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During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Today, meet Bill Oxford, Manager - Gross Margin Accounting, for Avangrid. Tell us a little bit about your background and your current role at Avangrid? I began my career at Avangrid within the Internal Audit group in 2011, a year after graduating with my MBA and Bachelors in Accounting. After a few years I transitioned to a more financial role and joined the Networks Gross Margin Team in 2017. I gradually worked my way

During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Today, meet Liz Ranney, Lead Analyst, Field Operations at New York State Electric & Gas. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and your current role at Avangrid? I have been with Avangrid for nearly 9 years. During this time, I spent a little more than half of my tenure in customer service. In 2022, I transitioned to the electric operations side. Currently, I serve as the Work Planning Lead

During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Today, meet José Marrero, Supervisor of Technical Training for our Connecticut and Massachusetts companies. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and your current role at Avangrid? I have been with Avangrid for 11 years, starting as a customer electrician in the union. After eight years, I moved into management as a Standard Field Supervisor. For the past 2.5 years, I have been a Supervisor in Technical Training, leading a

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! For the last week of Pride Month, let’s meet Pride@Avangrid’s Co-Chairs: Shea Kirwin and Chris Bush. Shea Kirwin Tell us about your role at Avangrid. What do you do? I am an energy engineer in the conservation and load management department. I work on energy efficiency projects for commercial and industrial customers. I’m currently working on a large comprehensive project for a local manufacturer that is estimated to save over 855,000 kWh and 10,000

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Each week, we'll highlight a Pride community member at Avangrid. This week, let's meet our Business Resource Group (BRG) Pride's Co-Chair, Shea Kirwin, an energy engineer in Avangrid's conservation and load management department. Tell us about your role at Avangrid. What do you do? "I work on energy efficiency projects for commercial and industrial customers. I'm currently working on a large comprehensive project for a local manufacturer that is estimated to save over 855,000

During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Each week we’ll be highlighting a member of the Pride community at Avangrid. This week, let’s meet Valoria Reed Policy, Markets and Regulatory Affairs, at Avangrid. Tell us about your role at Avangrid. What do you do? I am the Project Coordinator for the Community Sponsorship and Donation Program focusing on our employee advocated non-profit initiative. My responsibilities include receiving the paperwork from the field to ensure its completion, sending it through the approval

During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Each week we’ll be highlighting a member of the Pride community at Avangrid. This week, let’s meet David "DJ" Phillips, Technical Training Customer Service – CMP and Membership Coordinator for Pride@Avangrid. Tell us about your role at Avangrid. What do you do? I work as a Customer Service Trainer for Central Maine Power. My day-to-day typically never entails the same tasks unless I'm actively facilitating progression training. Tasks and responsibilities outside of facilitation include

During Pride Month in June, Avangrid is celebrating our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies! Each week we’ll be highlighting a member of the Pride community at Avangrid. To kick off the month, let’s meet Christina Renaud, Senior Regional Planner for Renewables and Pride Local Leader for Boston. Tell us about your role at Avangrid. What do you do? I am the Senior Regional Planner working for Operations and Maintenance supporting asset management and the Vineyard Wind 1 site team. I have helped develop the maintenance program by helping