Leadership
Puget Sound Energy's management team works closely with our Board of Directors to deliver your energy future.

Mary E. Kipp
Mary E. Kipp was named president of PSE in August 2019 and CEO in January 2020. Under her direction, PSE is working toward an aspirational goal of being a Beyond Net Zero Carbon energy company by 2045, targeting reduction of its carbon emissions to net zero and going beyond that goal by helping other sectors to enable carbon reduction across the state of Washington.

Aaron August
Aaron August is senior vice president, chief customer and transformation officer for Puget Sound Energy (PSE).
Aaron is responsible for overseeing our Customer Energy Management, Business Services, New Product Development, and Customer Solutions teams.

Kim Collier
Kim Collier is vice president and chief human resources officer for Puget Sound Energy (PSE). Under her leadership, PSE is focused on talent retention and attraction, employee experience, and ensuring PSE has an inclusive culture and diverse workforce who can meet the needs of all of our customers.

Kazi Hasan
Kazi serves as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Puget Sound Energy and its Washington-based parent company, Puget Energy.

Josh Jacobs
Josh is vice president of Clean Energy Strategy and Planning for Puget Sound Energy.
Under Josh’s direction, PSE is working toward its aspirational goal of being a Beyond Net Zero Carbon energy company by 2045. He’s responsible for PSE’s resource planning functions, system planning functions, transmission services, the implementation of programs to meet Washington’s Clean Energy Transformation Act, and PSE’s approach to the decarbonization of its natural gas delivery system.

Josh Kensok
Josh Kensok is vice president of Finance for Puget Sound Energy, responsible for financial planning in support of PSE’s clean energy transformation.

Dan Koch
Dan Koch is vice president of energy delivery at Puget Sound Energy, responsible for electric and natural gas operations, major projects, engineering, and construction management.

Lorna Luebbe
Lorna Luebbe serves as senior vice president, chief sustainability officer and general counsel for PSE. She is responsible for PSE’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts and progress toward PSE’s aspirational Beyond Net Zero Carbon goal. Lorna also handles complex litigation and other legal issues on behalf of PSE.

Jon Piliaris
Jon Piliaris is vice president of Regulatory Affairs for Puget Sound Energy (PSE).
Jon Piliaris is vice president of Regulatory Affairs for Puget Sound Energy (PSE). Jon has nearly 30 years of experience in utility ratemaking, regulatory strategy and policy development at the regional, state and federal levels. For the past five years, Jon has served as PSE’s director of Regulatory Affairs.

Craig Pospisil
Craig Pospisil is vice president of Business Development and Mergers & Acquisitions for Puget Sound Energy.

Ron Roberts
Ron Roberts is vice president of energy supply for Puget Sound Energy. Ron is responsible for PSE’s generation and natural gas storage assets, generation and transmission development, and the energy supply merchant function. He also oversees Puget LNG, a subsidiary of Puget Energy. Prior to his current role, Ron served as PSE’s director of generation and natural gas storage.

Wade Smith
Wade Smith is executive vice president and chief operating officer for Puget Sound Energy.
Wade is responsible for all of PSE’s operational areas, including natural gas and electric operations and energy supply, serving approximately 1.2 million electric customers and 900,000 natural gas customers.

Simon Upton
Simon Upton serves as PSE’s chief information officer. He joined PSE in March 2023, bringing deep expertise leading IT and business operations in the highly regulated banking industry.

Michelle Vargo
Michelle Vargo is vice president of shared services for Puget Sound Energy (PSE).
Michelle has extensive experience in utility operations and will lead PSE teams responsible for Corporate Shared Services, Operations Support, and Operations Training, Procedures and Quality.