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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also directs the Center for
Energy and the Global Environment. He
is a Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Millennium Medal winner. He is the founding editor-in-chief of IEEE Electrification Magazine and was also the founding
editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on
Sustainable Energy. He served as a vice
president of the PES from 2009 to 2013
and currently serving as a member of the
Board of Governors of the IEEE Society
on Social Implications of Technology
(SSIT). In 2006 he served on the IEEE
Board of Directors as the vice president
for Publications. He served as the chair
of the U.S. National Science Foundation
Advisory Committee for International
Science and Engineering from 2010 to
2013. He is a PES Distinguished Lecturer
and has lectured on smart grid, energy
efficiency, renewable energy, demand response, distributed generation, and critical
infrastructure protection topics in over 30
countries on all six continents. He has a
Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech.
Candidate Statement

IEEE PES, as a global organization,
provides platforms for knowledge development and knowledge sharing among
members of the academia, industry, and
government. As a former member of the
governing board of this Society for over
ten years spanning the 1990s-2000s,
I have seen how fast it has grown and
how well it has positioned itself to serve
members in all segments of the Society.
If chosen as the president-elect for 2016-
2017, I hope to develop business models
for educational and training products for
new systems and technologies in smart
grid, advanced power generation, transmission and distribution, and environmental mitigation. PES is fortunate to
have a very active member base associated with almost 200 chapters globally,
and I have visited many of them during
my over 40 years as a member of PES.
I would like to see that this very rich
resource that our Society has-both
in terms of content and knowledgeable
people-is shared with members in
all corners of the world through online
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Secretary

Institute, Beijing, China, and the B.Sc.
degree from Taiyuan University of
Technology, China. She is a Senior
Member of the IEEE.

Jessica Bian

Candidate Statement

Jessica Bian is a visionary leader and
architect. She has
spearheaded
the
electric industry's
reliability metrics
and grid risk assessment. She is currently with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Prior to FERC, she was the director of
performance analysis at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC). Under her leadership, a total
of 18 industry-wide reliability indicators
and three composite indices were established for the first time to determine the
reliability, adequacy, and associated risks
to the interconnected North American
bulk power system. In the spring of 2012,
she steered multiple technical industry
groups and directed the completion of the
first-ever industry-wide state of reliability report, marking a major step forward
in benchmarking the North American
grid reliability. She is widely recognized
as a pioneer and trusted world leader in
the field.
Before joining NERC, she was with
PJM Interconnection and ERCOT,
where she was responsible for real-time
operations support, resource economic
dispatch, and operator training simulator projects. She started her career
at Westinghouse Electric and was involved in generator design and flexible
ac transmission systems applications.
She has led or participated in numerous PES technical committees
since 1995. She holds two patents and
has published over 70 articles in transactions, journals, and proceedings. She
received the 2014 IEEE PES Wanda
Reder Pioneer in Power Award for her
technical accomplishments and for being an inspiring role model to young
women engineers in power. She earned
the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Tulane University, the M.Sc.
degree from Electric Power Research

The PES is the home to the world's most
innovative and hard-working leaders in
the power and energy field. The industry is experiencing significant changes,
including the increased availability of
natural gas; the growth in renewable,
demand-side, and storage technologies;
and new environmental requirements.
My goal is to be a catalyst of action and
a messenger of the future, empowering PES members to adapt the changes
and creating opportunities for young
engineers to advance their professional
careers. Successfully addressing these
challenges will require every member
to join together in developing creative,
socially responsible solutions-that
simultaneously honor the unique interests of each.
I shall use my team motivation and
effective leadership skills to help each
member maximize the benefits from
involvement with this undisputed internationally leading technical association. I welcome the opportunity to continue my service to PES as secretary.
Specifically, I would bring my thoughtful, yet optimistic approach to the role,
as well as my commitment to work
toward bringing together members'
voices for the betterment of society.

delivery and face-to-face regional and
international meetings.

Henry Louie
Henry Louie is the
PES vice president
(VP) of Membership
and Image and has
been on the PES
Governing Board
since 2010. He
has been involved in the creation of the
IEEE Smart Grid, the PES Scholarship
Initiative, the PES Resource Center, the
PES Webinar Series, and IEEE Smart
Villages. As VP of Membership and
Image, he has grown PES membership by 20% and has fostered diversity through the creation of Women in
Power, Young Professionals, Platinum,
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