Marie Knox Advisor at MISO Carmel, Indiana “I wish I was aware of AABE at the start of my energy career,” said Knox, Advisor, at MISO in Carmel, Indiana. AABE provides a network of energy professionals that have years of energy experience and who understand the challenges that one may face day-to-day in this business. AABE provides mentors that not only help develop young p...

  Mrs. Velda Otey VP and CIO American Electric Company, Retired   American Electric Power Retired Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Velda Otey said she wished she had known at the beginning of her career about the energy profession. “My only exposure coming into the energy business was to pay the utility bill on time,” Otey said matter of fact. “I did recognize the imp...

  Alexander Stanley, Virginia AABE Chapter Dominion Generation, Senior Operations Instructor (Nuclear) Surry Nuclear Generating Facility   Being involved with AABE has allowed me the opportunity to have gain perspectives that I probably would not have benefited from otherwise. The talent pool is enormous among all groups in Dominion, and I am honored to have the opportunity of experien...

  Jerome Myers, Project Engineering Manager - CH2M Hill   At the beginning of his career as an engineer, Jerome Myers admits that he wishes he had been more knowledgeable about what was possible in the energy field. “I had no idea of all the different avenues there were for someone like me,” said Myers who serves as Project Engineering Manager for CH2M Hill. “My view of the opportu...