Ard named vice president corporate affairs - New Jersey; Tomblin named metro region director.MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1996--GPU Energy has named Elizabeth Ard of Basking Ridge as vice president of corporate affairs for New Jersey. Ard will succeed Glenn O. Steiger effective Jan. 1. Ard will be based in Morristown and will oversee New Jersey government affairs. She will also serve as a regulatory liaison to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is a regulatory authority in New Jersey charged with the responsibility of seeing that "safe, adequate, and proper utility services are provided at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey. . "We did not have to look far for the ideal person to head our New Jersey corporate affairs efforts," said Carole B. Snyder, vice president of public affairs. "Elizabeth Ard has been a valued member of our leadership team. Her leadership ability and knowledge of regulatory policy assure that GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. Energy will continue to play a significant role in New Jersey corporate affairs." Ard had been GPU Energy metro region director since May. She previously had served as JCP&L's northern region director. Ard joined the GPU Companies in 1987 as a senior attorney. She holds a J.D. degree from Seton Hall University Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university located 14 miles from Manhattan in historic South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Law School and a bachelor's degree in English from Rutgers University. Kelly Tomblin has been named to succeed Ard as GPU Energy metro region director. Tomblin had been director of legal and international services for GPU International. Tomblin joined the GPU Companies in 1990 as an attorney for Pennsylvania Electric. She has served in various capacities at GPU International including director of legal and corporate affairs. Tomblin holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and a J.D. degree from West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. . She also holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . The GPU Energy metro region comprises Warren, Sussex, Hunterdon and Morris Counties and portions of Mercer, Essex, Somerset, Passaic and Union Counties. CONTACT: GPU Energy, Morristown Ron Morano, 201/644-4297 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion