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Members from the ArkLaTex, North Texas and South Texas chapters did an excellent job host-ing the 2014 WiNUP International Conference. They chose a beautiful venue, selected a va-riety of interesting speakers, and organized amazing tours to key locations in Dallas, Tex-as. We had a great turnout this year with 93 at-tendees. There were 17 companies, 13 chap-ters and 11 states all represented in one room. This is one of the reasons why WiNUP is such a great organization for networking.

We formally presented a charter to our new Metro Chicago Chapter during the conference banquet. The energetic and enthusiastic Metro Chicago Chapter is considering hosting the 2018 conference in Chicago. With four mem-bers from PJM attending this year, we have high hopes of chartering their chapter next year and hosting the 2017 conference in Philadel-phia. I am thrilled with the growth potential for our organization.

Debbie Sain from the Nashville Chapter re-ceived a special presidential recognition for her exemplary work with WiNUP in redesigning the logo, business cards, brochures and website. She also created the design for the new WiN-UP seal that will be embossed on all awards and essential documents.

I had the privilege to install the 2015 officers during the banquet. The theme came from my childhood inspiration of classical music. Each instrument in the orchestra plays a critical role, and they all have to synchronize with each oth-er in order to harmonize.

For myself, as immediate past president, I

chose the baton. The conductor uses the baton to guide and assist the orchestra as well as get them back on track when needed. I will use all these traits and more to fulfill my new role.

For Trena Riffle as secretary, I chose the viola. The viola provides mostly the harmony, which adds dimension to the melody. Without accurate and thorough minutes, the organiza-tion would not be able to grow and learn from past experiences.

For DeCoffette Ward as treasurer, I chose the string bass. In an ensemble, the role of a bass player is to keep the rhythm or the whole ensemble could fall apart. Financial discipline is the beat of the organization, which could make or break our success.

For Danette Scudder as vice president, I chose the cello. A cellist is second in command and will assist where needed. Likewise, the vice president will step in and assist anywhere that is needed.

For Carolyn Gordon as president, I chose the violin. The first violinist is called a “con-certmaster” who is responsible for setting a good example of musicianship and leadership, which also holds true for being president of an organization.

This is a great team of talented and profes-sional ladies, and I cannot wait to see what great things they will do for our organization next year!

A publication for all WiNUP members

Connection

2014 CONFERENCE EDITION

Inside this issue:

1 A note from our president

2 International News

4 Local Chapter Highlights

5 From the Energy Affairs Committee

7 Development Corner

8 Member Profile

9 Chapter Spotlight

International officers:• Janet Rehberg President (Ohio Chapter) jprehberg@aep.com

• Carolyn Gordon Vice President/ President-Elect (Virginia Chapter) ccgordon@aep.com

• DeCoffette Ward Treasurer (West Virginia Chapter) dlward2@aep.com

• Trena Riffle Secretary (West Virginia Chapter) tmriffle@aep.com

• Donna Campbell Immediate Past President (West Virginia Chapter) djcampbell@aep.com

• Claudia Powell Executive Director winup@att.net

A note from our president

Passing on the baton ...

Connection

Janet Rehberg, 2014 WiNUP International President, takes the presidential seat while on the tour of the George W. Bush Presidental Center at the recent conference.

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2015 INTERNATIONAL OFFICERSThe 2015 international officers were announced at the annual business meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7: President - Carolyn Gordon, Virginia Chapter; Vice President/President Elect - Danette Scudder, East Tennessee Chapter; Treasurer - DeCoffette Ward, West Virginia Chapter; Secretary - Trena Riffle, West Virginia Chapter; Immediate Past President - Janet Rehberg, Ohio Chapter.

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International NewsBanquet celebrates achievements of members, chaptersBy Emily SchillingWhether in cocktail attire, or in eye-catching ethnic dress, WiNUP members not only celebrated their personal brand, but their personal and chapter achievements during the 2014 International Conference’s Awards Banquet, themed “Know Your Brand.”

Janet Rehberg, 2014 WiNUP president, installed 2015 officers.

Another of the evening’s many high points was the presentation of a charter to the Metro Chicago Chapter. The chapter, based out of Northwest Indiana, announced it would host the conference in 2018.

