U.S.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CIGRÉ
(Conseil International des Grands Réseaux Électriques)
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON LARGE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS

USNC Executive Committee  2017

January, 2017
Terms Ending (TE) Noted

David W. Roop, USNC President (TE-2019) Mike Beehler, Vice President & Chair,
Director – Electric Transmission Field Ops. Marketing & Membership Committee (TE-
Dominion Virginia Power 2017)
2400 Grayland Avenue Vice President
Richmond, VA 23220 Burns & McDonnell
Tel: 804-257-4001 9400 Ward Parkway
Cell: 804-240-8356 Kansas City, MO 64114
Em: david.roop@dom.com Tel: 816-822-3358
Fax: 816-822-4386
Khalid Al-Olimat Em: mbeehler@burnsmcd.com
Professor and Chair Engineer
Ohio Northern University Sanjay Bose (TE-2017)
525 S. Main Street, Science Annex 209 Chief Engineer
ECCS Department ConEdison
Tel: 419-772-1849 4 Irving Place – 6 NE
Em: k-al-olimat@onu.edu New York, NY 10003
Em: bosesa@coned.com
Shay Bahramirad (TE-2017)
Director, Smart Grid and Technology Robert W. Bradish (TE-2017)
Commonwealth Edison Vice President, Grid Development
2 Lincoln Centre American Electric Power
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 700 Morrison Road
Tel: 630-437-3705 Gahanna, OH 43230
Em: Shay.Bahramirad@ComEd.com Tel: 614-552-1600
Em: Rwbradish@aep.com
William Ball (TE-2018)
Southern Company Mark Caskey (TE-2017)
600 North 18th Street President
Birmingham, AL 35203 Sharyland Utilities, LP
Tel: 205-257-6218 1806 Ross Avenue, Suite 460
Em: woball@southernco.com Dallas, TX 75201-8002
Tel: 214-978-8243
Samuel Barnes (TE-2017) Em: mcaskey@sharyland.com
Vice President, Power Generation & Energy
Commonwealth Associates, Inc. Clayton Clem (TE-2017)
2700 West Argyle Street Vice President – Transmission Engineering
Jackson, MI 49202 Tennessee Valley Authority
Tel: 517-817-1616 1101 Market Street, MR 3F
Em: sam.barnes@cai-engr.com Chattanooga, TN 37402
Tel: 423-751-3872
Fax: 423-751-4621
Em: clclem@tva.gov
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Thomas Damon (TE-2019) Clark W. Gellings, Past President USNC (TE-2016)

Vice President, Commercial Energy Fellow
Leidos Electric Power Research Institute
1000 Legion Place, Suite 1100 3431 Oak Lane
Orlando, FL 32801 Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Tel: 407-256-6596 Tel: 650-855-2170
Em: Thomas.a.damon@leidos.com Fax: 650-855-8575
Em: cgellings@epri.com
Jaime De La Ree (TE-2016)
Associate Department Head Randy Grass (TE-2017)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute VP Power Delivery Division
Dept. of ECE Power Engineers
302 Whittemore 12755 Olive Boulevard, Suite 100
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111 St. Louis, MO 63141
Tel: 540-231-6625 Tel: 314-851-4000
Fax: 540-231-3362 Em: rgrass@powereng.com
Em: jreelope@vt.edu
Mike Heyeck, Past-President USNC (TE-2016)
Terence Donnelly (TE- 2018) 113 Ormsbee Avenue
ComEd Westerville, OH 43081
One Financial Place Tel: 614-441-6500
440 South LaSalle Em: Mheyeck@gmail.com
33rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60605 Patrick Hogan (TE-2016)
Tel: 630-576-6864 VP Asset Management
Em: terence.donnelly@ComEd.com PG&E
245 Market Street, N10A
Valentine Emesih San Fransisco, CA 94105
CenterPoint Energy Tel: 415-973-9005
1111 Louisiana Street Fax: 415-973-9003
Houston, TX 77002 Em: Patrick.Hogan@pge.com
Tel: 713-207-2168
Em: valentine.emesih@centerpointenergy.com Scott Homes (TE-2017)

Wayne Galli (TE-2017)

Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC
1001 McKinney, Suite 700
Houston, TX 77002 Smart Wires, Inc.
Tel: 832-319-6337 Em: scott.homes@smartwires.com
Fax: 832-319-6311
Em: wgalli@cleanlineenergy.com Chris Kelly (TE-2016)
VP Electric System Engineering
Tom Galloway (TE-2017) National Grid
Vice President and CEO 40 Sylvan Road
North American Transmission Forum Waltham, MA 02451
9300 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 300 Tel: 781-907-3111
Charlotte, North Carolina 28269 Em: chris.kelly@nationalgrid.com
Tel: 704-945-1911
Em: tgalloway@natf.net

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Elizabeth LaRose (TE-2016) John D. McDonald, Vice President & Chair,

General Manager Technical Activities Committee (TE-2016)
GE Grid Solutions Director, Technical Strategy & Policy
1 River Road, 53-310 Development
Schenectady, NY 12345 GE Grid Solutions
Tel: 518-385-3994 4200 Wildwood Parkway
Em: elizabeth.larose@ge.com Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: 678-844-8927
Tomas Leander (TE-2017) Fax: 770-853-3560
Vice President and General Manager Em: johnd.mcdonald@ge.com
ABB Inc. Grid Systems
940 Main Campus Drive, Suite 300 Mark McGranaghan (TE-2017)
Raleigh, NC 27606 Vice President – PDU
Tel: 919-856-3865 Electric Power Research Institute
Fax: 860-298-3536 942 Corridor Park Blvd.
Em: tomas.leander@se.abb.com Knoxville, TN 37932
Tel: 865-218-8029
Arron Lewis Fax: 865-218-8001
Em: MMcGranaghan@epri.com
Black & Veatch Corporation
11401 Lamar Avenue Rana Mukerji (TE-2017)
Overland Park, KS 66211 Senior Vice President – Market Structures
Tel: 913-458-7112 New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Fax: 913-458-8188 10 Krey Boulevard
Mob: 913-334-8527 Rensselaer, NY 12144
Em: lewisal@bv.com Tel: 518-356-8835
Fax: 518-356-6100
Em: rmukerji@nyiso.com
Keith E. Lindsey, Vice President & Chair,
Awards & Recognition Committee (TE-2017) Damir Novosel (TE-2017)
President President
Lindsey Manufacturing Company Quanta Technology
P.O. Box 877, 760 N. Georgia Ave. 4020 Westchase Blvd., Suite 300
Azusa, CA 91702 Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel: 626-969-3471 Tel: 919-334-3010
Em: keith.lindsey@lindsey-usa.com Fax: 929-334-3000
Em: dnovosel@quanta-technology.com
Yilu Liu (TE-2016)
Governor’s Chair Rick O’Callahan (TE-2017)
University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge Nat Lab Vice President - Transmission
MinKao Building, Suite 511 First Energy Corporation
1520 Middle Drive 76 S Main Street
Knoxville, TN 37996-2250 USA Akron, OH 44308
Tel: 865-266-3597 Tel: 330-384-3850
Em: Liu@utk.edu Em: ocallaghanr@firstenergycorp.com

Rob Manning (TE-2017) Robert O’Connell

VP Transmission University of Missouri
Electric Power Research Institute 309 Engineering Building West
1300 West WT Harris Blvd Columbia, MO 65211
Charlotte, NC 28262 Tel: 573-882-8373
Tel: 704-595-2716 Em: oconnellr@missouri.edu
Cell: 423-619-3963
Em: rmanning@epri.com

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Efrain O’Neill-Carrillo Gregory Reed (TE-2016)

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Director, Center for Energy
PO Box 2315 University of Pittsburgh
Anasco PR 00610 Dept. of ECE
Tel: 787-832-4040 ext. 5843 151 Benedum Hall
Em: efrain.oneill@upr.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Tel: 412-383-9862
Amanda Olson (TE-2018) Em: gfr3@pitt.edu
Chair of the Next Generation Network
Burns & McDonnell Christopher Root, Vice President & Chair,
9400 Ward Parkway Nominations & Appointments Committee
Kansas City, MO 64114 (TE-2017)
Tel: 816-995-9246 Chief Operating Officer
Cell: 816-447-5523 Vermont Electric Power Company
Em: akolson@burnsmcd.com 366 Pinnacle Ridge Road
Rutland, VT 05701
Andy Ott (TE-2017) Tel: 802-770-6231
President & CEO (effective 2016) Em: croot@velco.com
PJM Interconnection, LLC
955 Jefferson Avenue Paul Roskilly (TE-2016)
Norristown, PA 19403 Business Development Manager
Tel: 610-666-4267 Siemens Energy Management
Em: ott@pjm.com Em: paul.roskilly@siemens.com

