PLUG POWER INC (PLUG)
Sector: Industrials
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Industrials
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for PLUG
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLUG | Director | 69 | ["Senior member of Barclay Damon, LLP's energy and telecommunications Regulatory Practice Area","Solo practitioner providing regulatory advice","Advising international energy, telecommunications and industrial companies","Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission (1998 to 2003)","Commissioner of the PSC (1997 to 1998)","General Counsel to PSC (1995 to 1997)","Positions in the New York Legislature including Counsel to the Senate Energy Committee","Board member of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority","Vice Chair of the Electricity Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners"] | ["Audit","Corporate Governance and Nominating (Chair)","Regulatory Affairs (Chair)"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Maureen O. Helmer has been a director of the Company since 2004. Ms. Helmer worked at the law firm Barclay Damon, LLP until 2021 as a senior member of the firm's energy and telecommunications Regulatory Practice Area and then spent time as a solo practitioner providing regulatory advice to a major telecommunications/cable company. Prior to this time, Ms. Helmer was a member of Green & Seifter Attorneys, PLLC. From 2003 through 2006, she practiced as a partner in the law firm of Couch White, LLP and then as a solo practitioner. Ms. Helmer has advised international energy, telecommunications and industrial companies on policy and government affairs issues. In addition to serving as Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission ( PSC ) from 1998 to 2003, Ms. Helmer also served as Chair of the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment. Prior to her appointment as Chair, Ms. Helmer served as Commissioner of the PSC from 1997 until 1998 and was General Counsel to PSC from 1995 through 1997. From 1984 through 1995, Ms. Helmer held several positions in the New York Legislature, including Counsel to the Senate Energy Committee. She also served as a board member of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State Environmental Board and the New York State Disaster Preparedness Commission during her tenure as Chair of the PSC from 1996 to 2003. In addition, she was Vice Chair of the Electricity Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners ( NARUC ) and a member of the NARUC Board of Directors. She was also appointed to serve as a member of the New York State Cyber-Security Task Force. She formerly served as a board member of the Center for Internet Security from 2012 to 2016, the Center for Economic Growth from 2008 to 2016, and New York Women in Communications and Energy from 1990 to 2016. Ms. Helmer earned a B.S. from the State University at Albany and a J.D. from the University of Buffalo Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York. We believe Ms. Helmer's qualifications to sit on our Board include her long history of experience with energy regulation, policy and government affairs, and advising energy and industrial companies.