Manager of Meteorology March 2023 Bill Morris is the Manager of Meteorology at ACES, where he manages the weather desk. The weather desk provides forecasts for the current day through the next major season, including wind and solar forecasts with internally developed models. The team works closely with ACES’ data scientists and portfolio modeling team …
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Derek Waite
Executive Director of Origination January 2023 As Executive Director of Origination at ACES, Derek Waite interacts with various market participants such as power marketing firms, renewable developers, IOUs, and merchant generators to identify various products available in the market to support ACES Members’ and Customers’ portfolios. “There’s no one solution, so we’re always trying to …
Kris Swetz
Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy December 2022 A Minnesota girl at heart, Kristina Swetz grew up near the Mississippi River where she has fond memories of fishing with her dad, as well as swimming, ice skating, hiking, and biking with friends. Today, she owns 83 acres of land near the Hoosier National Forest that she …
Rob Guernsey
Systems Administrator October 2022 As a Systems Administrator, Rob Guernsey works on the back end of ACES’ servers to make sure everything runs smoothly, while diagnosing any issues that may occur. This includes handling SharePoint security for ACES and the National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO), patching electronic file transfer (EFT) servers, and resolving department application …
Erin Ellenberger
Senior Quantitative Analyst September 2022 Not everyone can work with numbers day in and day out, but for Erin Ellenberger, ACES Senior Quantitative Analyst, that is exactly what she enjoys doing. Erin is a 2018 graduate of Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) who majored in applied statistics with a minor in economics. She was …
Demetria Neither
Human Resources Specialist September 2022 Demetria Neither, Human Resources Specialist, has been assisting ACES employees for over a decade, although her official tenure with ACES began in 2014. She previously worked at ACES as a contract employee looking to fulfill her interests in Human Resources. While Demetria now holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources, …
Brenda Hopkins
Director of Market Settlements, West July 2022 Many know Brenda Hopkins as a long-time Settlements employee, but she has worked in other departments during her dedicated years at ACES. Brenda first interviewed for an hourly trader position after being told about the opening by a high school contact who was working at ACES. She also spent a …
Cris Miller
Cris Miller – Senior Administrative Assistant June 2022 Like many others, Cris Miller’s path to ACES is full of twists and turns. She’s had experience as a veterinarian technician, a data specialist, in accounting, and even as a correctional officer for Indiana Department of Corrections. “I met my husband in prison – fortunately, neither of us were inmates!” she …
Crystal Pippens
Senior Trading Control Analyst April 2022 In 2004, Crystal Pippens was working as a bankruptcy legal representative and faced with a choice of having to relocate to Missouri or finding a new job. A life-long Indianapolis native, Crystal decided against moving and utilized a temp agency to help her find a new opportunity in Indianapolis. Shortly afterward, she began as …
Lori Spence
Associate General Counsel and Director of Corporate Compliance January 2022 Lori Spence is ACES’ Associate General Counsel and Director of Corporate Compliance.Like many at ACES, Lori’s journey has been full of twists and turns, and where she is now is not necessarily where she anticipated she would be. Lori wanted to become an Indiana State Trooper when …