CONTACT: LaVerne Kyriss, 720-962-7051,
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LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Western’s Administrator Mike Hacskaylo announced today the selection of Harrison Pease as the agency’s new chief financial officer.
Pease currently serves as resource management director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Southwestern Division in Dallas, Texas. A certified government financial manager, Pease previously was the resource management deputy director for Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He began his Federal career as a contract auditor and served in various financial leadership positions within the U.S. Army Europe’s Resource Management organization and as the budget officer for the Defense Reconstruction Assistance Office in Kuwait following Desert Storm.
Pease holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, an MBA and a master’s in strategic studies. He joins Western Oct. 8.
Western Area Power Administration is one of four Federal power marketing administrations. The agency annually markets and transmits more than 10,000 megawatts of power from 55 hydropower plants owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 15 central and western states. Western’s wholesale customers include cities and town, rural electric cooperatives, public utility and irrigation districts, Indian tribes and other nonprofit entities.
Western’s Chief Financial Officer provides leadership to a staff of accounting, budget and systems management staff responsible for providing financial guidance and direction for Western’s $ 850 million program.