Professional Experience: Mr. Bozich is President and CEO at Trinseo PLC, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber. He has served as President and CEO of Trinseo since March 2019. Mr. Bozich has been a member of Trinseo's board of directors since July 2019. Prior to joining Trinseo, from 2013 to 2019, Mr. Bozich was the Chief Executive Officer of the SI Group, Inc., a global developer and manufacturer of phenolic resins and chemicals. Mr. Bozich also previously held several executive management positions at BASF Corporation, a multi-national chemicals and manufacturing corporation, including President of BASF's Catalysts Division from 2010 to 2013, Group Vice President of Precious and Base Metal Service and Group Vice President of the Integration Management Office. Mr. Bozich previously served as a director of SI Group, Inc. and other private or non-profit organizations.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Bozich should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his executive leadership as the chief executive officer of a publicly-traded company, his customer perspective in leading and developing manufacturing businesses that rely heavily on energy services and products such as those delivered by the Company, his ESG experience in leading companies subject to extensive environmental regulations and his risk oversight experience developed over many years of leadership at publicly-traded and large private companies.
Scott Briggs serves as Vice President – Human Resources of OG&E.
Briggs holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and received his Juris Doctor, with Honors, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Briggs is active in various community organizations and currently serves on the Southwest Power Pool’s Human Resources Committee, the EEI Chief Human Resources Officer Executive Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Council for the Institute of Emerging Leaders. Briggs is a Commissioner on the Oklahoma Workforce Commission, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum and is the chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the City Rescue Mission.
Sean Trauschke serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of OGE Energy Corp. and OG&E.
Trauschke has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since June 2015. He has been President of OG&E since July 2013 and President of OGE Energy since August 2014 and was named as Chairman of the Board in December 2015. Trauschke joined the Company in 2009 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Trauschke earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Carolina and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
Trauschke serves as Campaign Chairman for Allied Arts, is the past chairman of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and on the boards of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Fair and the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
Professional Experience: Mr. Clarke is a retired energy lawyer with the Jones Day law firm. Mr. Clarke served as a partner of Jones Day from 2001 through 2016 and served as Co-Chair of the energy practice at Jones Day. Prior to his retirement from the firm at the end of 2017, he was employed by Jones Day as Of-Counsel for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Mr. Clarke worked as legal counsel representing the public utility and energy industries for more than 40 years. His energy practice focused on corporate finance, disclosure obligations under the federal securities laws, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Clarke has also participated in a variety of community, charitable and professional organizations.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Clarke should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his utility/regulatory knowledge of the utility industry generally and of the Company specifically, his corporate governance/legal experience relating to the energy and public utility industries, and his financial acumen/literacy related to corporate finance.
Robert Burch serves as Vice President – Utility Technical Services of OG&E.
Burch holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rose-Hulman institute of Technology.
Andrea Dennis serves as Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Operations for OG&E.
Dennis earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology and a Master of Science in Engineering and Global Operations Management from Clarkson University.
Dennis serves as a member of the Southeast Electric Exchange Board and the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies Board. She also serves on the National Response Executive Committee and on the Dale Rogers Training Center Board. Dennis is active in various community organizations, serving on the board of the Boy Scouts of America Last Frontier Council.
Professional Experience: Ms. Gates was an assurance partner for Ernst & Young LLP, based in their Tulsa office, through her retirement in 2017. She served as a managing partner for eight years with oversight responsibility for more than 100 professionals, working with public and privately-held clients throughout the Southwest region in retail/consumer products, transportation, manufacturing and contract drilling industries. In addition to her professional career, Ms. Gates is active with several nonprofit organizations, including the Tulsa Area United Way and University of Arkansas Walton College of Business. She also serves on the board of directors of Tempur-Sealy International and sits on the audit committee.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Ms. Gates should serve as a director of the Company based on her extensive knowledge across a number of industries developed during her tenure providing accounting services to public and private companies, her financial acumen/expertise gained in public accounting and from serving on an audit committee of another public company, her knowledge of the service territory served by the Company and her risk oversight experience gained in public accounting.
Keith Erickson serves as Vice President – Sales and Customer Operations for OG&E.
Erickson earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Master of Business Administration and Management from Mid-America Christian University.
Cristina Fernandez McQuistion serves as Vice President – Corporate Responsibility and Stewardship for OGE Energy Corp. and OG&E.
McQuistion earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
McQuistion serves on the boards of the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools, where she co- leads the Mission Driven Committee, and John Rex Downtown Charter School. She also serves on the University of Idaho’s Energy Executive Course Advisory Committee.