Benita Runion of the Indiana Chapter received the OAK Award in honor of her long-time service to WiNUP and the utility industry. Runion is a former POWER Award winner.

Chapter Achievement Awards, which earn chapters $100, were presented to the Indiana Chapter (chapter with 11-25 members) and the Ohio Chapter (over 25 mem-bers). Newsletter award winners were Indiana Chapter, first place ($100); Ohio Chapter, second place ($75); and West Virginia Chapter, third place ($50).

Members were recognized for reaching service milestones.

Five years: Kentucky Chapter members Linda Bevins, Del Bor-den, Jackawayne Chaney, Deborah Hall, Debra Kahn, Kim Maynard, Judy Rosquist, and Carolyn Thack-er; Lynn Adamson from Northern Indiana Chapter; Ohio Chapter members Lindsay Chambers, Julie Dye, Tracy Harger, Andora Mar-

shall, Amy Russell and Hillary Shef-fer; Southwest Virginia/Northeast Tennessee Chapter member Tracy Hertig; West Virginia members Can-dice Brewer, Misty Heldreth, Marian Vidas, DeCoffette Ward and Cyn-thia Miller-Wiseman.

Ten years: Virginia Clark, Nash-ville Chapter; Heather Barnett, Ohio Chapter; and Gina Mazzei-Smith, West Virginia Chapter.

Fifteen years: Benita Runion, Indiana Chapter.

Thirty years: Barbara Keating-Edh, Missouri Chapter.

Thirty-five years: Anita Banister,

Indiana Chapter.Forty years: Charlotte Gibson,

North Texas Chapter.Also recognized for over 40

years of membership were Lynn White, 42 years, and Cynthia Sny-der, 43 years.

Seven Northern Indiana Chapter members received five-year certifi-cates to commemorate service up to 2013. They were Gail Buhr, Doni Palmer, Jill Houlihan, Brenda Houtz, Kim Sabrosky, Sandra Schlemmer, and Carmon Swinson-Lake.

Rehberg honored Debbie Sain, Nashville Chapter, with a special presidential recognition for going above and beyond in her service to WiNUP. Sain has worked tirelessly on redesigning the organization’s website, logo, brochure and busi-ness cards as well as planning the 2016 International Conference.

Conference Tri Chair Julie Jump-er-Morris auctioned off a handmade breast cancer awareness quilt by 2011 Conference speaker Becky Horton. The quilt was won by Ohio Chapter member Bethany McCrea at the 2012 Conference. McCrea donated it back to WiNUP to raise funds for breast cancer research in honor of a friend who is battling breast cancer. Indiana Chapter member Emily Schilling placed the winning bid for the quilt.

While reflecting on her past year and her nine-year WiNUP journey, Rehberg encouraged others to embark on their personal journeys within WiNUP and reap the rewards of serving the organization.

Mark your calendars! Planning begins for 2015 conferenceThe West Virginia chapter welcomes WiNUP members to wild and wonderful West Virginia for the 2015 International Conference! The conference will be held Sept. 27 – 30, at the Charleston Four Points by Sheraton. At the end of the 2014 conference, West Virginia members showed attendees a video showing the beauty of Charleston and all it has to offer. A travel journal and bookmark were passed out to all attendees to remind them of the conference and dates.

Janet Rehberg, 2014 WiNUP International President, recognizes Debbie Sain (top photo) for redesigning the organization’s logo and other materials. Rehberg presents a charter to the new Metro Chicago Chapter.

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International NewsDaughter follows mom’s award-winning footstepsBy Emily SchillingIt’s rare enough that a daughter would join her mother in the workplace be-yond an annual “Bring Your Daughters to Work” day. But for Ashley Dickens and Dianne Nunez, both employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Nashville, the old phrase “like mother, like daughter” fits perfectly — even when it comes to prestigious recogni-tions.

Dickens, a renewable energy analyst at TVA, received the POWER Award during the WiNUP International Conference awards banquet on Oct. 7. What made her honor all the more special was that her mother received the award nine years earlier. This was the first time in WiNUP’s history that a mother and daughter have won the same award.

