Cooperative
Christine Gregoire, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Challenge Seattle
Julia Hamm, former president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Grant Hodgkins, Portfolio Manager, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
Tom King, Operating Executive, AEA Investors
Mary E. Kipp, president and CEO of Puget Sound Energy
Jenine Krause, managing director, Asset Management at OMERS Infrastructure
Paul McMillan, principal of Tidal Shift Capital Incorporated
Christopher Parker, director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’)
Aaron Rubin, executive director of Puget Sound Health Alliance
Steven Zucchet, Managing Director, OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.
Scott Armstrong, Chairperson
Scott Armstrong, former president and chief executive officer of Group Health Cooperative, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Armstrong has more than 30 years of experience in health care. He’s currently a commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; board member of the Alliance of Community Health Plans in Washington, D.C.; and a board member of America’s Health Insurance Plans. He’s also a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Christine Gregoire
Christine Gregoire is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Challenge Seattle, an alliance of CEOs from 21 of the region’s largest private-sector employers and serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Previously, Gregoire served two terms as governor of the state of Washington from 2005 to 2013. Prior to becoming governor, she served three terms as attorney general for the state and before that role, served four years as the director of the State Department of Ecology.
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Julia Hamm
Julia Hamm, former president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA).
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She is the former president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and currently serves on the board of Voltera, the board of the California Mobility Center, the board of RE+ Events, and as an advisor to EQT Group and The Ad Hoc Group.
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Grant Hodgkins
Grant Hodgkins is a Portfolio Manager for the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s Infrastructure and Renewable Resources Group and serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Prior to joining BCI in 2017, Hodgkins held positions at FortisBC and Interfor Corporation. He also serves on the board of Corix Infrastructure Inc., a water and wastewater utility and contract energy company based in Vancouver, BC.
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Tom King
Tom King, operating executive with AEA Investors, a middle market private equity firm, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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King served as chairman and president of National Grid U.S. from 2007-2015. Prior to that, he was president of PG&E Corporation and Chairman & CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric from 2003-2007.
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Mary E. Kipp
Mary E. Kipp was named president of PSE in August 2019 and CEO in January 2020. Under her direction, PSE is working toward an aspirational goal of being a Beyond Net Zero Carbon energy company by 2045, targeting reduction of its carbon emissions to net zero and going beyond that goal by helping other sectors to enable carbon reduction across the state of Washington.
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Mary joined PSE from El Paso Electric (EPE), where she served as chief executive officer since 2015 and president since 2014. With EPE since 2007, Mary held a variety of leadership roles throughout the company, including General Counsel, regulatory and rates, risk management, human resources, external affairs, customer care, environmental and safety.
Prior to EPE, Mary was a prosecuting attorney for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for four years, investigating and prosecuting violations of federal energy laws. Mary also worked as a lawyer at El Paso Natural Gas Company and at Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Mary is vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Alliance to Save Energy; a member of the Board Directors of Boston Properties and Energy Insurance Mutual; and co-chair of the Edison Electric Institute’s Institute for Electric Innovation. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Seattle University.
Mary received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Texas School of Law, and is an alumnus of Exeter College, Oxford University.
Mary lives in Seattle and has two children.
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Jenine Krause
Jenine Krause, managing director, Asset Management at OMERS Infrastructure, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Prior to joining OMERS, Jenine was CEO of Enercare Inc, one of North America’s largest home and commercial service and energy solutions companies; before that, she held progressively senior roles at Bell Canada across numerous business units. In addition to PSE and Puget Energy, Jenine is a board member of Beanfield Technologies, BridgeTex Pipeline Company, and LifeLabs.
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Paul McMillan
Paul McMillan, principal of Tidal Shift Capital Incorporated, an energy and infrastructure consulting and project development firm, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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McMillan has been involved in energy and infrastructure development for more than 30 years. Prior to establishing Tidal Shift Capital, he held senior business development and operations roles with the EPCOR, Union Energy and Westcoast Energy group of companies. McMillan also serves on the board of directors of BluEarth Renewables Inc.
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Christopher Parker
Chris Parker, director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’), serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Parker is a member of Ontario Teachers’ North America Infrastructure team where he focuses origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments. He joined Ontario Teachers' in 2011 and has sat on the boards of Northern Star Generation, Intergen, Express Pipeline, Ontario Teachers' New Zealand Forest Investments and Sydney Desalination Plant. He currently sits on the board of Chicago Skyway. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers', Chris worked on power and utility investments at Brookfield Asset Management.
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Aaron Rubin
Aaron Rubin, senior managing director and head of energy infrastructure for Macquarie Asset Management—Real Assets, Americas, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Rubin is responsible for Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Assets investment team that focuses on sustainable energy investments in the Americas. He has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure investment and M&A, including extensive experience investing in a wide variety of clean power generation and development businesses, regulated utilities and related sub-sectors. He is currently a director of Cyrq Energy, Cleco Corporation, and Lordstown Energy Center.
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Steven Zucchet
Steven Zucchet, managing director, OMERS Infrastructure Management, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Zucchet has deep experience in the energy sector and, since joining OMERS in 2003, has led numerous transactions and had asset management responsibilities at a number of utility and generation companies in Canada and the United States. He is currently a board member of Oncor and Bruce Power Inc.
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