Chief Equity, Inclusion & Opportunity Officer, State of Indiana

Karrah (Miller) Herring is a native and resident of South Bend, IN and a proud graduate of the South Bend Community School Corporation. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications/Public Relations from Purdue University (’05) and her Juris Doctorate from Valparaiso University School of Law (’11).
 

Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Southwest Power Pool
 

Tamika S. Edwards, a native of Little Rock, AR, serves as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Southwest Power Pool (SPP).

Edwards has over 20 years of experience in social justice, public policy, government, and community outreach. Edwards most recently served as the Special Advisor to the CEO on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement at Central Arkansas Water (CAW).
 

Registered Nurse and Co-founder, Primary Record

Purposefully choosing nursing at the age of 29, Jean spent six years in critical care before launching a community-based business focused on care coordination for aging adults and their family caregivers in 2015. This experience led her to see the harm and stress disconnected medical information was causing families.
 

HR Director Viva, Microsoft and Co-founder of Women IN Energy

Tameka is responsible for leading the HR Innovation Intake Initiative for the Human Resources organization, enabling HR for the AI future inclusive of new Viva incubation technologies. Through her network of contacts across MDEE, HR COE’s, Product and the various engineering teams.
 

Deputy General Counsel, MISO

Kristina has served as Deputy General Counsel for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) since December 2017. Currently Kristina serves as Deputy General Counsel, Regulatory, where she is the responsible for supporting MISO’s lawyers and internal business partners in markets and grid strategy, strategy and business development, system planning, system operations, market operations, membership services and external affairs and customer experience.
 

Talent Business Partner and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach

Keri has over 20 years of experience within the HR Consulting, IT, and Communications Industries with 3 key areas of expertise: Leadership Coaching, Recruiting, and Career Consulting. Known as a trusted advisor and a natural encourager – she leverages her experience and strengths to guide her clients towards achievement of individual and organizational objectives.
 

VP of Strategic Growth & Partnerships, Six Feet Up and Women & Hi Tech Board Member

Darcy completed her undergraduate studies at Indiana University, where she earned degrees in Cognitive Science and Psychology. Over the course of her career, she has held roles in sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and executive leadership.
 

President, PSG Energy Group

Jennifer originally joined PSG Energy Group in 2017 as the Director of Sales & Project Management. In January 2020, she was promoted to President. She leads business and project development as well as manages the design, engineering, and operations team.
 

VP of Federal & RTO Regulatory Affairs, East Kentucky Power Cooperative

Foster Cronin oversees regulatory filings related to generation and transmission operations, as well as issues related to RTOs and other non-member electric utilities impacting EKPC’s operations.
 

Clean Energy Grid Organizer, Alliance for Affordable Energy

Yvonne Cappel-Vickery is a proud born-and-raised New Orleanian with deep generational roots in southwest Louisiana. The daily physical reminders of the energy industry's impacts in her Louisiana community sparked an interest in all things energy-related at a young age.

Chief Growth Officer, mojo up

Aszure Gray has spent nearly 20 years working with business owners and executive leaders to resolve challenges that get in the way of growth.
 

Distribution Work Plan Manager and "Empowered Parents & Caregivers" ERG Lead, AEP Indiana Michigan Power

Kelly holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a Masters in Urban Planning from Ball State University. She has held careers in commercial brokerage, project management, external relations and public affairs, but her passion lies in community, connection, & servant leadership.
 

Director of Internal Controls Assurance, KSM
CPA, CISA, CITP
Women & Hi Tech Board Member

Ben Phillips is a director in Katz, Sapper & Miller’s Audit & Assurance Services Group and a member of the firm’s SOC Services Group and IT Risk Advisory Services Group. Ben works with clients to identify, assess, improve, test, and report on their internal controls.
 

Fitness Instructor, Silver Foxes, LLC

Dawn teaches group fitness classes at a variety of locations throughout the Indianapolis area.  She is a certified wellness coach and has been a group fitness instructor for 25 years now.  She holds instructor certifications in many areas of fitness including: foundations of group exercise, foundations of strength and conditioning, core muscle training, yoga, Pilates, Xerball, yogaball, TRX, Zumba, Yoga Trapeze and Barre.