WEN Women in Action

Please join us in congratulating the achievements of the following outstanding WEN members! 

If you have a WEN woman who should be profiled, please send the details to communications@wenhouston.org.

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El Paso Electric Names New Senior Vice President and General Counsel
EL PASO, Texas, Jun 15, 2010 -- BUSINESS WIRE

The El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) Board of Directors has promoted Mary E. Kipp to serve as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Previously, Ms. Kipp had served as El Paso Electric's Vice President of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer. In her new position, Ms.Kipp will continue to have responsibility for oversight of El Paso Electric's legal affairs and compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.

Ms. Kipp has 15 years of experience as an attorney and has spent most of her career practicing energy law. Before joining EPE, Ms. Kipp spent four years as a senior enforcement attorney in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Enforcement in Washington, D.C., where she investigated and prosecuted violations of federal energy laws. Before entering government service, Ms. Kipp was an attorney at Greenberg Traurig LLP and at El Paso Natural Gas Company.

Ms. Kipp received a bachelor's of arts degree cum laude from Williams College in Massachusetts, a juris doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law, and is an alumnus of Exeter College, University of Oxford.
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Effective June 2, 2010, Lisbeth Guerrero has been named as the Head of Northeast Real Time Asset Optimization for GDF Suez Energy Marketing North America. 

Lisbeth spent the past 13 years of her career in the Retail energy sector, including the past 7 at GDF Suez Energy Resources, and she is ready to begin a new chapter in her career in the Generation side of the energy business.  Prior to joining GDF Suez, Lisbeth spent time at Dynegy in various commodity related positions. 

Lisbeth leaves a legacy behind.  She worked tirelessly to help lead the retail business from its infancy to its current position as the 2nd largest Commercial and Industrial retailer in the U.S.   Her work ethic, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mentality have helped to shape the culture of the GDF Suez Energy Resources in many positive ways that will last for years to come.  Lisbeth’s contributions to the growth and development of GDF Suez Energy Resources is greatly appreciated. 
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WEN Special Events Program Director, Lori McDowell is Promoted to South Region BD Manager

April 2010-Dr. Lori McDowell, formerly HyCO senior account manager, has been named South Region business development manager reporting to Chris Granger, South Region area director. In this role, she will focus on Praxair’s technology offerings for the refining, petrochemical and energy markets. Prior to joining Praxair in 2005 as a pipeline business manager, McDowell worked at Grace Davison, a specialty chemicals company in R&D, technical service and sales. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Caltech, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware.
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WEN Energy Corridor Program Director, Christine Spray Launches New Business

April 2010-Christine Spray, President of Strategic Catalyst Inc. launches her business  in the Houston market.  Strategic Catalyst initiates focus within organizations. They align business goals with business development, marketing and human resource strategies and provide direction and inspiration to leverage business opportunities.  www.strategiccatalystinc.com. 

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March 2010- One of our WEN members, Castlen Moore Kennedy, is doing her masters thesis at the University of Texas on the viability of natural gas as a transportation fuel. As part of her year long research efforts, she will be testing out a natural gas vehicle (NGV) in a road trip from Austin to Boston starting May 19th. She anticipates the fuel will be cheaper and the ride will be greener with fewer emissions, but the lack of refueling stations along the way should make it quite interesting.

WEN members can follow her  adventures and learn more about what could be a promising alternative to gasoline by visiting www.greenamericanroadtrip.com. 

In addition, Castlen was featured in Oil and Gas Investor  and mentioned WEN’s mentoring program. 
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Susan B. Ortenstone has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer 

March 2010-Susan B. Ortenstone, currently Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. In this capacity, she is responsible for all of El Paso's Administrative Services functions, including Administrative Services, Communications and Community Relations, Human Resources (including Pipeline, E&P, and Midstream HR), and Information Technology (including all Shared Services, Pipeline, and E&P systems).
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WEN Downtown Program Director, Joan Eischen, has accepted a new role within Logica

Feb 2010-WEN is pleased to announce that Joan Eischen has accepted a new role within Logica.  Effective February 1st, she will be reporting directly Logica Norway Oil & Gas as the North American extension of the Logica QHSSE team that is lead out of Norway.  In this new role, Joan will continue to apply her outstanding client relationship and business development skills to help support and grow the QHSSE practice through-out North America.   Logica is a multinational IT services and business technology company that works with its client to maximize the value of their current systems. Logica partners with the leading software companies in the world to provide each client with the right solution for their needs.
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Charlene A. Ripley, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Linn Energy LLC wins Houston Business Journals "Outstanding Corporate Council Award with a staff of 2 - 10"
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WEN Fosters Career and Leadership Development for Women in Energy Field - Featuring WEN Founder Karyl Lawson
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