The board of directors of Ameren Corporation announced that Kimberly J. Harris has been elected to the Ameren board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Harris brings extensive senior leadership experience to the Ameren board of directors.

She is the former chief executive officer and president of Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Washington State's utility serving more than 1.5 million customers across 10 counties. During her 9-year tenure as CEO at PSE, she fostered a strong company culture focused on safety and increasing value for customers and investors. Before being named CEO of PSE, Harris served as executive vice president and chief resource officer.

In this role, she guided the expansion of the company's energy efficiency program and led operations of the company's wind power facilities, which, at the time, was the nation's second-largest utility owned and operated wind farm. Harris earned a Juris Doctor from Arizona State University and Bachelor of Arts in political science from San Diego State University.