“The award means so much more to me knowing that my mom won it first,” Dickens said. “Her shadow has been a very warm place to grow and develop into a professional woman.” Dickens, who previously served in the U.S. Army, is a strong advocate of renew-able energy who not only promotes renewable energy programs like TVA’s Green Power Switch program, but has been purchasing blocks of green power since 2012. Nominated for the White House’s Champions of Change Award in 2013, Dickens has volunteered for a number of community organizations including Big Brothers of Nashville, the YWCA and the Community Resource Center.

“Ashley always jumps in with both feet when she becomes passionate about anything, and her sustainable and renewable efforts, not only at home but at work as well, have set her apart, “ Nunez, a TVA consultant, said. “She has a heart for the people and the community.”

Nunez, who was in the audience at the Dallas, Texas, conference when Dickens received her award noted the emotions she felt when she was hon-ored in 2005 were completely differ-ent. “I was humbled to think that I had

won the POWER Award, knowing the level of excellence of the women who were my competition ... quite different than my pride for Ashley!” The award, she said, holds an even greater place in her heart since it is something both of them earned. “It truly does become more special to know that it is now a family legacy. Anytime you can share an accomplishment with a family mem-ber, it becomes a distinct honor.”

Both Dickens and Nunez, a TVA employee for 11 years, hope to contin-ue the legacy — and the involvement in WiNUP — with Dickens’ daughter, Brenya, now in the third grade. Dickens is already talking about encouraging her to pursue science, technology, en-gineering and math (STEM) academic programs, and Nunez sees WiNUP as a valuable organization for her grand-daughter in the future.

“WiNUP has afforded me many op-portunities to grow as a professional woman in the utility industry,” Dickens said, while crediting her mom and “work mom” Virginia Clark, a recent TVA retiree, for also guiding her in her professional journey.

“Holding leadership positions (in WiNUP) forced me out of my comfort zone on the back row and into the often uncomfortable spotlight, rallying women to participate in all of our activi-ties from professional growth seminars to giving back to our communties,” Dickens said.

West Virginia member scholarship recipientAmanda-White Toland, a member of WiNUP’s West Virginia Chapter, is the recipient of the 2014 WiNUP Member Professional Develop-ment Scholarship. The $500 scholarship will assist the American Electric Power Cardinal Plant employee in her pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is currently an accounting department administra-tor at the power plant.

White-Toland is attending Grantham University, Lenexa, Mo., through its online program. She joined WiNUP in January and is a member of the West Virginia Chapter’s community outreach committee as well as serving as co-chair of the chapter achieve-ment and decorating committees for the 2015 WiNUP Interna-tional Conference.

The WiNUP Member Professional Develop-ment Scholarship an-nually gives $500 to a member of WiNUP who desires to further his or her education in the industry. The scholar-ships are designed for degree or non-degree study. Non-degree study would include professional develop-ment programs and workshops. The schol-arship may be used for tuition, books and/or laboratory fees. — ES

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Local Chapter HighlightsIn the “local chapter highlights” section of this conference edition of our member newsletter, WiNUP International wants to give a big shout out and thank you to all the chapters that provided baskets for the silent auction. Thirteen baskets were donated for the auction, which raised $1,415. An additional $250 was raised by raffling off a handmade breast cancer awareness quilt, which was made by 2011 conference speaker Becky Horton. The winner of the quilt in 2011, Bethany McCrea donated it back to WiNUP this year to raise additional funds for breast cancer research to honor a friend of hers. In total, $1,665 from the auction was donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation at the 2014 WiNUP International Conference. Here, we highlight a few of the baskets brought to the conference by local WiNUP chapters.

Gail Buhr of the Northern Indiana Chapter, places a bid on a basket in the silent auction. Her bid was the winning bid for the gift card basket donated by the ArkLaTex Chapter.

The Northern Indiana Chapter’s “A Day at the Park” basket fea-tured pink Vera Bradley products, including a picnic blanket, tote and water bottles. Vera Bradley’s headquarters is located in the chapter’s area.

The basket from the Virginia Chapter contained peanuts, a cook-book, homemade body scrubs, a breast cancer awareness travel mug and other goodies.

