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Susan Abernathy’s elevation to the position of general manager (CEO) at Cedar Falls Utilities signifies a significant milestone in the utility’s journey and her career. Drawing from her extensive public service and law background, Abernathy brings a depth of experience and a forward-thinking perspective to her new role. As the company’s first female general manager, […]

As he approaches his 20th year at Eversource Energy, Vincent Pace is feeling energized. An assistant general counsel for the company that delivers energy to customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Pace leads a team of four attorneys who work with regulators and other interested parties on implementing state initiatives. He says while the […]

When Sherry Williams was hired at Strategic Materials Inc. in January 2021, she didn’t want to make sweeping changes that wouldn’t work for the company. But, with four titles to her name—chief legal officer, chief compliance officer, senior vice president of human resources and corporate secretary—she was ready to make an impact. “When you’re hired […]

From the age of 12, Keri Sweet Zavaglia was a ballerina on the big stage at the Pennsylvania Ballet. Years of training, as rigorous as any boxer’s, gave her the grace and strength to soar through the air, performing a grand jete—only to land lightly moments before a cascade of applause. For years her young […]

Water is life and make no mistake: Neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor massive protests for racial and social justice will interrupt its flow to Washington, D.C. People from all walks of life will have what they need to drink and bathe, says DC Water’s Marc Battle, the chief legal officer and executive vice president, government […]

They were once a sight as familiar as a milkman or mail carrier. Someone would pull up in a truck or van outside a building once a month, check the dials and numbers on the electric meter and drive off to their next stop. And while meter readers have yet to go the way of […]

Alex Aviles remembers the night when a bullet shattered his apartment window, whizzed by him, and lodged in the ceiling. Nobody was hurt, but it was a telltale sign times were changing in his neighborhood—and time for his family to leave. A second-year law student at the time, Aviles grew up in The Bronx, the […]