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Corporate Officers
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Corporate Officers
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Jorge J. Lopez
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jorge J. Lopez serves as President and CEO of ConEdison Solutions. Mr. Lopez, who joined ConEdison Solutions in 2002, most recently served as Senior Vice President of Retail Commodity and Energy Services, where he was responsible for development and leadership of the company’s Energy Services and Retail Commodity divisions. He formerly also held the position of the Vice President of Sales.
An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Lopez had previously served as Director of Sales, power quality/reliability and distributed generation for Chevron Energy Solutions, an energy services company based in San Francisco. Prior to his tenure at Chevron, he held a variety of management positions at New Jersey-based PSE&G.
Mr. Lopez holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Mark Glucksman
Vice President, Finance & Accounting
Mark Glucksman serves as Vice President for Finance and Accounting for Competitive Shared Services, a unit of Consolidated Edison, Inc., where he manages the financial and accounting functions, and plays a leadership role in business planning and strategy development for all of Con Edison’s competitive energy businesses, including ConEdison Solutions.
Previously, Mr. Glucksman served as Controller for Competitive Shared Services and prior to that was Controller for ConEdison Solutions. Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Glucksman served as Manager, Natural Gas Division at RAD Energy, in Purchase, NY. He also held positions of increasing responsibility at KeySpan Energy in Brooklyn and was a Vice President at Shearson Lehman Brothers in New York City.
Mr. Glucksman holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Paul F. Mapelli
Vice President & General Counsel
Paul F. Mapelli was named Vice President & General Counsel of ConEdison Solutions effective January 1, 2007. Mr. Mapelli was most recently an Assistant General Counsel in the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) Law Department, where he was primarily responsible for providing legal services to CECONY’s affiliate, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R). He was hired by O&R in 1992 and transferred to the CECONY Law Department following the July 1999 acquisition of O&R by Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Mr. Mapelli has been the corporate Secretary of the competitive energy businesses of Consolidated Edison, Inc. since July 2002.
Mr. Mapelli received a Bachelor of Science degree from Herbert H. Lehman College and is a NYS Registered Nurse. He received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York. He is also a member of the Rockland County Empire Zone Administrative Board.
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James J. Dixon
Vice President, Energy Services
Mr. Dixon serves as ConEdison Solutions’ Vice President of Energy Services. He previously served as Vice President and General Counsel responsible for all legal services for ConEdison Solutions. Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Dixon had over ten years experience with the Consolidated Edison Company of New York (CECONY) in its law department’s Nuclear Regulatory and Commercial Litigation sections. He also served as legal counsel for ConEdison Solutions from January 1998 until August 2002 and as Assistant Corporate Secretary for CECONY from August 2002 until joining ConEdison Solutions in his present capacity in January 2004.
Mr. Dixon is also a registered professional engineer in New York State and worked for CECONY as an electrical engineer for a number of years. In addition, Mr. Dixon is retired from the United States Army Reserve with the rank of Major. During his service in the Reserve, he commanded a Combat Heavy Engineer Company, was Executive Officer for an Engineer Battalion and is an honors graduate of both the basic and advanced officer courses at the United States Army Engineer School.
Mr. Dixon received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and his J.D. from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York and Washington D.C. and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association serving on its Public Utility Committee.
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Karen L. Nikischer, Esq.
Vice President, Human Resources
Karen L. Nikischer serves as Vice President of Human Resources for Competitive Shared Services, a unit of Consolidated Edison, Inc., where she manages human resource services for all of ConEdison’s non-regulated subsidiaries, including ConEdison Solutions. She oversees compensation and performance measurement systems, organizational structure development, human resource and benefits administration, training and development, and recruitment and retention.
Prior to joining Competitive Shared Services, Ms. Nikischer was Managing Director of Central Services for ConEdison Solutions and managed the human resources, administrative services and contract administration departments. She has also held positions in customer operations, labor relations and employee benefits at Consolidated Edison Company of New York (CECONY).
Ms. Nikischer is a member of the New York State Bar Association. Her business affiliations include the Society for Human Resource Management, the Human Resource Planning Society and the Business Council of Westchester.
Ms. Nikischer holds a law degree from New York Law School, an MBA in Management from Fordham University, and a BA in Journalism from New York University.
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Michael Perna
Vice President, Business Development
Michael Perna is responsible for managing the growth strategy and business expansion initiatives for ConEdison Solutions including all product development and tactical planning in support of the Retail Commodity and Energy Services businesses. In addition, he will lead the marketing and communications functions including brand management, advertising, lead generation and media relations for the company.
Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Perna was a principal at Energized Strategies II, LLC, a management consulting firm providing market strategy, product/service launch, and project management consulting for clients. Earlier in his career, Mr. Perna spent nearly 15 years at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a Fortune 250 energy company. There he held positions of increasing responsibility in a variety of functional areas including sales, marketing, and customer operations.
In 1993, Mr. Perna was awarded an Industrial Program Fellowship in Customer Systems at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Washington, DC. Other professional recognition includes the PSEG Corporate Excellence Award, which he received in 1994 and 1997.
Mr. Perna holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Thomas Ringwald
Vice President, Customer Operations
Thomas Ringwald is responsible for Customer Service, Administrative Services, and Information Technology infrastructure and maintenance including the creation and maintenance of customer billing and information systems. Mr. Ringwald's responsibilities also include customer care, mass market customer acquisition, credit and collections, and contract administration.
Prior to joining ConEdison Solutions, Mr. Ringwald managed and directed all credit related support functions at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. He provided project management for the installation of a virtual call center telephone switch to serve over 3.2 million customers. Prior to that, he held various positions of increased responsibility in both Customer and Central Operations.
Mr. Ringwald holds an MS in Energy Management and an advanced certificate in Environmental Energy Management from the New York Institute of Technology. He completed an Executive Education program at Columbia University and received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Mercy College. Mr. Ringwald is currently an active member of the National Energy Marketers Association and the Edison Electric Institute.
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Christine A. Nevin
Director, Business and Media Relations
Christine A. Nevin serves as Business and Media Relations Director with ConEdison Solutions. In more than 25 years in the utility industry, Ms. Nevin has worked on both the regulated and deregulated sides of the business.
As corporate spokesperson and primary media contact, Ms. Nevin develops relationships and coordinates interaction with the media as well as professional and business organizations for the Company. She also advises senior staff on all issues relating to positioning and customer relationships, develops and directs executive participation in seminars and conferences, plans and manages corporate events, and develops and maintains related interaction within the Con Edison family of companies.
Ms. Nevin previously served in a number of capacities of increasing responsibility at Con Edison including Account Executive, Energy Services Marketing Manager, and Customer Service Manager.
Ms. Nevin received her BA in psychology from Marymount Manhattan College and has participated in advanced management programs at Emory University and University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She serves on the New York City Investment Fund board, as Vice President of the Alumni Advisory Council for Marymount Manhattan College and was a director of the Association of Junior Leagues International.
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