Public Service Company of Oklahoma President and Chief Operating Officer Peggy Simmons announced two new members have been added to the PSO Leadership Team.
Tiffini Jackson has been named Vice President, External Affairs. She takes over the position previously held by John Harper, who retired earlier this year.
Jackson began her career with PSO in 1990. She served in various policy and community development related positions prior to beginning her most recent role as Director, Corporate Communications, in 2013.
In her new role, Jackson will have responsibilities for PSO’s External Affairs, Governmental and Environmental Affairs, and Corporate Communications functions. She begins transitioning to the new role immediately.
Filling the other leadership position will be Matthew Horeled, who has been named Vice President, Regulatory and Finance. Horeled will replace Steven Fate, who after 24 years of service is stepping down from this position in January. Fate will retire, but remain with PSO for several months in an advisory capacity.
Horeled comes to PSO from Ashland, KY, where he has served as Director, Regulatory Services at one of PSO’s American Electric Power (AEP) sister companies, Kentucky Power.
Horeled joined AEP in 2007 as a Risk & Insurance Management Analyst at AEP Headquarters in Columbus, OH. Since then, he has held a variety of positions in corporate planning and budgeting, regulatory, business operations, and financial management with AEP in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
As PSO’s Vice President of Regulatory and Finance, Horeled will have responsibility for all regulatory and financial matters of electric service to PSO’s more than 550,00 customers. He will assume his new role January 12.
