Cybersecurity
The National Power Grid Is Being Overseen by a Democrat — For Now
- Cheryl LaFleur leads federal energy commission -- for now
- Acting chairman would step aside for new Trump appointee
Cheryl LaFleur.
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It’s a tale as old as the C-suite: A woman rises to the upper echelons of an organization, only to find herself boxed out of the top spot.
By the time it happened to Cheryl LaFleur, she’d spent two decades at National Grid USA, a utility that delivers power to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast. After almost a year as acting chief executive officer, she thought the board would give her the job permanently. Instead, LaFleur had to relinquish the corner office to an outside hire. She resigned.