The Board of Directors of American Electric Power has elected Julie Sloat chair of the Board, effective October 2, 2023. Sloat is AEP's president and chief executive officer. In addition, Daniel G. "Dan" Stoddard, retired senior vice president, chief nuclear officer and president of Contracted Assets for Dominion Energy, has been elected to the Board.

Nicholas K. Akins will be retiring and stepping down from his position as executive chair of AEP's Board on October 1, 2023. Sloat, 54, was named AEP president in August 2022 and became chief executive officer Jan. 1, 2023.

Previously, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer, senior vice president of Treasury and Risk, and president and chief operating officer of AEP Ohio. Sloat joined AEP in 1999. Prior to his retirement from Dominion earlier this month, Stoddard, 61, oversaw the operations of the company's seven nuclear units in three states and more than 50 contracted solar generating facilities in nine states.

He joined Dominion in 2006 and has held roles of increasing responsibility in their nuclear energy generation organization, including senior vice president of Nuclear Operations and site vice president of North Anna Power Station. Prior to Dominion, he held various roles with Progress Energy, including plant general manager for the H.B. Robinson Nuclear Station. Stoddard is a U.S. Navy veteran.

He received his bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and his master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Virginia. Stoddard is a licensed professional engineer and a member of the American Nuclear Society. He serves as chair of the boards of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation and the American Civil War Museum.

He formerly chaired the Executive Advisory Group for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the New Plant Advisory Committee for the Nuclear Energy Institute.