Leadership
E. Renae Conley - President & CEO, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf
States Louisiana, L.L.C
E. Renae Conley was named president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. in 2000. The two utilities serve a
combined 1 million customers in the state.
She is responsible for the companies’ electric distribution systems, customer
service, regulatory and governmental affairs, and economic development
programs, as well as the companies’ financial performance.
Conley joined Entergy Corporation in 1999 as vice president of investor
relations, where she was responsible for linking the company’s strategic
vision with the financial expectations of Wall Street.
Her professional career includes a long list of leadership roles in the
electric utility industry. She served as president of Cincinnati Gas and
Electric Company, a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp. and as president and CEO of
Cadence, a joint venture of Cinergy, New Century Energies and Florida
Progress. At Cinergy, she was also vice president of sales, and general
manager of corporate communications and investor relations. Her wide
background includes work in customer service, accounting, treasury and
investor relations for PSI Energy. In 2004, she was recognized for the second
consecutive year as a Key Woman in Energy in the Americas, a national honor
bestowed on female executives for their contributions to the industry.
In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Conley was tapped by Governor
Kathleen Blanco for the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Disaster Recovery
Foundation.
A respected business leader and advocate for economic development, Conley
serves on Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu’s Cultural Economy Foundation Board.
Through her work on the board of directors for the Council for a Better
Louisiana, she promotes educational excellence initiatives that benefit
Louisiana schoolchildren. She sits on the Board of the Baton Rouge Boy Scouts,
the National Board for INROADS, and the Public Affairs Research Council of
Louisiana. Additionally, she was elected to the Board of Directors of
Choicepoint of Alpharetta, Georgia in 2006.
Conley has a bachelor’s of science degree in accounting and a master’s in
business administration degree, both from Ball State University.
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