PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 27,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patricia
Salas Pineda has been appointed to the Portland General
Electric (NYSE:POR) ("PGE" or the "Company") board of directors,
effective October 1, 2022.
"We are pleased to welcome Patricia to the PGE Board," said
Jack Davis, chair of PGE's board of
directors. "Her considerable public board experience and deep
legal, human resources, and communications expertise will help us
further enhance our employee experience and position the company
competitively in the ever-evolving electric utility industry."
Pineda comes to PGE with more than 35 years of leadership
experience with Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and New United
Motor Manufacturing, Inc. She was most recently the Group Vice
President, Hispanic Business Strategy Group at Toyota Motor North
America, Inc. since 2013, before retiring in October 2016. Prior to serving as Group Vice
President, she held a variety of executive leadership positions at
Toyota and Toyota USA Foundation,
including leading the company's legal matters, administrative
operations, corporate advertising, diversity and corporate
communications.
Pineda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Mills College and a Juris Doctor from the
University of California, Berkeley.
Pineda is founder of the Latino Corporate Directors Association
and currently serves on the board of directors for Levi Strauss
& Co., Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., and Omnicom Group. Ms.
Pineda has held past board positions including the California Air
Resources Board and sat on the advisory board of the Latinos and
Society Program at The Aspen Institute.
Pineda will serve on the Finance and Compensation, Culture, and
Talent Committees.
About Portland General Electric
Company
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) is a fully integrated
energy company based in Portland,
Oregon. The company serves approximately 900,000 customers
with a service area population of 2 million Oregonians in 51
cities. PGE owns 16 generation plants across Oregon and other Northwestern states and
maintains and operates 14 public parks and recreation areas. For
more than 130 years, PGE has powered the advancement of society,
delivering safe, affordable, and reliable energy to Oregonians. PGE
and its approximately 3,000 employees are working with customers to
build a clean energy future. Together with its customers, PGE has
the No. 1 voluntary renewable energy program in the U.S. PGE is
committed to achieving at least an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions from power served to customers by 2030 and 100% reduction
by 2040. In 2021, PGE became the first U.S. utility to join The
Climate Pledge. For the eighth year in a row PGE achieved a perfect
score on the 2021 Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate
Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on
corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace
equality. In 2021, PGE, employees, retirees, and the PGE Foundation
donated $4.8 million and volunteered
15,760 hours with more than 300 nonprofits across Oregon. For more information visit
www.PortlandGeneral.com/news.
Media Contact:
Katie
Hale
Corporate Communications
Phone: 646-599-3296
Investor Contact:
Jardon
Jaramillo
Investor Relations
Phone: 503-464-7051
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