Investor Presentaiton
Investor Fact Book October 2023 | Xcel Energy
Patricia Correa
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Employee Services,
Chief Human Resources Officer
Patricia Correa is senior vice president, Human Resources & Employee Services and
Chief Human Resources Officer. Her areas of responsibility include Human Resources,
Workforce Relations, Safety, Enterprise Learning and Technical Training, Aviation
Services, Property Services, and Corporate Giving.
Patricia joined Xcel Energy's leadership team in 2022 after serving as senior vice
president, Human Resources, for the Industrial Sector at Eaton. In this role, Patricia was
responsible for owning and leading programs that build the organizational capabilities and
effectiveness of the sector, shaping an inclusive and trusting culture, and architecting
programs that develop leadership capabilities and the talent pipeline.
Patricia has extensive experience building high-performance teams and is a pragmatic
business leader with a proven track record in leading and supporting large and
complex organizations. Prior to joining Eaton, Patricia was senior director, Talent and
Organizational Development, for Kellogg's, where she led strategic imperatives for the
regions including talent, leadership development, change management and culture-
building programs. She also worked for Pepsi Americas, Inc., for nearly nine years,
where she held various strategic human resources roles of increasing responsibility.
Patricia holds a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from The University of Illinois at Chicago
and has continued to expand her learning through post-graduate courses in strategic
leadership, organizational development and human resources management.
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Peter Gardner
Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Peter (Pete) Gardner was appointed senior vice president and chief nuclear officer
for Xcel Energy in March 2020. He is responsible for Xcel Energy's nuclear strategic
direction, business plans, finance and operations in the various operating jurisdictions for
the company. Currently that includes corporate, the operations of Monticello and Prairie
Island Nuclear Generating plants, decommissioning and nuclear fuel storage.
Gardner joined Xcel Energy in October 2013, as the director of site operations for
the Monticello plant. He held the position of vice president of nuclear fleet ops
governance & oversight & performance improvement from 2017 to 2020 and held the
position of Monticello vice president from January 2014 until 2017.
Pete has more than 36 years of diverse experience in the nuclear industry. Prior to
Xcel Energy, he held the positions of plant manager, operations director and several
other management roles at Exelon Corporation. He performed an on-loan rotation from
Exelon to the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and acted as an organizational team
leader, visiting several domestic plants.
Gardner graduated from Saint Joseph's University with an MBA in Finance, and also
from Widener University with a BS in Engineering, and from Penn State University with
a degree in Nuclear Engineering. He received a Senior Reactor Operator License from
Limerick Generating Station and serves on several industry committees.View entire presentation