LISA D. JOHNSON

CEO and general manager, Seminole Electric Cooperative, TAMPA

Seminole, headquartered in Tampa, is one of the nation’s largest generation and transmission cooperatives, supplying wholesale power to its nine members, a group that includes some of the largest distribution cooperatives in the United States. Its energy supplies 2 million customers in parts of 42 Florida counties. Johnson took over the top job at Seminole Electric in 2013 after serving as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Old Dominion Electric Cooperative in Glen Allen, Va., since 2011. She was named one of Virginia’s most influential women in 2012. Before Old Dominion, she was with Mirant and Southern Co. Johnson has a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke University. Johnson’s a director of the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, a trustee of Averett University, secretary/treasurer of the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group and a director of the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association.