Cheri Warren

Cheri Warren has over 28+ years of experience and is known for her ability to create real and lasting change. She thrives on challenges that have real societal impact and uses an appreciative inquiry approach to help co-create solutions. Cheri sees innovation everywhere and fosters an environment where everyone has a chance to improve the way they work. Her core strengths reach far beyond her top technical talent into staff motivation and clarification of complex issues that result in a high performance environment. In June 2014 she was promoted to Senior Vice President, Network Strategy at National Grid. The 1200 men and women on the diverse team safely ensure not only that the gas flows and the electric is reliable, but that they are innovating for the future to make customer's lives better. The team plays a vital role in creating the utility of the future to make smarter gas and electric networks. In September 2015, Cheri joined the board of National Grid USA and became the Innovation Strategist reporting to the US CEO. As a strong advocate of Woman in Industry Cheri has sat on the Leadership Advisory Committee of the IEEE, PES Women in Power and is a strong mentor for several members of the National Grid team. She has proficiency in multiple electric and gas utility business functions including leadership, people growth, appreciative inquiry, management, electric reliability assessment with a focus on fact-based decision making, asset management, PAS-55 certification, regulatory standards and testimony, performance-based regulation, key customer management, utility operations, distribution design, utility transmission and distribution audits, benchmarking, power quality, software product development and implementation (i.e., analysis, GIS, and SCADA), and software systems integration. She holds a BSEE (’87) and MSE (’90) from Union College. She has worked at GE, Central Hudson Gas and Electric, Power Technologies, Inc., Navigant Consulting and National Grid. IEEE Accomplishments - Cheri have been a dedicated volunteer since she was president of her student chapter in 1987 at Union College and more recently as a member of the Board of Directors. She won the IEEE PES Excellence in Distribution Award in 2007 for her contributions to electric reliability. She is the author of over 40 papers and has spoken at seminars and conferences worldwide. She even spoke at the Ronald Regan Building for the White House on the New Energy Normal in 2014.