NiSource announces leadership team changes and appointments

NiSource (NI) announced the appointment of Michael Luhrs to the NiSource executive leadership team, along with a reconfiguration of leadership responsibilities for several others on that team. Michael Luhrs will become executive vice president of strategy and risk and NiSource’s Chief Commercial Officer. Michael Luhrs is joining NiSource’s executive leadership team on March 27 as executive vice president of strategy and risk and the company’s Chief Commercial Cfficer. Luhrs will oversee economic development, strategy and risk management, sustainability, customer experience, corporate insurance and energy supply and optimization. Luhrs joins NiSource from Alliant Energy (LNT), where he served as senior vice president of customer experience and strategy. Prior to that, he served as vice president of integrated grid strategy and solutions and vice president of market strategy and solutions at Duke Energy. Coinciding with these changes, Shawn Anderson, currently senior vice president of risk and Chief Strategy Officer, will move into the role of executive vice president and CFO. Donald Brown, NiSource’s current CFO, will assume the role of executive vice president and Chief Iinnovation Officer, replacing Melody Birmingham, who has been named as the company’s executive vice president NiSource, and group president, NiSource utilities. In that role, Birmingham will lead the company’s six-state gas and electric business segments.