Regulatory attorney assumes new responsibilities
BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today announced that Kimberly Joyce has
been promoted to the newly created position of regulatory counsel and
director of public and legislative affairs. The promotion is part of a
reorganization that expands her former role.
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Kim Joyce has been promoted to regulatory counsel and director of public and legislative affairs for Aqua America. (Photo: Business Wire)
In her new position, Joyce adds communications, community relations and
the company's charitable trust to her responsibilities for legislative
affairs and regulatory counsel in which she leads the team that oversees
all legislative policy at the federal and state levels, regulatory
filings, and base rate cases. "It's very important that our messaging
across all audiences is aligned, so having adjoined these functions
under one umbrella will be extremely beneficial," said President and CEO
Chris Franklin, to whom Joyce will report. "Kim has done a tremendous
job for us managing our legislative and regulatory outreach and I look
forward to having her lead our talented team of communications and
public affairs professionals."
Joyce, an attorney, spent five years with the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission (PUC) before joining Aqua in 2007. During her tenure
at the PUC, she advised the commission on electric, gas and
telecommunication matters and defended commission orders before state
and federal courts. She previously clerked for Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Court President Judge James Gardner Colins and worked for Baker & Botts,
LLP in their Washington, DC energy and natural resources office.
Joyce earned her J.D. at the University of Pittsburgh and both her B.A.
in economics and M.B.A. from Villanova University. She serves on the
board of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.
Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water
utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua
America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com
for more information.
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Aqua America, Inc.
Donna Alston
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