Electric utilities
10 CHROs in Electric Utilities
These ten executives hold the chief human resources officer or chief people officer title at electric utilities and power companies. A reader can learn how HR is organized at a utility, from workforce planning and talent development to working with operating leaders on culture and change.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Vallejo
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since September 2025. Alex Vallejo's other roles at the company were Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President, Ethics & Compliance (2023–2025), Vice President, Compliance & Ethics and Deputy General Counsel (2020–2023) and Senior Director & Senior Special Counsel, Corporate Compliance & Government Oversight (2017–2020).
Denise Galambos
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer · Exelon
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Exelon since April 2024. At Baltimore Gas and Electric she was Senior Vice President of Customer Operations and Chief Customer Officer (2021–2024) and VP of Human Resources (2017–2020); at Exelon she was also Vice President of Utility Oversight, Exelon Utilities (2020–2021) and Associate General Counsel, Labor and Employment (2012–2017).
Himal Tewari
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer, Head CSR and Sustainability · TATA Power
Chief Human Resources Officer, Head CSR and Sustainability at TATA Power since 2019; his profile describes Tata Power as one of India's largest integrated power companies. He was Vice President- Group Human Resources at TATA SONS LIMITED (2014–2019) and Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates (2006–2014).
Jennifer Kustra
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer · Duquesne Light Company
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Duquesne Light Company since August 2026. At GAF she was Vice President Human Resources (2026), Sr. Director HR, Manufacturing Operations (2020–2026), Human Resources Director, Manufacturing (2020) and Area HR Manager, East (2019–2020).
Juan Gallegos
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resource Officer, VP of People & Culture · Portland General Electric
Chief Human Resource Officer, VP of People & Culture at Portland General Electric since April 2025; his profile describes PGE as an Oregon-based company that delivers power to Oregon communities. He was Vice President, Human Resources & Administration at Clearway Energy Group (2023–2025) and Chief Talent Strategist, VP of Talent Management Equivalent at Amazon (2019–2022).
Miles McGrew
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer · Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Chief Human Resources Officer at Basin Electric Power Cooperative since 2022, which his profile describes as one of the largest electric generation and transmission cooperatives in the United States. He was Vice President Human Resources & EHS - Company Officer at Seaboard Triumph Foods (2020–2022) and Director - Human Resources and EH&S at Wabash (2013–2019).
Natalie Schilling
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer · Edison International
SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer at Edison International since 2022; her profile describes Edison International as one of the nation's largest electric utility holding companies. She was Vice President Human Resources at Southern California Edison (SCE) from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Human Resources Officer at Aerojet Rocketdyne (2018–2020).
Pamela Britt
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer · EnergyUnited
Chief Human Resources Officer at EnergyUnited since 2023, alongside the Vice President of Human Resources role she has held there since 2016; her profile says she serves as the executive over Human Resources for the cooperative's electric business. She was Human Resources Manager at Southern Company (2012–2016) and HR Business Consultant at Georgia Power Company (2006–2012).
Phil Ulrich
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer · American Electric Power
Chief Human Resources Officer at American Electric Power since 2021, which his profile identifies as a utilities company. He was Chief Human Resources Officer at Flex (2019–2021), Senior vice president, Human Resources at Eaton (2016–2019) and Vice President, HR & Talent Management (Cooper Industries Eaton) at Eaton (2007–2016).
Sloane Drake
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer · Southern Company
EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer at Southern Company since 2023; her profile says she leads the team responsible for Georgia Power health and wellness and talent management, among other areas. Her earlier Southern Company roles were Senior Vice President Human Resources (2018–2023), Vice President, Human Resources (2015–2018) and Director, Human Resources (2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the size and structure of the organization to yours, since a multi-state utility holding company runs HR differently from a single cooperative. Check each person's earlier roles as well, since experience built inside utilities and experience gained in other industries shape different views on the same HR question.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you plan for retirements and skills gaps in line, field and engineering roles, and which programs worked best?
- 02How is HR organized across operating companies or regions in your utility, and which functions did you centralize?
- 03How did you work with operations and safety leaders when a workforce change affected field crews or service reliability?
About this directory
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