ALLETE Shareholders Elect Len Rodman to Board of Directors.DULUTH, Minn. -- At their annual meeting May 12 in Duluth, Minn., ALLETE shareholders elected Len C. Rodman to its board of directors. Rodman is Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Black & Veatch, headquartered in Overland Park Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company that specializes in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and environmental markets. Black & Veatch employs approximately 9,600 people in over 100 offices worldwide with projects completed in more than 100 countries on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . After graduating from Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. with a degree in Civil Engineering, Rodman joined Black & Veatch in 1971. He earned a master's in Environmental Engineering, from the University of Missouri in 1978. Rodman has served as process designer, project engineer, and project manager for more than 50 municipal water, wastewater, and industrial wastewater treatment Industrial wastewater treatment A group of unit processes designed to separate, modify, remove, and destroy undesirable substances carried by wastewater from industrial sources. projects. He was named an Executive Partner of the company's Environmental Group and later became a Managing Partner. He was named CEO and President in 1998 and added the role of Chairman of the Board in 2000. "Len brings broad and deep experience to the ALLETE board," said Don Shippar, ALLETE Chairman and CEO. "His observations and contributions will be invaluable to the board's discussions, as the company prepares for new environmental and renewable energy mandates and initiatives to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We're excited to have Len's perspectives as we shape the company for the future." Based in Duluth, Minn., ALLETE (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALE) provides regulated energy services in Minnesota and Wisconsin, has an equity investment in the American Transmission Company, and owns BNI BNI Business Network International BNI Business Networking International BNI Bank Negara Indonesia BNI Bechtel National, Inc. BNI British Nursing Index BNI Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix, AZ) Coal in North Dakota and ALLETE Properties in Florida. More information about the company is available at www.ALLETE.com. The statements contained in this release and statements that ALLETE may make orally in connection with this release that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and investors are directed to the risks discussed in documents filed by ALLETE with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5966319&lang=en |
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