(VANCOUVER,
WA) Today the Northwest Public Power Association announced that its board of
trustees has selected Scott Corwin to be the association’s next executive
director, effective May 1. Corwin will step in as Anita Decker retires after
five years with NWPPA and over 39 years of experience in the industry.
“I am very excited about leading a new chapter at NWPPA
during this time of dynamic change in our industry. Having watched NWPPA reach
new heights in recent years, my aim is to bring my energy to build on that success to further enhance the great balance
of training, communications, and policy engagement that NWPPA
offers,” said Corwin. “It has been very
rewarding to work for a great public power organization like PPC for 12 years
and I am proud to be continuing my career in the public power industry.”
Corwin comes to NWPPA with over 20 years of experience in
the public power industry and over 30 years in legislative/government affairs.
For the past 12 years, he has served as the executive director for the Public
Power Council, a regional association for preference public power customers of
Bonneville Power Administration. As PPC’s executive director, he leads a board
of 21 diverse public power utility general managers and directors; advises on
business and policy options around wholesale power supply; and negotiates for
desired outcomes in administrative, business, legal, and legislative venues.
Prior to PPC, he worked for Portland General Electric and
later for PNGC Power, where he was the vice president of marketing and public
affairs. He spent several years in Washington, D.C., working for Sens. Don
Riegle (Mich.) and Mark Hatfield (Ore.) as well as for the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
“As president of the board, I would like to take the
opportunity to thank all those who applied for the job of executive director of
NWPPA,” said NWPPA Board President Scott Egbert. “Scott Corwin is a phenomenal
individual with a life-long work career in the regulatory and electric industry
primarily pertaining to the Northwest. He brings his expertise, energy, and enthusiasm
to this new position. NWPPA looks forward to moving ahead with Scott at the helm.”
Corwin currently chairs the American Public Power
Association’s Power Marketing Administration Task Force and is an active member
of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's National Preference
Customer Committee, APPA’s Advisory Committee, and BPA’s Customer
Collaborative. He has served on numerous other boards and committees for
business and charitable organizations.
He earned a juris doctorate from the University of
Washington School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in government with a
psychology concentration from Dartmouth College in N.H. He is the executive
editor of the 2016 industry book, Public Power Chronicle, as well as a
frequent expert witness before congressional, state, and regional committees.
About NWPPA: NWPPA is an
international not-for-profit trade association representing and serving over
150 customer-owned, locally controlled utilities in the Western U.S. and
Canada. The Association also serves approximately 300 associate members across
the U.S. and Canada who are allied with the electric utility industry. Visit www.nwppa.org, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook for more information.
