The Edison Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to bringing the benefits of electricity to families, businesses, and industries worldwide. Furthering Thomas Alva Edison’s spirit of invention, the Foundation works to encourage a greater understanding of the production, delivery, and use of electric power to foster economic progress; to ensure a safe and clean environment, and to improve the quality of life for all people. The Edison Foundation provides knowledge, insight, and leadership to achieve its goals through research, conferences, grants, and other outreach activities. The Edison Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors of electric industry Chief Executives.
Edison Foundation Board
- Chair - Warner L. Baxter
Executive Chairman, Ameren Corporation
- Nicholas K. Akins
Executive Chair, American Electric Power
- Gerard Anderson
Executive Chair, DTE (ret.)
- Christopher Crane
Executive Chair, Exelon (ret.)
- Theodore F. Craver
Chairman, President & CEO, Edison International (ret.)
- Thomas A. Fanning
Executive Chair, Southern Company
- Ben Fowke
Executive Chair, Excel Energy (ret.)
- Lynn Good
Chair, President & CEO, Duke Energy
- Thomas R. Kuhn
President, Edison Electric Institute
- Pedro J. Pizarro
President & CEO, Edison International
- Maria Pope
President & CEO, Portland General Electric
- Patricia Vincent-Collawn
Chairman & CEO, PNM Resources
Edison Foundation Officers
- Thomas R. Kuhn
President
- Brian L. Wolff
Executive Vice President
- Emily Sanford Fisher
Executive Vice President
- Philip Dion
Senior Vice President
- Eric Holdsworth
Executive Director, Institute for the Energy Transition
- Adam Cooper
Executive Director, Institute for Electric Innovation
- Victoria Calderon
Corporate Secretary
- John S. Schlenker
Treasurer