Public Service Electric & Gas President Kim Hanemann always has been clear about one thing: The energy and utility industries will be better with more diversity.
Hanemann certainly is proof of that.
The good news: In New Jersey, diversity is starting to take root.
Hanemann was No. 7 on the ROI Influencers: Women in Business list, a testament to her success during 38 years at the company.
She was joined on the Top 50 list by American Water CEO Susan Hardwick (No. 18) and South Jersey Industries President Melissa Orsen (No. 27) and Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy (No. 38).
The better news: Hanemann, Hardwick, Orsen and Guhl-Sadovy were among more than a dozen women in the energy industry who were honored overall.
The others, listed alphabetically, include:
Paulina Banasiak O’Connor
Executive director
N.J. Offshore Wind Alliance
Jenifer Becker
Managing director, wind institute development
N.J. Economic Development Authority
Amy Cradic
Chief operating officer
N.J. Resources
Christina Farrell
Vice president of government & public affairs
N.J. Utilities Association
Janice Fuller
President, mid-Atlantic
Anbaric
Kate Klinger
Director
Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy
Christie McMullen
President & chief operating officer
Elizabethtown Gas
Crystal Pruitt
External affairs lead
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
Karen Reif
Vice president of renewables & energy solutions
Public Service Electric & Gas
Lauren Thomas
Managing director, transmission and substation construction and maintenance
Public Service Electric & Gas
Maddy Urbish
Head of public affairs, Americas region
Ørsted North America
Denise Venuti Free
Senior director of communications & external affairs
N.J. American Water