Tim Qualheim (TE-2017) B. Don Russell, Vice President Administration &

Sr. Vice President, Applied Grid Solutions Secretary (TE-2016)
S&C Electric Company Regents Professor
6601 N. Ridge Blvd. Texas A & M University
Chicago, IL 60626 Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Em: tim.qualheim@sandc.com 238 Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center
3128 TAMU
Dr. R. Ramakumar (TE-2018) College Station, TX 77843-3128
Regents Professor, PSO/Albrecht Naeter Tel: 979-845-7912
Professor, Director Fax: 979-458-1139
Oklahoma State University Em: bdrussell@tamu.edu
Tel: 405-744-5157
Em: rama.ramakumar@okstate.edu Donald Russell (TE-2018 )
Teamleader- Substation Service
Stewart Ramsay (TE-2016) American Transmission Company
Vanry + Associates W234 N2000 Ridgeview Parkway Ct.
973 Hawthorne Drive Waukesha, WI 53188
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Tel: 262-832-8631
Tel: 925-324-8612 Em: drussell@atcllc.com
Em: stewart@vanry.com
Mallory Sass
Kevin Rapp (TE-2016) Director of Marketing
Cargill Greensmith Energy
250 N Sunny Slope Road, Suite 10 485 Springpark Place, Suite 1500
Brookfield, WI 53005 Tel: 408-966-5950
Tel: 262-797-5584 Em: msass@greensmithenergy.com
Em: kevin_rapp@cargill.com

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Noel Schulz Gordon van Welie (TE-2017)

Kansas State University President & Chief Executive Officer
3108 Engineering Hall, 1701D Platt St. ISO New England Inc.
Manhattan, KS 66506 1 Sullivan Road
Tel: 785-532-4692 Holyoke, MA 01040
Em: grue@ksu.edu Tel: 413-535-4300
Fax: 413-540-4298
Richard Shaheen (TE-2017) Em: gvanwelie@iso-ne.com
Senior Vice President, Transmission
Bonneville Power Administration Dick Williams (TE-2016)
5411 NE Hwy 99 Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Vancouver, WA 98663 Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
Tel : 360-418-2122 530 Keystone Drive
Em : rlshaheen@bpa.gov Warrendale, PA 15086
Tel: 724-772-2122
Eric Stein Em: dick.williams@meppi.com
PECO Energy
2301 Market Street Longya Xu (TE-2018)
Philadelphia, PA 11903 Professor
Tel: 215-841-6866 Ohio State University
Em: eric.stein@peco-energy.com Tel: 614-292-6119
Em: xu.12@osu.edu
Erik Takayesu (TE-2018)
Southern California Edison Peng Zhang
3 Innovation Way Professor
Pomona, CA 91768 University of Connecticut
Tel: 909-274-3482 261 Glenbrook Road
Em: Erik.Takayesu@sce.com Mansfield, CT 06269
Tel: 860-486-3075
Demetrios A. Tziouvaras (TE-2017) Em: peng@engr.uconn.edu
Senior Research Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Sharon Loe, Assistant to B. Don Russell
600 East Main Street, Suite 101 USNC Secretariat - Program Coordinator
Vacaville, CA 95688 Texas A&M University, TAMU 3128
Tel: 509-336-7076 238 Wisenbaker Engineering Research Center
Em: demetz@selinc.com College Station, TX 77843-3128
Tel: 979-458-1100
Edvina Uzonovic Fax: 979-458-1139
Professor Em: s-loe@tamu.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
Tel: 203-940-3692
Em: e@wpi.edu

Bill Webb(TE-2017)
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
CTC Global Corporation
2026 McGraw Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614
Tel: 949-381-7301
Em: bwebb@ctccable.com