Ameren names Chief Sustainability and Range Officer to additional optimize ESG affect

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Underscoring its dedication to sustainability, which includes environmental, social, governance (ESG) and progress targets, Ameren Company (NYSE: AEE) has expanded the function of a senior chief on the firm to additionally embody range, fairness, inclusion and company philanthropy.

Efficient March 1, Gwen Mizell has been named chief sustainability and variety officer for Ameren Company, additional aligning her management, experience and engagement to supervise and advance the corporate’s impacts throughout these interconnected areas. The function is an growth of Mizell’s earlier duties as the corporate’s chief sustainability officer, a place she has held since final fall. Mizell reviews on to Marty Lyons, chief govt officer.

The information follows the announcement by Sharon Harvey Davis, Ameren’s longtime vice chairman of range, fairness and inclusion (DE&I) and chief range officer, of her plan to retire on Might 1 after a distinguished 20-year profession at Ameren.

“Sharon has been a champion in working with co-workers throughout Ameren and leaders all through the communities we serve to advance efforts to make sure a various, equitable and inclusive surroundings at Ameren and in our communities,” Lyons mentioned.

“I want to categorical my sincerest appreciation for all Sharon has achieved to advance DE&I at Ameren and in the neighborhood all through her years at Ameren. And I’m excited to announce we’re bringing our DE&I and company philanthropy efforts collectively underneath Gwen’s robust and passionate management to optimize our affect and effectivity throughout the spectrum of sustainability initiatives on which Ameren is concentrated.”

Mizell is a seven-year veteran of Ameren. She has served as Ameren’s chief sustainability officer since 2021 and vice chairman of sustainability and innovation since 2019. She joined Ameren in 2015 as director of range and inclusion. Mizell holds a grasp’s diploma in administration and public coverage evaluation from Carnegie Mellon College and a bachelor’s diploma in supplies science and engineering from the College of Alabama at Birmingham. As well as, she accomplished certificates packages on the Harvard JFK Faculty of Authorities in addition to Georgetown College. She serves on the board of administrators for Gibraltar Industries, the nationwide board of administrators of the American Affiliation of Blacks in Power and the St. Louis County Workforce Funding Board.

“It is an honor to comply with within the footsteps of Sharon, a fantastic chief with a longstanding observe report of feat,” Mizell mentioned. “And I stay up for persevering with to sharpen and optimize Ameren’s deal with all sides of sustainability for the advantage of communities in Missouri and Illinois.”

About Ameren Company
St. Louis-based Ameren Company powers the standard of life for two.4 million electrical clients and greater than 900,000 pure gasoline clients in a 64,000-square-mile space by way of its Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois offers electrical transmission and distribution service and pure gasoline distribution service. Ameren Missouri offers electrical service era, transmission and distribution providers, in addition to pure gasoline distribution service. Ameren Transmission Firm of Illinois develops, owns and operates rate-regulated electrical transmission tasks. For extra info, go to Ameren.com, or comply with us on Twitter at @AmerenCorp, Fb.com/AmerenCorp, or LinkedIn.com/firm/Ameren.

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