PJM Interconnection announced today that its Members have elected Janet Dietrich to the PJM Board of Managers.
The process for electing Board members is set forth in the FERC-approved PJM Operating Agreement. It is controlled by an eight-person Nominating Committee that recommends candidates to be voted on by the PJM membership. The Nominating Committee is made up of one representative elected annually from each one of the five sectors of the PJM Members Committee and three members of the Board, one of whom is the non-voting chair.
Dietrich fills the remainder of the term of David Mills, which expires in May 2027, at which time she would be eligible for reelection. Mills left the Board in April before accepting the role of PJM president and CEO.
Dietrich’s term is effective immediately.
Dietrich is a former energy executive with more than three decades of global leadership experience spanning wholesale and retail energy markets, commodity trading, finance, risk, infrastructure and asset management, and large-scale business transformation. She brings extensive experience in the full energy value chain in both the conventional energy markets as well as the energy transition and lower-carbon solutions.
She most recently spent 13 years with Macquarie Group, where she held several senior leadership roles, including Global Head of Energy Transition and Strategy, Head of Corporate Sales Americas, and Co-Head of Oil & Gas Financing Americas. She is a Finance Advisory Board member at the University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics, and a board member for The Houston Alumni & Youth (HAY) Center, serving youth aging out of foster care.
Dietrich holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Kentucky. She completed AI coursework at the MIT Sloan School of Management and coursework at The University of Cambridge Judge Business School for Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies.
“Janet was nominated from a competitive pool of candidates based on her deep expertise and experience in diverse areas of the energy sector,” Mills said. “I welcome her and am confident that her valuable insight will help guide the organization through a very dynamic time.”