PPL General Manager Named Successor

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced Friday (9/28) that its vice president of Human Resources plans to retire.

Ron Schwarz, who has served as the company’s vice president of Human Resources for five years, will stay on through early January in a transitional role. Stephen R. Russo, who came to PPL as general manager of Human Resources in December of last year, will take over as vice president of the organization on Oct. 8.

“We thank Ron for the excellent work he has done over the past five years, directing the activities of this essential part of our business and for his leadership in developing and recruiting the talent that has allowed us to continue to grow PPL,” said James H. Miller, PPL chairman, president and chief executive officer.

“One of Ron’s important accomplishments was bringing Steve Russo to PPL. Steve’s 30 years of experience in a wide range of business operations and the strategic thinking he has exhibited since joining PPL make him an ideal person to continue to develop our human resources capabilities,” Miller said. “I’m also pleased that Ron has agreed to stay on for a period of time to help Steve with the transition.”

Russo came to PPL from USEC Inc. of Bethesda, Md., which supplies enriched uranium fuel to nuclear power plants, where he served as director of Human Resources Planning and Operations. Before joining USEC, Russo was a vice president of Human Resources at ABB Inc. (Asea Brown Boveri).

Russo earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Connecticut and has completed numerous executive education courses.

Schwarz came to PPL in April 2002 with 25 years of human resources experience in the energy and railroad industries. He served in human resources executive positions at PSEG Power, GPU Nuclear and Conrail. Schwarz earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Monmouth College in West Long Branch, N.J., and a master’s in public administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, N.J.
 
PPL Corporation, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.

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