Professional Experience: Mr. Hauser is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FairPoint Communications, Inc., a provider of communication services located in Charlotte, N.C. He served in the role from July 2009 to August 2010 and thereafter served as a consultant until March 2011. From 1998-2009, Mr. Hauser held leadership positions with Duke Energy Corporation, including group executive and chief financial officer and vice president and treasurer. Mr. Hauser also currently serves as chairman of the board of EnPro Industries, Inc. He is a current member of the board of trustees of Furman University, a former member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a retired member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Hauser should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his extensive utility/regulatory experience and due to his executive leadership experience in serving as the chief executive officer of a publicly-traded company, his financial leadership in utility and regulated businesses, his financial acumen/expertise resulting from his prior performance as chair of the audit committee of another public company and his risk oversight experience developed over many years of leadership positions with publicly-traded companies.
Donnie Jones serves as Vice President, Utility Operations for OG&E.
Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Mo. He is also a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt.
Jones is a member of Leadership Oklahoma and serves on the boards of the Advanced Science and Technology Education Charter School and YMCA of Oklahoma City.
Ken Miller serves as Vice President – Public and Regulatory Affairs for OG&E.
Miller received a Bachelor of Science degree from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., majoring in economics and finance. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a Ph.D. from the Department of Economics at the University of Oklahoma.
Miller served six years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and eight years as Oklahoma State Treasurer. He is active on various public and private sector boards and serves on the Oklahoma State Chamber Board of Directors.
Professional Experience: Mr. Kissam is currently a Partner with Bernhard Capital Partners, a service and infrastructure focused private equity management firm. He is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Albemarle Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and refining catalysts. He served as Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2020 and held various leadership positions at Albemarle beginning in 2003, including President and Executive Vice President of Manufacturing, Law and HS&E. Prior to joining Albemarle, Mr. Kissam served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merisant Company, having previously served as Associate General Counsel of Monsanto Company. Mr. Kissam currently serves on the board of directors of DuPont de Nemours and previously served on the board of directors of Albemarle Corporation from 2015 until May 2021.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Kissam should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his executive leadership experience from previously serving as chairman and chief executive officer of a large, multi-national, publicly-held company, his customer perspective in leading businesses that rely heavily on energy services and products such as those delivered by the Company, his expertise relating to new technologies applicable to utilities, his corporate governance/legal experience at publicly-traded companies and his risk oversight experience developed in his leadership positions with publicly-traded companies
Sarah Stafford serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for OGE Energy and OG&E.
Stafford received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and a Master of Science degree in Accounting, both from Oklahoma State University. In addition, she earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant.
Stafford serves on the board of directors for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County.
David Parker serves as Vice President – Technology, Data and Security of OG&E.
Parker holds Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Friends University and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma Christian University.
Parker serves on the Board of Sunbeam Family Services and is active in various other community organizations.
Professional Experience: Ms. McReynolds is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ArcBest Corporation, headquartered in Fort Smith, Ark., and responsible for managing the multibillion-dollar integrated logistics solutions company, which includes the brands ArcBest, ABF Freight®, Panther Premium Logistics®, FleetNet America® and U-Pack®. With over 30 years of logistics and transportation industry experience, including 26 years at ArcBest, Ms. McReynolds has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ArcBest Corporation since April 2016 and has been a member of ArcBest Corporation's Board of Directors since she was named President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2010. Ms. McReynolds previously served in various leadership roles at ArcBest since 2000 including senior vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and controller. Ms. McReynolds serves on the board of First Bank Corp. (Fort Smith, Ark.) and First National Bank of Fort Smith, as well as various other local community and educational boards. Ms. McReynolds also serves as a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and is recently retired from serving on various transportation industry boards.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Ms. McReynolds should continue serving as a director of the Company based on her executive leadership experience as chairman, president, chief executive officer and director of ArcBest Corporation, a publicly-held freight transportation and logistics services company, her financial acumen/expertise resulting from prior service as chief financial officer of a publicly-traded company, her knowledge of the service territory and communities served by the Company and her risk oversight experience developed over many years of leadership positions with a publicly-traded company.
William Sultemeier serves as General Counsel for OGE Energy Corp. and OG&E.
Sultemeier graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University in Utah. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree with high honors from the University of Georgia, and received his Juris Doctor with a magna cum laude distinction from Saint Louis University School of Law in Missouri.
Sultemeier serves on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for Pivot, The Genesis Project, and Oklahoma City Community College.
Charles Walworth serves as Treasurer for OGE Energy Corp. and OG&E.
