Melody Birmingham serves as Executive Vice President of NiSource Inc. (natural gas and electric distribution) and Group President, NiSource Utilities.
In this role, Birmingham leads the profit and loss for the group utilities, regulatory, public affairs, federal government affairs, customer operations, environmental sustainability, major accounts, and new business, for the six NiSource operating companies.
Before NiSource, Birmingham served as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Duke Energy.
While at Duke Energy, she also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer for Duke Energy where she was responsible for the enterprise sourcing and supply chain functions for regulated and commercial operations.
Birmingham serves on the board of directors for United Way of Central Ohio, One Columbus, and the Columbus Symphony and Orchestra.
Birmingham earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University.