 | Sonny GargPresident, Exelon Power |
Profile
In his role as president of Exelon Power, Garg oversees the managing,operating, and maintaining of Exelon’s fossil (coal, oil, and natural gas), landfill gas, hydro, wind and solar-powered fleet of generating assets that are located in 11 states and are capable of producing more than 8,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Exelon Power’s clean energy fleet is separated into three divisions within the business unit: Exelon Wind, Exelon Hydro and Exelon Solar.
Professional History
Before assuming his latest role, Garg served as senior vice president, Human Resources, for Exelon Corporation. Prior to that, he served as vice president of Finance for Exelon’s Business Services Company and the co-executive owner for Finance’s $110M Finance Transformation Integration Program (FTIP). In addition, he led Exelon’s cost management initiative, which has projected savings of $350M in 2010.
Garg joined Exelon in 2002, and has focused extensively on integration work within the company, including managing the centralization of Exelon’s supply chains and overseeing integration planning work for the company’s proposed merger with New Jersey-based utility PSEG.
Garg also has considerable experience in both the public and non-profit sectors. He served as an Assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and was appointed a White House Fellow by President Bill Clinton. Prior to those experiences, he was an associate with The Chapin Hall Center for Children, a research and development center at the University of Chicago, where he co-authored a number of papers and co-chaired a new division researching efforts to improve K-12 education by increasing involvement of community organizations.
Civic Involvement
He is currently the Vice Chair of the Chicago Children’s Theatre and the Treasurer of the Interfaith Youth Core, as well as serving on the board of Resident’s Journal, a paper by and for the residents of public housing in Chicago. In addition, Sonny is currently a Henry Crown Leadership Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Education
Sonny graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Political Science, earned a M.P.P. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and an M.B.A. at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Family
He lives in Chicago with his wife Julia and their daughters, Talia and Olivia.