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From the Energy Affairs CommitteeWhen I started taking notes to provide a summary of speakers and topics from the 2014 WiNUP Annual Conference in Dallas, I wasn’t really looking for an under-lying theme from all the speakers; but one clearly emerged. What struck me throughout the confer-ence was that, no matter what topic a speaker was covering, from the future of the electric industry to regulatory compliance to safety to health and wellness, the founda-tion upon which a positive outlook and long-term successes are built is relationships. Some of those re-lationships are with policy makers, some of those relationships are with teammates, and a significant relationship is the one you have with yourself.

We, as WiNUP members, already appreciate the value of networking and creating bonds with other women in our industry so, we’re one step ahead in insur-ing that we’re well armed to tackle whatever personal and profession-al challenges lie ahead. And, our speakers enriched our knowledge and perspective so that we can capitalize on the relationships we

continue to cultivate as we create our “Brand for the Future.”

Below, I have provided some highlights and takeaways from a selection of the presentations.

JIM GREER Senior Vice President & COOOncor Electric Delivery“Advancing a Better Electric Future”• Coming off a recent severe storm within his service area, Greer set the tone by noting that the way the electric utility industry comes to-gether to solve problems is unique. • As an industry we believe it’s more than just a job. We have a deeper appreciation for our com-munity.• The imperative for the future is to advance a better electric utility industry.• The emphasis is shifting from an investment in generation facilities to transmission and distribution and how to improve customer ser-vice from those perspectives.• Technology has advanced to match the vision of how the electric grid and systems can operate. Now the onus is on us to determine how we use that technology to connect with customers in ways we haven’t before.• One step is to understand how to make the grid more resilient and thus keep it off of our customers’ minds.• We need to get past the stigma of how boring the industry is and show younger generations how working at a utility can make a dif-ference.

SANDRA BENNETT Vice President,Regulatory & FinanceSouthwestern Electric Power Co.“Regulating Carbon Dioxide Under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act”

• 111 (d) is a section of the Clean Air Act. Specifically, the Clean Power Plan is a proposed rule that would require reductions in car-bon (CO2) emissions from existing fossil-fueled electric power plants.• It is a state-based plan with four building blocks that can be used (or not) to reach the goals.

o Building Block 1: Improve heat rate efficiency at existing coal units

o Building Block 2: Increase utilization of existing natural gas plants

o Building Block 3: Expand renewable energy sources and maintain nuclear generation

o Building Block 4: Energy efficiency • Includes emission rate targets for each state, measured as pounds of CO2 emissions per megawatt-hour of covered generation, based on 2012 levels.• Provides guidelines for the de-velopment, submission and imple-mentation of state plans.• Emission rate targets vary signifi-cantly across states.• States must submit a plan to the EPA by 2016.• States that submit a plan that is not adequate or accepted will be subject to a federal plan.• Mandated carbon decrease lev-els must be met in two stages: first in 2020, second in 2030.• Public comments are due to the EPA by Dec. 1.

DENISE KUEHN Director of Energy Efficiency ServicesAustin Energy“Know What You Want – To Be the Best You Can Be”• It all started with a pep talk and a question: How can you be awe-some? Video link: http://youtu.be/l-gQLqv9f4o• Know who you are:

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Compiled by Danette Scudder

At the conference, Jim Greer of Oncor, told WiNUP members that an emphasis is shifting from an investment in generation facilities to transmission and distribution.

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From the Energy Affairs Committee o What are your strengths and weaknesses? o What do you enjoy doing? o What is important to you? o What motivates you to get out of bed? o What keeps you up at night? o Am I in the right place or am I ready for change? If I change, what’s in it for me?• How do you identify who you are? o Learn about yourself o Learn what is out there – network o Determine where you are go-ing and create a plan to get there.• Plan, set your goals, set priorities, make it happen!

