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Evergy Announces Senior Executive Leadership Changes
Lesley Elwell Named Chief Human Resources Officer; Greg Greenwood Named Chief Strategy Officer KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Evergy, Inc. (NYSE: EVRG)
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLesley Elwell Named Chief Human Resources Officer; Greg Greenwood Named Chief Strategy Officer\n\n KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEvergy, Inc. (NYSE: EVRG) today announced Lesley Elwell will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, Elwell will lead Evergy’s Human Resources organization, with an emphasis on talent strategy, employee engagement, organizational development and performance management. She will report to David Campbell, Evergy’s President and Chief Executive Officer.\n\n“Lesley’s proven leadership will be invaluable to Evergy,” said David Campbell, Evergy President and Chief Executive Officer. “She brings deep expertise and experience in leadership development, change management, diversity and inclusion, organizational excellence, HR analytics and employee engagement. She has a demonstrated track record of driving high performance and I’m excited to have her join the Evergy team.”\n\nElwell joins Evergy with more than 25 years of experience holding human resources and operations leadership roles for large, publicly traded companies in consumer and business-to-business industries, including Walmart, DIRECTV and Sprint. Currently she serves as Chief People Officer at Kansas City-based JE Dunn, one of the largest commercial construction firms in the United States. In that role, she helped transform JE Dunn’s human resource function and developed a workforce strategy to align with key strategic business priorities.\n\n“I can’t imagine a more exciting time to join Evergy,” Lesley Elwell said. “Over the next decade our company will experience a period of ongoing change given the innovative and evolving dynamics of our industry. I am honored to join the Evergy team as the company helps to lead the industry through this strategic transformation.”\n\nElwell currently serves on the Board of Directors at Starlight Theatre, Kansas City Global Design and Tecta America, a commercial nationwide roofing company. She holds a Master of Engineering Management from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Universidad Nacional Experimental Del Tachira in Venezuela.\n\nElwell succeeds Jerl Banning, who left the Company in May 2021.\n\nIn addition, Evergy announced today that Greg Greenwood, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Admini...