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ACORE Announces 2026 Board Chair, Leadership, and New Members

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ACORE announced its 2026 Board class and the appointment of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s Pat Reiten as Board chair. Alongside Pat as new chair, the following individuals will also serve in leadership positions on the Board. 

  • Chair: Pat Reiten, Senior Vice President, Public Policy — Berkshire Hathaway Energy 
  • Vice Chair: Meghan Schultz, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer — Invenergy 
  • Treasurer / Finance Committee Chair: Steve Ryder, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer — Clearway Energy 
  • Secretary: Shannon Kellogg, VP of AWS Public Policy – Americas, Amazon Web Services — Amazon 
  • Development Committee Chair: Mit Buchanan, Managing Director — JP Morgan 
  • Governance Committee Chair: Elizabeth Kaiga, Chief Commercial Officer For Energy Systems — DNV 

The following have also joined the ACORE Board of Directors: 

  • Frank Palladino, Vice President, Offsite Energy Investments — Walmart 
  • Melissa Shute, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs — RWE 
  • Phil Musser, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs — NextEra Energy 
  • Ray Wood, Chairman, Natural Resources & Energy Transition — Bank of America 

“ACORE plays a significant role in advancing the key role clean energy investment has in meeting customer needs and the country’s strategic aims; the strength of its membership and impact across the energy industry is substantial. I’m honored to serve as ACORE’s new Board chair and look forward to working alongside the many companies and individuals leading American clean energy development,” said Pat Reiten, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Berkshire Hathaway Energy. 

“At this time of massive and unprecedented electric demand growth, we’re grateful to have this group of professionals serve on ACORE’s Board of Directors,” said ACORE President and CEO Ray Long. “The Board, like our membership, includes a diverse set of interests representing the institutions that are financing, developing, building, buying, manufacturing, and operating the US electric energy system. Their leadership and expertise will help drive policy analysis and research, the bedrock of ACORE’s work, particularly as we move through this important era for American energy.” 

For more information and a full list of ACORE’s Board of Directors, please visit https://acore.org/about/board-of-directors/. 

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About ACORE: 
ACORE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that operates at the intersection of affordability, reliability, and clean energy deployment.  Our work is focused on stabilizing energy prices, strengthening the electric grid, and driving investment in cost-effective technologies to ensure that clean energy delivers for people, businesses, and the U.S. economy.   

ACORE’s membership includes clean energy investors, developers, energy buyers, power generators, manufacturers, and energy providers.  In 2024, nearly 80% of the booming utility-scale domestic clean energy growth was financed, developed, owned, equipped, or contracted by ACORE members. 

Media Contacts: 
Sophie Stover 
communications@acore.org