BOB MCCALLFleet ServicesDuke Energy“Getting to the Next Level of Safety Performance”• You have a responsibil-ity to improve the safety culture.• Be the one to start a chain reaction of doing something good.• Leaders need to appear human, above all else.• Change expectations for team culture.• Change expectations for what you need from each team member.• Engage/recruit winners (people who believe).• Get rid of those that don’t mea-sure up.• Don’t let good keep you from the best.• Find people doing things right and praise them.• As a leaders, start with your own strengths/weaknesses. Ask your team how they can help with areas for improvement.• You have to create an encourag-ing culture where the focus is: o Love

o Trust o Commitment o Belief• If you hire the right people, they will hold themselves accountable and you don’t have to put metrics on them.• Don’t tolerate behaviors that can destroy team performance – make people aware they are engaging in destructive behaviors – if they per-sist, they don’t belong on the team.• Recommended reading: o “Bringing Out the Best in People” by Aubrey Daniels o “One Minute Manager” by Ken Blanchard

o “Becoming a Person of Influ-ence” by John Maxwell

DEBBIE DENNIS Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate AffairsOncor “What is Your Personal Development Strategy?”• Where to start with a personal development strategy: o Self-reflection o Define your goals and objec-tives. -Short and long-term goals for career, finances, physical, so-

cial, personal, spiritual o Create a measurable action plan. -What specific steps will help me get there? -What resources do I have? Who can help me? o Record and review -Goal -Action steps -Resources -Timeline -Checkpoint• Ask for opportunities to learn more.• If you’re too focused on what you’re going to do next, you lose

sight of what you’re doing now.• You have a far better chance of success if you improve on your strengths than if you focus on your weaknesses.• Five tips for following through with your personal development strategy: o Circle of friends: Share your plan with your colleagues, family or friends. o Baby steps: Turn each goal into a series of small, achievable steps. o Be flexible: Adapt your plan based on what tools and timelines are

working and what’s not working. o Expect setbacks: They are part of the process and will help you recommit to your plan each time. o Fight your fear: Don’t let nerves and the idea of failure detail your plan. If something seems impossible, try it anyway!• Resources: Apps for mobile devices o Life Game o Habit Factor o Life Tick o Lift

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Building a good team is important, according to Bob McCall of Duke Energy, who spoke at the 2014 WiNUP International Conference. He reminded attendees to hire the right people who will hold themselves accountable.

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Development CornerWhat is your personal development strategy?Debbie Den-nis, Senior Vice President of Hu-man Resources and Corporate Affairs of Oncor, presented at the Women’s Interna-tional Network of Utility Profession-als Annual Confer-ence in Dallas. Her topic was “Cre-ating a Personal Development Strategy”. First, we must under-stand the definition. Dennis stated that, “a personal development strategy is a game plan or road map for achieving your personal, educational or career goals. Once you have created your road map, you have a structured framework in place for developing new skills, continued self-reflection and evaluation.”

The process steps are: • SELF REFLECTION -- Ask

yourself the following questions: What am I truly good at? What are my strengths and weaknesses? What do I love to do? What do I stand for? Where do I want to be and what do I want to accom-plish in the next one, two, five or 10 years? What contributions do I want to make? What would changes mean to my work-life bal-ance and for those I care about? How would I like to be remem-bered? How will I define, measure and celebrate my success?

• DEFINE YOUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES – What are long and short term goals? Once you have analyzed where you are and where you want to be, you can identify a single goal or mul-tiple goals in different categories, such as career, finances, physical, social, personal and spiritual.

• CREATE A MEASUR-ABLE ACTION PLAN – What specific steps will help me get there? (i.e. training or education classes, work experiences) What resources do I have? Who can help me? (i.e. family, friends, men-tors, networking and community involvement)

• ACTION, RECORD AND REVIEW – Keep track of your objectives, actions and timelines. Record your progress as you reach your deadlines. Have you had to make any compromises and sacrifices? Does any of this change or modify your strategy?

Dennis recommended that you find a chart, worksheet or form that is right for you for track-ing your personal development strategy. These can be found on Pinterest and Google. She also mentioned that there are web-sites, blogs and online workshops dedicated to personal develop-ment. Suggested apps for mobile devices were Life Game, Habit Factor, Life Tick and Lift.

Dennis also mentioned that tips for following through with this effort were to share your plan with family, friends and colleagues, take baby steps, be flexible, expect setbacks and to fight your own fears.

She left us with the following quotes:

“Life is full of surprises and serendipity. Being open to unex-pected turns in the road is an im-portant part of success. If you try to plan every step you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure, do it well and then, not now, think about what comes next.” — Con-delessza Rice

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other

plans.” — John LennonGood luck in developing your

personal development strategy!

Carolyn Gordon

International Vice President

“ Life is full of surprises and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure, do it well and then, not now, think about what comes next.”

