Hilda Pinnix-Ragland served as Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs withilda Pinnix-Ragland served as Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs with Progress Energy and, following the merger, with Duke Energy.
While at Progress, Hilda established the Corporate Public Affairs function, which was expanded to serve 31 states and international interests in Central and South America at Duke. In that capacity, she collaborated with federal, state, and local officials and company leadership to develop responsible energy policy and advance the utility’s international interests.
Hilda is a corporate affairs and business executive acknowledged for building best-in-class organizations that consistently achieve aggressive revenue and profit objectives.
Hilda serves on the Board of Trustees for NC A&T State University. In 2017, she co-authored the book “The Energy Within Us”.
Hilda holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Carolina A&T State University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
