Black Hills Corp. announced the appointment of Courtney Hebert to vice president-corporate controller and chief risk officer. Hebert brings more than 20 years of financial experience to his role in accounting, finance, risk, internal audit, internal controls and compliance.

He was previously assistant controller and chief risk officer and started with Black Hills two years ago as the director of risk. He brings significant utility experience from various roles at two large utility companies and audit and compliance experience with several public accounting and corporate firms. Hebert is a certified public accountant and a certified information systems auditor. He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting and master's degree in management information systems from Texas A&M University.