Retail Supplier Names New Senior Vice President

CenterPoint Energy announced that Joe Vortherms, who leads the company's growing unregulated natural gas sales and services business as vice president of Energy Services (CenterPoint Energy Services), has been named senior vice president of Energy Services.

Vortherms has been with CenterPoint Energy for more than 28 years and led the recent acquisitions of two retail energy services companies (Continuum Retail Energy Services and Atmos Energy Marketing), which increased CES's scale and geographic reach and expands its capabilities.

Prior to his current position, which he has held since November 2015, Vortherms served as CenterPoint's vice president of Gas Operations for Minnesota, where his responsibilities included gas utility operations and the company's Home Service Plus business.

Vortherms will report to Scott Prochazka, president and CEO of CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint also announced that Jason Ryan, currently vice president of Regulatory Legal, was named vice president of Regulatory and Government Affairs. While retaining his Regulatory Legal function, he will be responsible for Regulatory, Government Relations and Local Relations across the company's footprint.

Ryan, who has represented the company in regulatory and legislative matters for more than 15 years, will report to Dana O'Brien, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.