— CONDELESSZA RICE

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Member Profile

Meet Doreen Hohl, recipient of the 2014 Past Presidents Grant. Be-low, she shares about her confer-ence experience and what it meant to her to be awarded the grant. about doreenJob title: Regulatory Specialist, Fuel Cost Recovery, Regulatory ServicesCompany: AEPYears at your current company: 29 yearsWiNUP chapter: OhioYears in WiNUP: 7 yearsWhat do you enjoy most about WiNUP? Networking and learning about oth-er areas within the utility industry

conference reflectionsI had the honor of receiving the Past Presidents Grant, which pays up to $600 of travel expenses, to attend the 2014 WiNUP Conference in Dal-las. I have attended three previous conferences, all in Columbus, Ohio.

My favorite speaker of this year’s conference was Sandra Bennett, a vice president at AEP. She spoke about Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Section 111(d) requires each state to reduce emissions by a specific percentage by 2030. The EPA has given each state a set of four “building blocks” which they believe can be initiated to achieve the reductions; improving existing coal units (this assumes a 6 per-cent heat rate efficiency improve-ment), increasing utilization of ex-isting gas (this assumes gas plant will run 70 percent of the time), ex-panding renewables (not yet known if you build/buy from another state, if it counts), and increasing energy efficiency (customers control this). The big problem is how to get all the utilities in a state to agree on who does what. In Ohio, the PUCO doesn’t regulate the municipal pow-

er providers and the co-ops. Getting everyone to comply will probably involve inter-state lawsuits and pos-sibly state lawsuits filed against the EPA. In Sandra’s opinion, the end result will probably be doubling util-ity rates.

I also enjoyed the tour of the AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys) and hearing about the electricity use, lighting, and cooling of the stadium.

There were several speakers who talked about personal development. You need to believe in yourself; “you were made to be awesome” and “you’re a leader and you can make a difference” were just two of the encouraging quotes I heard. My take-away from them was to have a plan, make SMART (specific, mea-sureable, attainable, relevant, and timely) goals, and keep reviewing and updating your plan.

In addition to the speakers, the other main goal of the conference is to create an opportunity to net-work. I met many new people at the conference. If you have a chance to attend a future conference, I en-courage you to sit with people you don’t know at meals or at the key-

note addresses. Talk with someone you don’t know at one of the break times. I also got to meet people I have worked with only through phone calls on the International Fi-nance Committee.

Without the Past Presidents Grant, I would not have been able to attend this year’s conference, so I am truly grateful to be selected for the award. I encourage anyone who doesn’t have the budget dol-lars to apply for the award. It is a need-based award, but you’re par-ticipation in WiNUP is also a factor, so you should become involved, perhaps by volunteering to serve on one of the many international committees. I chair the Interna-tional Finance Committee, and we are always looking for new commit-tee members, as I’m sure the other committees are as well.

If you have not attended a con-ference before or it’s been a few years since you attended, I encour-age you to attend the 2015 WiNUP International Conference. You’ll learn about industry topics, per-sonal development, and have time to network. Hope to see you there!

Grant recipient appreciates opportunity to attend conference

Doreen Hohl, (front right) recipient of the 2014 Past Presidents Grant, encourages fellow WiNUP members to take advantage of networking opportunities by sitting with people you don’t know at meals or during speeches at conferences or by volunteering to serve on a committee for WiNUP at the international level.

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Connection is published by the Women’s International Network of Utility Professionals.

To include news from your local chapter, send photos and a brief description of the chapter’s activities to Newsletter EditorMandy Kent atmkent@indianaec.org.

Chapter Spotlight

The Women’s Inter-national Network of Utility Professionals provides a link for developing and recog-nizing professionals involved with utility business, trends, is-sues, products and services. Its objec-tives are to provide:

• Opportunities for professional development of members.

• Networking and mentorship among members.

• Recognition and visibility for mem-bers and busi-ness partners.

Thank you

ArkLaTex, North Texas and South Texas chapters

for a fantastic 2014 conference!

Extra thanks to conference tri-chairs (from left) Julie Jumper-Morris, North Texas; Vivian Andrews, ArkLaTex; and Laura Havis, South Texas.

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