Doug Cannon
President, AEP Transmission

Doug Cannon is president of AEP Transmission. In this role, he leads all aspects of AEP’s transmission business, including planning, projects, engineering, operations and growth.

Most recently, Doug was president and chief executive officer of NV Energy and was responsible for all aspects of service to its 1.4 million customers in Nevada. He was named president of NV Energy in 2018 and added the CEO role in 2019 with responsibility over the fully integrated gas and electric operations of NV Energy and its subsidiaries.

Prior to joining NV Energy, Doug was in private law practice serving clients on various regulatory and commercial matters. In 2011, Doug joined the Berkshire Hathaway Energy companies as an attorney for PacifiCorp Energy in Salt Lake City. In 2013, Doug was the lead attorney in obtaining the regulatory approvals necessary for NV Energy to join Berkshire Hathaway Energy and following the closing of the merger Doug joined the NV Energy team as senior vice president and general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer.

Doug received his bachelor’s degree in environmental geoscience from Weber State University, his master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Colorado and his juris doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law. He has served on the board of trustees for the Las Vegas Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the National Judicial College and the Desert Research Institute.

Heather L. Cushman
Controller, BHE U.S. Transmission

Heather Cushman is the controller of BHE U.S. Transmission. Cushman is responsible for accounting, financial analysis related to acquisitions and competitive project bids, reporting and controls, forecasting and budgeting oversight and joint-venture coordination. She oversees regulatory accounting activities and has provided testimony on filings covering electric transmission before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Prior to joining Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Cushman served in finance, accounting and treasury roles at public and private international companies in industries including software, food distribution and teleservice operations.

Cushman has more than 20 years of experience in public accounting and financial leadership. She has a bachelor's of business administration degree in accounting from Iowa State University and a master's of business administration from the University of Iowa.

Cushman was the vice president of finance during Grid Assurance's start-up phase and now serves on the board.

Her and her husband, Bill, have two daughters and reside in Urbandale, Iowa.

R. Patrick Reiten
Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Patrick Reiten is senior vice president of government relations at Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Reiten is responsible for leading the national policy and legislative work of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a $91 billion portfolio of locally managed businesses that share a vision for a secure and sustainable energy future.

Reiten has extensive experience in executive leadership in the energy business. Prior to his current role, he was president and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp Transmission at PacifiCorp, a position he has held since March 2015, managing the West's largest single owned-and-operated transmission system. Prior to that role, Reiten was President and CEO of Pacific Power, an electric energy company serving about 750,000 customers in California, Oregon and Washington. He was appointed to that role in September 2006.

Before joining PacifiCorp, Reiten was president and chief executive officer of PNGC Power, an energy cooperative located in Portland, Oregon. He was appointed to that position in May 2002 and was responsible for the overall operations of two corporate entities (PNGC Power and Power Resources Cooperative).

Prior to PNGC Power, Reiten served as an aide to U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, responsible for many issues, particularly those associated with the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He also served as an official in several different capacities at the U.S. Department of Interior, including deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Reiten has served in many director or board leadership roles in community and industry groups. He is the immediate past chair of Associated Oregon Industries and is co-chair of The Freshwater Trust; he also serves on the board of directors of the American Council on Renewable Energy, Legacy Health System and Electric Transmission Texas LLC.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science with an emphasis in economics from the University of Washington and completed executive training at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Trevor I. Mihalik
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Trevor I. Mihalik is executive vice president and chief financial officer. He leads AEP's accounting and tax, internal audit, treasury and risk, corporate planning and budgeting, investor relations, and strategy functions. He also is responsible for the company's procurement and supply chain and regulatory services organizations.

Mihalik has worked in the energy industry for more than 34 years and has extensive experience in finance, enterprise risk and business operations. He most recently served as the group president of Sempra, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Gas Company subsidiaries. He held several leadership roles in Sempra’s finance organization during his more than 12 years with the company, including executive vice president and chief financial officer and senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Sempra, Mihalik led the finance teams of Iberdrola Renewables Holdings, Inc., Chevron Natural Gas and Bridgeline Holdings, L.P., a joint venture owned by Chevron and Targa Resources. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their assurance business.

He chairs the finance committee for the board of directors of the WD-40 Company. Mihalik received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Creighton University and his master’s degree in business administration from Rice University. He is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas.