A high-performing senior energy executive and successful tech startup founder, Kerrick Johnson serves as Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service. He had most recently served as Executive Advisor to Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) after having served as VELCO’s Chief Innovation and Communications Officer. Kerrick is a dynamic leader with a broad and deep network of effective working relationships across both the public and private sectors. His record is one of successful creation, development, and collaborative execution of innovative initiatives that deliver value and earn stakeholder trust. Having served in key leadership roles over the past decade of energy sector transformation, Kerrick is recognized as a seasoned, frequently provocative, public speaker, and thought leader who has catalyzed many creative energy sector conversations at diverse conferences, workshops, symposiums, and executive gatherings. Kerrick attended Vermont’s Johnson State College and served four years in the US Air Force as an airborne Russian linguist. Along with his wife Mary Ann, he lives in Middlesex, Vermont.