HOUSTON, May 28, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) announced today
the election of two new independent directors, Warner L. Baxter and Jo-ann dePass Olsovsky, to
the company's Board of Directors at the 2024 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, as well as the appointment of Doyle N. Beneby as the new independent Chairman
of the Board.
Doyle Beneby, Quanta Services'
independent Chairman of the Board, commented, "We are pleased to
welcome Warner and Jo-ann to the Quanta Services Board of
Directors. Warner brings extensive experience as a senior executive
and director at a publicly traded regulated electric power and
natural gas utility and will provide valuable customer- and
industry-based insights to the board. Jo-ann brings to the Board
extensive experience leading information technology, advanced
technologies, large-scale systems implementation,
telecommunications, field operations, and cybersecurity management
functions as the chief information officer of large publicly traded
and private companies in the technology and regulated industries.
We look forward to working with Warner and Jo-ann and welcome the
perspectives they will provide to Quanta's board and to the
company."
Mr. Baxter previously served as Executive Chairman, from
January 2022 to November 2023, and as Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, from 2014 through January 2022 of Ameren Corporation, a publicly
traded regulated electric and gas utility company serving customers
in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Baxter also served as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Edison Electric
Institute, an association representing all U.S. investor-owned
electric companies, from June 2022 to June 2023 and as
Vice Chairman from 2020 to June 2022. He also served as the
Chair of the Electric Power Research Institute, a leading,
independent not-for-profit research and development organization,
from April 2017 until April 2018. Mr. Baxter has served as a
director of U.S. Bancorp, a bank holding company, since 2015.
Ms. dePass Olsovsky most recently served as the Executive
Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Salesforce.com,
Inc., a publicly traded cloud-based software company, from
February 2018 to August 2022 where she led the Salesforce,
Tableau, Slack, and Mulesoft global technology functions supporting
all internal systems, including cloud applications, large programs,
network connectivity, cyber operations, and M&A systems
integrations. Prior to Salesforce, she served in various leadership
roles at BNSF Railway, a large North American freight railroad
network, from 2006 until 2018, including as Senior Vice-President
and Chief Information Officer leading their technology function.
Ms. dePass Olsovsky also has served as a director for Canadian
National Railway Company, a publicly traded freight railway
headquartered in Canada serving
customers in Canada, the United States and Mexico, since October
2021.
About Quanta Services
Quanta Services is a leading
specialized contracting services company, delivering comprehensive
infrastructure solutions for the utility, renewable energy,
communications, pipeline and energy industries. Quanta's
comprehensive services include designing, installing, repairing and
maintaining energy and communications infrastructure. With
operations throughout the United
States, Canada,
Australia and select other
international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and
expertise to safely complete projects that are local, regional,
national or international in scope. For more information, visit
www.quantaservices.com.
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