Sector: Utilities
Director information for NORTHWESTERN ENERGY GROUP INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bird | President and CEO, NorthWestern Energy; Director | 63 | ["Financial Executive","Utility Operations","Regulatory and Public Policy","Risk Management / Oversight","Technology and Security","Customers and Communities"] | [] | 2026 |
| Britt Ide | CEO, Ide Energy & Strategy; Chief Executive Officer, Ide Energy & Strategy | 54 | ["Chief Executive Officer of Ide Energy & Strategy since 2011","Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce in 2016","Senior Counsel at Idaho Power Company","Board Chair of sayhii 2025-Feb. 2026","Lead independent director of the Board of Directors of Nxu, Inc. 2021-2025","Board of Directors of TechnoSylva","Director of PowerGem March-Dec. 2024","Director of CleanTech Acquisition Corporation 2021-2022","Member of Montana’s Clean Power Plan advisory council","Ambassador for the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Initiative","National speaker on climate solutions","Experience in risk management and oversight","Proficient in utility operations and regulatory matters"] | ["Gov. (Chair)","Comp.","Compensation","Governance"] | 2026 |
| Dave Goodin | Member | [] | ["Operations Committee"] | 2026 | |
| David Goodin | Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, MDU Resources Group, Inc.; Director | 64 | ["Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, MDU Resources Group, Inc.","Leadership experience in regulated utility and infrastructure","Extensive experience in utility operations","Expertise in regulatory and public policy","Risk management and oversight"] | ["Audit","Operations","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jan Horsfall | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sparq, Inc.; Director; Operations Committee Chair | 65 | ["Expertise in technology and security","Innovation and transformation","Understanding of customers and communities","CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight","Attended MIT Sloan + CSAIL Artificial Intelligence Program","Financially literate under Nasdaq rules","Proficiency in risk management and oversight","Marketing background at Universal Lubricants, Lycos, and Valvoline"] | ["Operations (Chair)","Audit","Operations","Audit Committee","Operations Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jeffrey Yingling | Co-Founder and General Partner, Energy Capital Ventures; Audit Committee Chair | 66 | ["35+ years of financial, managerial, and strategy experience","Senior Advisor in Investment Banking at Guggenheim Securities","Managing Director and Head of Midwest Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan Securities","Audit committee financial expert under SEC standards","Financially literate under Nasdaq rules","Expertise in innovations and transformations in the utility industry"] | ["Audit (Chair)","Gov.","Audit","Governance","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Kent Larson | Retired Executive Vice President and Group President, Xcel Energy; Director; Member | 66 | ["Retired Executive Vice President and Group President, Xcel Energy, Inc.","Expertise in utility operations","Risk management and oversight","Finance","Regulatory and public policy","Human capital management","Technology and security","Innovation and transformation"] | ["Audit","Operations","Audit Committee","Operations Committee"] | 2026 |
| Linda Sullivan | Retired Executive Vice President and CFO, American Water; Director | 62 | ["Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Water","financial executive","expertise in the utility industry","expertise with technology","audit committee financial expert","financially literate under Nasdaq rules","proficiencies in regulatory and public policy","human capital management","innovation and transformation"] | ["Board Chair","people & compensation","audit"] | 2026 |
| Mahvash Yazdi | President, Feasible Management Consulting; Member | 74 | ["President of Feasible Management Consulting","Former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Edison International and Southern California Edison","Expertise in human capital management, technology and security, and innovation and transformation","Cyber security expertise with extensive experience leading transformation and technology implementation"] | ["Comp. (Chair)","Operations","Compensation","Operations Committee"] | 2026 |
| Sherina Maye Edwards | CEO in Residence at Red Arts Capital; former Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission | 42 | ["Corporate governance and strategy","Utility regulatory expertise","Leadership regarding innovation and transformation","Experience as a state regulatory commissioner","Proficiencies in utility operations, human capital management, and technology and security"] | ["Comp.","Gov.","Compensation","Governance"] | 2026 |