Walworth earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Oklahoma. He attained a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. In addition, he earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant.
Walworth serves on the boards of the Saint Anthony Foundation, and the RIVERSPORT Foundation.
Professional Experience: Mr. Rainbolt is Executive Chairman of BancFirst Corporation, a financial holding company which provides retail and commercial banking services through its principal wholly-owned subsidiary banks, BancFirst headquartered in Oklahoma City, Pegasus Bank in Dallas, Texas and Worthington Bank in Fort Worth, Texas. He has served as the Executive Chairman of BancFirst Corporation since March 2017 and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1992 to May 2017. In addition to serving as a director of BancFirst Corporation, Mr. Rainbolt currently serves as a director of a number of community, charitable, professional and governmental boards, including Dean A. McGee Eye Institute (Chair), Trustee of the Presbyterian Health Foundation and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Rainbolt should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his executive leadership experience in previously serving as president and chief executive officer of a bank, his extensive knowledge of the communities in the service territory due to his involvement and active service in numerous civic and charitable matters affecting many of the communities served by the Company, his financial acumen/literacy from his experience in the banking industry, and his risk oversight experience developed over many years of leadership positions in the regulated banking industry
Matthew Schuermann serves as Vice President – Power Supply Operations for OG&E.
Schuermann holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.
Johnny Whitfield serves as Vice President – Business Intelligence and Supply Chain for OG&E.
Whitfield earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University.
Whitfield serves on the boards of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and Oklahoma School for Science & Mathematics.
Christine Woodworth serves as Vice President – Marketing and Communications for OG&E.
Woodworth earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University.
Woodworth is involved with numerous community organizations and serves on the boards of Angels Foster Family Network Oklahoma, Downtown OKC, Edmond Public Schools Foundation, and Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma.
Professional Experience: Mr. Sanner is a retired audit partner of the Ernst & Young LLP accounting firm. Mr. Sanner joined the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP following college and has over 37 years of experience providing assurance services to both public and private companies primarily in the energy sector. Prior to his retirement in June 2013, Mr. Sanner served as Assurance Partner at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Sanner currently serves on the board of Bank 7, a publicly-traded company. In addition, Mr. Sanner served as a member of the Oklahoma Accountancy Board (2010-2020) and has been involved in numerous civic, professional and charitable organizations.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Sanner should continue serving as a director of the Company based on his utility/regulatory knowledge developed during his tenure providing accounting services to companies primarily in the energy sector, his financial acumen/expertise gained in public accounting, his knowledge of the service territory served by the Company and his risk oversight experience gained in public accounting of regulated entities.
Professional Experience: Ms. Talton currently serves as President and CEO of Gray Matter Analytics, a healthcare analytics solutions company that works with payors and providers. Prior to founding Gray Matter Analytics in 2013, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SGT Ltd., a strategy and technology consulting business, from 2011 to 2013 and as Vice President of Cisco Systems, Inc., from 2008 to 2011. Ms. Talton currently serves on the boards of Deere & Company and Sysco Corporation. From 2012 until 2019, Ms. Talton served on the board of Wintrust Financial Corporation. She has been a Congressional appointee on the U.S. White House Women's Business Council. She also has been recognized as one of the "Top 10 Women in Technology" by Enterprising Women, as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the National Federation of Black Women Business Owners and as a 2021 Notable Black Leader & Executive by Crain's Chicago Business. She serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations including Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Foundation, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Chicago Urban League.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Ms. Talton should continue to serve as a director of the Company based on her executive leadership experience and her subject matter expertise in information technology and data analytics gained while leading Gray Matter Analytics and in executive positions held in global technology companies and consulting firms. Ms. Talton also brings knowledge and perspectives on cybersecurity and oversight of corporate stewardship, including social and human capital management implications and opportunities.
Professional Experience: Mr. Trauschke currently serves as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and OG&E. Mr. Trauschke has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since June 2015. He has been President of OG&E since July 2013 and President of OGE Energy since August 2014 and was named as Chairman of the Board in December 2015. From 2009 until 2013, he held the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and OG&E.
Mr. Trauschke also serves as Campaign Chairman for Allied Arts, is the past chairman of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and on the boards of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Fair, and the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
Qualifications: The Board concluded that Mr. Trauschke should continue serving on the Board based on his executive leadership experience, his utility/regulatory experience, his extensive knowledge of the Company's business and service territory, his financial acumen/literacy, his risk oversight experience and his ESG experience all due in large part to his leadership roles at the Company, including having served as Chairman, President, and CEO and formerly serving as Chief Financial Officer.