| Jeanne M. Vold |
Jeanne M. Vold currently works at NorthWestern Corp., as Vice President-Technology from 2021 and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., as Vice President-Technology from 2021. |
| Crystal Dawn Lail |
Crystal Dawn Lail is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at NorthWestern Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. She previously worked as an Auditor at KPMG LLP and as the Vice President & Controller at NorthWestern Energy Corp. Ms. Lail holds an undergraduate degree from Evangel University and an MBA from the University of Sioux Falls. |
| Brian B. Bird |
Brian B. Bird is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at NorthWestern Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. He is also the Treasurer & Director at Feeding South Dakota and has been a Director at Kilowatt Labs, Inc. since 2018. In the past, Mr. Bird worked as the Treasurer & Vice President at NRG Energy, Inc. from 1997 to 2002. He then served as the Chief Financial Officer at SUN Sports & Entertainment, Inc. from 2002 to 2003. Mr. Bird also held the position of Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at NorthWestern Energy Corp.Mr. Bird obtained an MBA from the University of Minnesota. |
| Dana J. Dykhouse |
Dana J. Dykhouse is currently the Chief Executive Officer at First PREMIER Bank and First Premier Bank (Investment Management). He is also the Non-Executive Chairman at NorthWestern Corp. and the Independent Chairman at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. Additionally, he holds various director positions at organizations such as South Dakota State University, Junior Achievement of South Dakota, Inc., Sioux Falls Development Foundation, Children's Care Hospital Foundation, Sioux Falls Sports Authority, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Build Dakota Scholarship Fund, South Dakota Board of Technical Education, South Dakota Freedom Scholarship, and South Dakota State University Foundation. Mr. Dykhouse previously worked as a Director at NorthWestern Energy Corp. He obtained his undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University. |
| Sherina Maye Edwards |
Sherina Maye Edwards is currently a Director at NorthWestern Corp., a Director at SouthWest Water Co., an Independent Director at Midland States Bancorp, Inc., a Director at Midland States Bank, a Director at Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana, a Director at Resource Innovations LLC, a Director at Resource Innovations, Inc., an Independent Director at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., and a Member-National Executive Board at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She previously worked as a Director at INTREN LLC, Chief Strategy Officer at MasTec, Inc., and Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP. She completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman College and her graduate degree at Howard University School of Law. |
| Britt E. Ide |
Britt E. Ide is the founder of Ide Law & Strategy, Pllc, founded in 2010. Currently, Ms. Ide holds multiple positions, including Independent Director at NorthWestern Corp., Director at The Coalition for Green Capital, Independent Director at Nxu Technologies LLC, Executive Director at Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, Director at Big Sky Chamber of Commerce, Director at Hotrock Energy Research Organization, Director at Technosylva, Inc., Independent Director at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., and Independent Director at Nxu, Inc. Ms. Ide has held former positions as Chairman & Secretary at PCS Edventures.com, Inc., Independent Director at CleanTech Acquisition Corp., Senior Attorney at Albertson's, Inc., Counsel at Boise Cascade Corp., Senior Counsel at Idaho Power Co., and Associate General Counsel at Healthwise, Inc. Ms. Ide's education history includes graduate degrees from Montana State University and S.J. Quinney College of Law, and an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. |
| Kent T. Larson |
Kent T. Larson is an Independent Director at NorthWestern Corp., a Director at Adolfson & Peterson, Inc., a Director at The Association of Edison Illuminating Cos., Inc., a Director at Quanta West LLC, and an Independent Director at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. He is also a former Vice Chairman at Hamline University and University Enterprise Laboratories, Inc., a former Chairman at Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, a former Sales Director & Regional Vice President at Northern States Power Co., a former Director at American Gas Association and Midwest Reliability Organization, and a former Director at Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce. Larson was also the Group President-Operations & Executive VP at Xcel Energy, Inc. from 2015 to 2020 and the Senior Vice President-Operations at Xcel Energy Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2014. He received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and his MBA from the University of St. Thomas. |
| Anthony T. Clark |
Anthony T. Clark is an Independent Director at NorthWestern Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. He previously served as Chairman & Commissioner at North Dakota Public Service Commission, Labor Commissioner at State of North Dakota, Commissioner at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and President at National Association of Regulatory & Utility Commissioners. He received his undergraduate degree from North Dakota State University and his graduate degree from the University of North Dakota. |
| Linda G. Sullivan |
Linda G. Sullivan is an Independent Director at NorthWestern Corp., PPL Corp., and AltaGas Ltd. She is also a Director at UMUC Ventures. Ms. Sullivan serves as an Independent Director at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. and is a Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Institute of Corporate Directors. Previously, she worked as a Director at NorthWestern Energy Corp. and Crystal Stairs, Inc. Ms. Sullivan held the position of Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Southern California Edison Co. from 2009 to 2014. She was also Vice President & Controller at Edison International from 1999 to 2009. Additionally, Ms. Sullivan served as Executive Vice President-Finance at American Water Works Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2019. She started her career as a Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Sullivan obtained her undergraduate degree from Portland State University. |
| Jan Robert Horsfall |
Jan Robert Horsfall is the founder of Gemini Voice Solutions, Inc., Gelazzi, Inc., Startup Colorado. He is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer of Maxletics Corp., an Independent Director of NorthWestern Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., and the Managing Partner of Red Surfboard LLC. He formerly served as the Chief Executive Officer of Clean Harbors Wichita LLC, Director of NorthWestern Energy Corp., Director-Global Leadership Council of CSU College of Business, Director of The Colorado Springs Technology Incubator, Vice President-Marketing of Lycos, Inc., Chief Marketing Officer of WB Games Boston, Inc., Vice President-Consumer Brand Strategy of Valvoline International, Inc., and Chief Marketing Officer of Turbines, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in 1982. |
| Mahvash Yazdi |
Mahvash Yazdi currently works at NorthWestern Corp., as Independent Director from 2019, Anterix, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, Claremont University Consortium, as Director, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., as Independent Director from 2019, The International Women's Forum, as Member-Southern California Forum, Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., as Member, and Energy Capital Ventures, as Strategic Advisor from 2020. Ms. Yazdi also formerly worked at Apria Healthcare Group LLC, as Director from 2006 to 2008, Zhone Technologies, Inc., as Director in 2010, Zhone Technologies, Inc., as Independent Class II Director, Hughes Aircraft Co., as Chief Information Officer & Vice President from 1994 to 1997, Southern California Edison Co., as Chief Information Officer from 1997 to 2012, Edison International, as Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, HE Holdings, Inc., as Chief Information Officer & Vice President, and Feasible Management Consulting, Inc., as President from 2012 to 2019. Ms. Yazdi received her Masters Business Admin degree from the University of Southern California and undergraduate degree from California State Polytechnic University (Pomona). |
| Jeffrey W. Yingling |
Jeffrey W. Yingling is the founder of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. He currently holds multiple director positions at NorthWestern Corp., Chicago History Museum, LendingPoint LLC, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., and Energy Capital Ventures. He is also a trustee at Chicago Historical Society. In the past, he served as an independent director at Guidehouse, Inc. and NCI Healthcare LLC, a managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and a director at Dymedex Consulting LLC. He was also the MD & Head-Midwest Investment Banking at JPMorgan Securities LLC from 2006 to 2017. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
