CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

57 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2018 USA LYNN GOOD CEO of Duke Energy ABOUT LYNN GOOD Lynn Good is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy, one of America’s largest energy holding companies. Under her leadership, Duke Energy has intensified its focus on serving its customers and communities well today while leading the way to a cleaner, smarter energy future. Before becoming CEO in 2013, she served as Duke Energy’s chief financial officer and earlier led the company’s commercial energy businesses during its initial development of renewable energy projects. She began her utility career in 2003 with Cincinnati-based Cinergy, which merged with Duke Energy three years later. Prior to 2003, she was a partner at two international accounting firms, including a long career with Arthur Andersen. Fortune magazine lists Good as 11th among the “Most Powerful Women in Business” and Forbes magazine calls her one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” In 2016, she became the first regulated utility CEO designated as a LinkedIn Influencer – an online thought-leadership program. Under Good’s leadership, Duke Energy is embracing new technologies and forward-thinking strategies that strengthen the company’s environmental stewardship. In addition to developing industry-leading solutions for managing coal ash, Duke Energy will invest $11 billion in cleaner energy generation over the next decade. Since 2005, the company has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 31 percent. In 2017, Duke Energy was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 12th straight year. Duke Energy has paid a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock for 92 consecutive years. Duke Energy has also been named to the Forbes list of “America’s Best Employers,” and recognized by Fortune as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” in the electric and gas utilities industry. Good is a member of the Boeing board of directors and serves on its audit and finance committees. She is vice chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a board member of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and a member of the Business Roundtable. Good serves on the advisory committee of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and is on the board of the Foundation for the Carolinas. Good holds Bachelor of Science degrees in systems analysis and accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She and her husband, Brian, live in Charlotte, N.C FIRM PROFILE Duke Energy, one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States, supplies and delivers electric services to approximately 7.5 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas services to approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky andTennessee. Its commercial business operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 125 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. What we do: We are one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States, supplying and delivering electricity to approximately 7.4 million U.S. customers. We have approximately 52,700 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas, the Midwest and Florida – and natural gas distribution services serving more than 1.5 million customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Our commercial business owns and operates diverse power generation assets in North America, including a portfolio of renewable energy assets. www.duke-energy.com