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About Us

American Electric Power and its operating companies maintain robust governmental affairs operations in our service territory states and in Washington, D.C. Our governmental affairs professionals represent AEP’s interests to elected and appointed officials, regulatory agencies, community leaders, nongovernmental organizations and other interested parties.

Washington, D.C

Anthony Kavanagh Senior Vice President, Washington Office apkavanagh@aep.com	Joseph R. Hartsoe Managing Director, Federal Policy jrhartsoe@aep.com
Sabrina Campbell Director, Federal Agency Relations svcampbell@aep.com	Martin McBroom Director, Federal Environmental Affairs mamcbroom@aep.com
Alicia Cannon Legislative Representative aecannon@aep.com

At the state level, the governmental affairs teams are part of our operating companies. By state, they are:

Arkansas

Bradley E. Hardin
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
Southwestern Electric Power Co.
behardin@aep.com

Indiana

Brian E. Bergsma
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
Indiana Michigan Power
bebergsma@aep.com

Kentucky

James E. Keeton
Manager of External Affairs
Kentucky Power
jekeeton@aep.com

Louisiana

Emile B. Cordaro
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
Southwestern Electric Power Co.
ebcordaro@aep.com

Michigan

Gregory A Clark
Manager of State Governmental
& Environmental Affairs
Indiana Michigan Power
gaclark2@aep.com

Ohio

Thomas L. Froehle
Vice President of External Affairs
AEP Ohio
tlfroehle@aep.com

Michael Brello
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
AEP Ohio
mbrello@aep.com

Christine Wright
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
AEP Ohio
cdwright@aep.com

Beth Smail
External Affairs Coordinator
AEP Ohio
basmail@aep.com

Oklahoma

Howard L. Ground
Manager of State Governmental
& Environmental Affairs
Public Service of Oklahoma
hlground@aep.com

Texas

Robert Black
Director of Governmental Affairs
AEP Texas
rblack@aep.com

Gilbert Hughes
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
AEP Texas
gthughes@aep.com

Patrick Tarlton
Manager of State Governmental Affairs
AEP Texas
prtarlton@aep.com

Gary Gibbs
Manager of State Governmental
& Environmental Affairs
Southwestern Electric Power Co – Texas
gjgibbs@aep.com

Virginia/Tennessee

Ron Jefferson
Manager of External Affairs
rjjefferson@aep.com

Joseph Jones
Director of External Affairs
Southwestern Electric Power Co – Texas
hjjones@aep.com

West Virginia

Steve Stewart
Director of External Affairs
sgstewart@aep.com