Ameren Illinois’ Lenny Singh elected Chairman of Illinois Utilities Enterprise Variety Council

Illinois American Water President Rebecca Losli named to the Board of Administrators

Utility professionals, diverse-owned firm leaders honored at Annual Assembly & Stakeholder Occasion

CHICAGO , Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Lenny Singh, chairman and president of Ameren Illinois, was appointed chairman of the board of the Illinois Utilities Enterprise Variety Council (IUBDC) at its Dec. 6 annual assembly. Rebecca Losli, newly appointed president of Illinois American Water, was named to the IUBDC Board of Administrators.

Fashioned in 2015, IUBDC is a coalition of the state’s main utilities centered on rising enterprise for numerous suppliers by means of collaboration, technical growth and sharing of finest practices. Constitution members embrace Ameren Illinois, Commonwealth Edison, Illinois American Water, Nicor Fuel, North Shore Fuel and Peoples Fuel.

“IUBDC is a transformative partnership that’s delivering outcomes,” Singh stated. “As we navigate the transition to wash power and modernize our water, electrical and pure fuel infrastructure, trusted vendor-suppliers can be referred to as on to assist us execute our work. Via IUBDC’s packages and providers, we’re constructing the pool of certified suppliers and making certain {that a} rising variety of these contracts are awarded to minority-, women- and veteran-owned companies.”

In 2021, IUBDC member-utilities spent a mixed $2 billion on providers with diverse-owned firms. These suppliers have been instrumental in serving to utilities overcome materials and labor shortages in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At its annual assembly, the Council acknowledged people who obtained IUBDC-funded scholarships to attend the Kellogg Superior Administration Schooling Program at Northwestern College:

• • Karen Sutton-Ford, president of Sutton Ford Auto, which supplies fleet car providers to utilities and different companies.
  • Stephen Vaughn, president of CERA Options, an city planning, engineering, website design and development agency.
  • Rey Rivera, president of CSI 3000, a Chicago-based supplier of concrete, asphalt, hauling and excavation providers.
  • Stephen Brock, president of Equipped Industrial Options, a veteran-owned, Hub Zone Common Contractor and provider of valves, fittings, hoses, piping, instrumentation and mechanical programs.

In different enterprise, Sharon Moy was awarded IUBDC’s Jerry Garland Award for Excellence in Provider Variety. Moy is an analyst for Peoples Fuel and North Shore Fuel, and a member of IUBDC’s steering committee.

For extra details about IUBDC packages and providers, go to iubdc.com.

In regards to the Illinois Utilities Enterprise Variety Council

The Illinois Utilities Enterprise Variety Council (IUBDC) members embrace Ameren Illinois, ComEd, Illinois American Water, Nicor Fuel, North Shore Fuel and Peoples Fuel. The mission of the IUBDC is to serve the Illinois utilities as a discussion board for finest follow sharing and data trade with the deal with advancing the expansion and utilization of utility-based numerous companies within the state of Illinois.

SOURCE Illinois Utilities Enterprise Variety Council