BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) today announced that Kimberly Joyce has been promoted to the newly created position of regulatory counsel and director of public and legislative affairs. The promotion is part of a reorganization that expands her former role.
In her new position, Joyce adds communications, community relations and the company’s charitable trust to her responsibilities for legislative affairs and regulatory counsel in which she leads the team that oversees all legislative policy at the federal and state levels, regulatory filings, and base rate cases. “It’s very important that our messaging across all audiences is aligned, so having adjoined these functions under one umbrella will be extremely beneficial,” said President and CEO Chris Franklin, to whom Joyce will report. “Kim has done a tremendous job for us managing our legislative and regulatory outreach and I look forward to having her lead our talented team of communications and public affairs professionals.”
Joyce, an attorney, spent five years with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) before joining Aqua in 2007. During her tenure at the PUC, she advised the commission on electric, gas and telecommunication matters and defended commission orders before state and federal courts. She previously clerked for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court President Judge James Gardner Colins and worked for Baker & Botts, LLP in their Washington, DC energy and natural resources office.
Joyce earned her J.D. at the University of Pittsburgh and both her B.A. in economics and M.B.A. from Villanova University. She serves on the board of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.
Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com for more information.
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