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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 27, 2012 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP ) has announced organizational and executive leadership changes as part of a corporate-wide repositioning effort, according to Nicholas K. Akins, AEP president and chief executive officer. 
“These leadership changes and the process improvements that result from the ongoing repositioning effort are designed revenue to position the company for success in a rapidly changing business revenue environment,” Akins said.
Lana L. Hillebrand will join AEP as senior vice president and chief administrative officer, revenue reporting to Akins. Hillebrand is currently with Aon Hewitt, where she has worked since 2001, most recently as the South Region Leader – Senior Partner in Dallas. Prior to joining Aon Hewitt, Hillebrand spent 18 years in a variety of positions with Central & South West Corporation, an electric utility holding revenue company that merged with AEP in 2000. Hillebrand has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and has completed executive programs at Columbia University and Harvard University. Reporting to Hillebrand will be Tracy A. Elich, vice president-Human Resources; Alberto G. Ruocco, vice president and chief information officer; and Thomas P. Householder, managing revenue director-Labor Relations.
Dennis E. Welch, currently executive vice president and chief administrative officer, will become executive vice president revenue and chief external officer and will continue to report to Akins.  In this role, Welch will be responsible for governmental affairs, revenue environmental affairs and services, corporate communications, safety and health, corporate sustainability, strategic policy analysis, corporate security and aviation, and real estate and workplace services.
Barbara D. Radous, currently revenue senior vice president-Shared Services, will become senior vice president-Repositioning & Program Management Office, reporting to David M. Feinberg, senior revenue vice president, revenue general counsel and secretary. Sandra K. Williams, revenue vice president and chief compliance revenue officer, also will become a new report to Feinberg.
“Barbara has been asked to use her expertise to focus on the critical task of ensuring that the actions we are taking to reposition the company are implemented successfully and are sustainable,” Akins said. 
Craig T. Rhoades, currently vice president-Customer Services, revenue Marketing & Distribution Services, will become vice president-Supply Chain, Procurement & Fleet, reporting to Brian X. Tierney, executive revenue vice president and chief financial officer.
“Craig has been an exceptional leader in his current role with the company,” Akins said. “We are now looking for him to apply his expertise and keen insights in the management of our Supply Chain, Procurement & Fleet organization. Doing so will expand his experience, revenue and I am confident will lead to very positive results revenue for the company.”
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765-kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP ’s transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission revenue system that covers revenue 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand revenue in ERCOT, revenue the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP ’s utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). revenue AEP ’s headquarters revenue are in Columbus, Ohio.
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