MAYURI (MAY) FARLINGER
President, Alliant Energy's Iowa energy company and Vice President, Operations
Mayuri (May) Farlinger is President of Alliant Energy's Iowa energy company and Vice President of Operations at Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT). She joined Alliant Energy as an intern in 2004. Since then, she has taken on a series of progressively more responsible roles with several teams across the company, including Finance, Audit, Regulatory, Account Management, Field Engineering, Customer Renewables, Revenue Management and Operations.
In 2024, May was named President of Alliant Energy's Iowa energy company and Vice President of Operations. In this role, she is responsible for growing Alliant Energy’s customer base in Iowa. This includes leading the company’s economic development, community engagement and account management groups. She also directs and provides leadership for regulatory activities and initiatives supporting electric and natural gas customers in Iowa. May is also responsible for directing and implementing the day-to-day delivery of gas and electric service, power plant operations in Iowa and working with the company’s Safety Blue Hat program across the state.
May is passionate about her community, volunteering her time through nonprofit board service with United Way of East Central Iowa, Indian Creek Nature Center and Corridor Women Connect. May’s involvement in the community extends to industry and state board activity. She is on the Cedar Rapids Economic Alliance Policy Board, Iowa Business Council Board of Directors, Iowa Utility Association Board of Directors and Midwest Energy Association Board of Directors.
May earned her bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Iowa and her MBA at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
KEVIN JAROSZ
Vice president, Black Hills Energy
Kevin Jarosz is vice president of Iowa and Nebraska operations for Black Hills Energy. Black Hills Energy is a customer focused, growth-oriented utility company with a tradition of improving life with energy and a vision to be the energy partner of choice. Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, the company serves 1.3 million natural gas and electric utility customers in eight states. With over 35 years of natural gas operations experience, Jarosz has led teams across Nebraska and Iowa ensuring safe, reliable service to about 468,000 customers in over 450 communities. Jarosz is a graduate of Bellevue University, and he is an advocate for community service and economic development, serving on numerous non-profit and economic development boards.
KELCEY BROWN
President and CEO, MidAmerican Energy Company
Kelcey Brown serves as MidAmerican Energy's president and CEO. MidAmerican provides electric and natural gas service to nearly 1.6 million customers in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a diverse and growing portfolio of power generating assets, as well as an expanding transmission and distribution infrastructure. Brown began her employment with the Berkshire Hathaway Energy family of businesses in 2011 when she joined PacifiCorp in Portland, Oregon. From 2011 to 2020, Brown served in various regulatory, commercial and operational roles, most recently as the vice president of energy supply management, where she was responsible for the energy imbalance market analytics, policy research, contract administration and short-term load forecasting. Prior to joining PacifiCorp, Brown was a senior economist at the Oregon Public Utility Commission and an economist at Blackfoot Telecommunications. On January 26, 2021, she assumed the role of president and CEO at MidAmerican. Brown graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in regulatory economics, and she served in the U.S. Navy for five years, with most of her enlistment on board the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.
DUSKY TERRY
President of ITC Midwest and vice president, ITC Holdings Corp.
Dusky Terry is president of ITC Midwest and vice president, ITC Holdings Corp. In this role, Mr. Terry serves as the business unit head, providing leadership and strategic direction for ITC Midwest.
A lifelong Iowan, Mr. Terry spent the first half of his career in the public policy arena before joining Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO), an electric generation and transmission cooperative, in 2008, as public affairs strategist. He was promoted to vice president in 2013 and led a team responsible for CIPCO’s business development, wholesale ratemaking, and marketing/energy efficiency programs. More recently, his responsibilities expanded to include long-term resource planning where he played a key role in the deployment of CIPCO’s recent utility-scale solar projects.
Prior to his tenure with CIPCO, he served in Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s office as an adviser working to advance the Governor’s policy agenda specializing in agriculture, economic development, energy, transportation, and natural resource policy.
An active community volunteer, Mr. Terry previously served two terms as mayor of Earlham, Iowa. He also held leadership positions on the Better Business Bureau of Iowa Board, Madison County Development Group Board, and Greater Madison County Community Foundation Board.
Mr. Terry is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in public administration.