CANCELED – 2020 Speaker Series – Patti Poppe

We regret to announce that the South Haven Speakers Series has canceled its 2020 presentations because of the COVID-19 crisis.

Clean Energy Future Without Fossil Fuel

Patti Poppe, familiar to many area residents as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Consumers Energy, will speak on Thursday, September 24, on the path to a clean energy future and consumers energy goal of a triple bottom line based on people, the planet, and prosperity.

Patti Poppe was elected President and CEO of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility. Consumers Energy provides electricity and natural gas to 6.7 million of Michigan’s 10 million Lower Peninsula residents.

Poppe held a variety of automotive management positions and served as power plant director at Detroit, Michigan based DTE Energy before returning to her hometown of Jackson to join Consumers Energy in 2011. She earned a master’s degree in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

At a time of unprecedented change in the energy industry, Poppe has focused on connecting the company more closely with its customers and adapting lean operating system principles. She also has led the company’s commitment to a triple bottom line in service of people, the planet and prosperity.

All presentations will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in Listiak Auditorium at South Haven High School, 600 Elkenburg Street, South Haven.

Admission is $10, students free.