28 Aug Bethany Owen
Bethany serves as the President, CEO, and Chair of the Board of Directors of ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE), having been elected CEO of the Company in February of 2020. Since joining the Company as an attorney in 2002, Bethany has served in various roles, including President of Superior Water, Light, and Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, for more than six years. Bethany’s other positions at ALLETE include having overall responsibility for the Company’s legal, information, and operations technology strategy, cyber security, and human resources departments. Prior to joining ALLETE, Bethany served for four years as a legislative aide in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. She also practiced law in the Twin Cities with a national law firm, a multinational food company, and start-up and publicly traded companies in the telecommunications industry. Bethany has served on a variety of community and non-profit boards, including the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and Habitat for Humanity, and she currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Minnesota Foundation.