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Aaron Ahlburn

Managing Director and Senior Director, Research, JLL
Amy Gerber

Executive Managing Director, Business Incentives Practice, Cushman & Wakefield
Bill Luttrell

Senior Locations Strategist, Werner Global Logistics, Werner Enterprises
Bradley Migdal

Senior Managing Director, Business Incentives Practice, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Brian Corde

Managing Partner, Atlas Insight
Dan Levine

Practice Leader, Location Strategies and Economic Development, Oxford Economics, Inc.
Dan White

Senior Economist, Moody's Analytics
Dean J. Uminski, CEcD

Partner, Crowe Horwath
Dennis Cuneo

Partner , Fisher & Phillips
Eric Stavriotis

Senior Vice President, Advisory & Transaction Services, CBRE, Inc.
Gregory Burkart

Managing Director and City Leader, Site Selection & Incentives Advisory , Duff & Phelps, LLC
H. Robert Boehringer, III

Managing Director, Global Location & Expansion Services, KPMG
Josh Bays

Principal, Site Selection Group, LLC
Joshua Wright

VP, Economic and Workforce Development, Emsi
Kate Crowley

Principal & Negotiated incentives Practice Leader, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Les Cranmer

Senior Managing Director, Savills Studley
Marc Beauchamp

President & CEO, The CAI Global Group
Margy Sweeney

Founder and CEO, Akrete, Inc.
Minah Hall

Managing Director, True Partners Consulting LLC
Paul Naumoff

Principal, National Director of Tax Credits & Incentives Advisory Services, EY Global/Americas
Scott Kupperman

Founder, Kupperman Location Solutions
Stephen Gray

CEO, Gray Construction

A Message from the APPA Chair

Customer responsiveness, competitive pricing, and high service reliability are the legendary hallmarks of the over 2000 publicly owned electric utilities in communities across America.

Area Development Special Presentation

Dec/Jan 08

Customer responsiveness, competitive pricing, and high service reliability are the legendary hallmarks of the over 2000 publicly owned electric utilities in communities across America. Because public power utilities are directly accountable to their customer-owners only, they have an inbred reputation for listening and responding to customer needs.

Widely regarded as "thought leaders" in the development of national energy policy, APPA and its members are keenly aware of the emerging issues facing the electric utility industry. It is easy to find public power communities at the forefront of technological advances, energy efficiency, climate change strategies, and so many other major initiatives.

As a new or expanding electric customer in a public power community, you will enjoy personalized hometown service while knowing that your business is receiving the benefits of technologically advanced and prudently operated electric utility services. Many publicly owned utilities also provide water, wastewater, natural gas and advanced broadband services to their communities - providing your company with the convenience and efficiency of a "one-stop shopping" experience.

I encourage you to learn more about our community-owned utility systems and find out why so many business leaders are convinced that "Public Power is Good for Business."

Terry Huval
Chair, American Public Power Association Board of Directors
Director of Utilities, Lafayette Utilities System - Lafayette, Louisiana