NYISO Names Vikki L. Pryor to Board of Directors

RENSSELAER, NY (12/18/2013)(readMedia)-- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today the unanimous selection of Vikki L. Pryor to its board of directors, effective January 2014.

The selection of Ms. Pryor is the result of the NYISO's stakeholder process in which representatives from each market sector, engaged in the shared governance of the NYISO, conducted a nationwide search and recommended potential directors to the board.

"Vikki Pryor has an extensive and diverse background in business and law. Her leadership experience in the corporate world and the not-for-profit sector will bring much valued perspective to the work of the NYISO board of directors," said Bob Hiney, chairman of the board.

Ms. Pryor is principal and founder of Change Create Transform, a thought leadership company that helps mission-driven organizations achieve exceptional results. She has served as chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of Greater New York, president and chief executive officer of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. and senior vice president of Operations at Oxford Health Plans in Connecticut.

Prior to her business career, she was a trial attorney with the Office of the Chief Counsel for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in Chicago.

Ms. Pryor serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of the University at Buffalo Law School. She previously served on the boards of Keyspan Corporation, UST Corporation, Life Insurance Council of New York, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the Small Business and Agricultural Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the New York Women's Forum and the Partnership for New York City.

Ms. Pryor earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and education. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The vacancy on the board was created by the departure of Anastasia Song, who had served on the NYISO board of directors since April 2012.

The NYISO board is a diverse body comprised of members with backgrounds in the electric power industry, finance, academics, technology, communications and the law. The board is required by the NYISO's federally approved tariffs to be independent and unaffiliated with any participant in the NYISO markets.