CenterPoint Energy Senior Vice President of External Affairs Michael Roeder has been promoted to a new leadership position for the company.
The Evansville native was named president of the Houston-based company’s Indiana service area, a newly created role, the utility said in a news release. CenterPoint Energy serves more than 775,000 gas customers and more than 150,000 electric customers in Indiana.
“Providing secure and reliable energy to the communities and customers in Indiana is an enormous honor for all of us at CenterPoint,” CEO Jason Wells said written remarks. “We also understand how important it is to be a positive force for good as a local business and have local leadership present and engaging with customers—large and small—as well as policymakers and regulators.”
Roeder joined Centerpoint Energy in 2019 as vice president of state and governmental affairs and for the past 16 months has served as senior vice president of external affairs, according to his LinkedIn profile. He previously served as vice president of government affairs and president of Vectren North for nearly 20 years.
Evansville-based Vectren merged with Centerpoint Energy in 2019.
“I’ve spent most of my career working to help meet the energy needs of Hoosiers,” Roeder said. “As an Evansville native, it’s a true privilege to take on this new leadership role.”
Roeder serves on the board of directors for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Energy Association, Evansville Regional Business Committee, Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute and the University of Southern Indiana Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana and a master’s degree from Ball State University.