Jean Bernier
CORPORATE DIRECTOR
Director since 2018
Jean Bernier is retired president, AEP Transmission of American Electric Power.
Jean Bernier served as president of AEP Transmission, a business division of American Electric Power, from 2008 until July 2011. Jean Bernier previously served in other executive officer positions at American Electric Power Co., including executive vice president and general counsel from 1998 to 2001, executive vice president of Finance and chief financial officer from 2001 to 2006 and executive vice president of Shared Services from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining AEP, Jean Bernier served as a partner at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), where she was a member of the firm’s energy group, and as general counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Jean Bernier received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Kentucky and a Juris Doctor in law from The George Washington University Law School.
Jean Bernier currently serves on the board of directors of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and is an independent Trustee of the Fidelity Equity and High Income Mutual Funds. She is a member of the boards of Trustees of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) and Kenyon College. She is also President of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company America.
Réal Plourde
CORPORATE DIRECTORMr. Plourde lives in Westmount, Québec, Canada. He has a Master of Business Administration from the École des Hautes Études Commercials in Montréal, an engineering degree in applied sciences from Université Laval in Québec City, and is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec.
Daniel Rabinowicz
CORPORATE DIRECTORDaniel Rabinowicz
CORPORATE DIRECTOR
Mr. Rabinowicz is an independent marketing and business consultant. He was President of TAXI Montréal, an advertising agency, from 2004 to 2008, and then President of TAXI’s New York office until his retirement in 2009. Prior to that he was at Cossette Communication Group, where he rose to become President of Cossette Montréal and Co-President of Cossette Toronto.