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02.20.07
New CEO Named at Summit Energy
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Summit Energy’s President, Steve Wilhite, was named President
and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Energy,
succeeding Jim Headlee who will continue as the company’s Chairman
of the Board.
Wilhite, a six-year employee of Summit Energy, has served as the
company’s President since 2002. “I continue to be excited
about the future at Summit. Our people, services and clients are all
world-class, and I am honored to be a part of this team. I look forward
to ongoing growth at Summit as we continue providing industry leading
energy management services to companies around the world. ”
“It gives me great personal pleasure to see this company led
by such a capable and honorable man,” says Headlee, who founded
Summit Energy in 1991, and has served as President and CEO since that
time. “One of the things I am humbled by is how capable our
people are. We have some of the most talented and trustworthy people
I know involved in our company. I believe that the leadership Steve
has already exhibited will continue into the future. ”
When Mr. Wilhite came to Summit Energy in 2001, he served as the
company’s executive vice president. Before joining Summit Energy,
Wilhite provided energy-consulting services to several Fortune 500
companies. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Marketing
and Operations for FPL Energy Services, Vice President of Marketing
for Duke-Louis Dreyfus and Manager of Energy for International Paper.
Wilhite received his MBA from Duke’s Fuqua Business School
and a bachelor ’s degree in Mathematics from Wheaton College.
About Summit Energy
Summit Energy is a pioneering provider of energy management services
for business and industry. Summit manages more than 9,000 industrial
and commercial sites, with a combined annual energy spend of more
than $12 billion, for clients in industries ranging from aerospace
and automotive to government, chemical, food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals,
healthcare and others. Its growing staff of more than 230 energy professionals
is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with additional offices
in Texas, Illinois, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany and The Netherlands.
Summit serves clients in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Singapore and Europe. For more information, visit www.summitenergy.com.
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