What Happened?
New Orleans, LA-based Entergy Corporation has promoted Don Vinci to Senior Vice President of Human Resources.
About the Company
At Entergy (NYSE: ETR), we power life. More than 100 years ago, our founder Harvey Couch started this company with a handshake, some sawdust and a vision. Couch wanted to bring safe, affordable, reliable energy to the Middle South – energy that would power the lives of people and communities. Today, Entergy is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. We own and operate power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. The 13,000 men and women of Entergy deliver electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, generating annual revenues of approximately $11 billion. Headquartered in New Orleans, we continue to play a driving role in the economic growth of the Gulf South. Our work matters. That`s been true for more than 100 years. And as we look to the next century, we remember the constant that bridges our past and future: We Power Life. Fast Facts: New Orleans, home to our corporate headquarters, has been named the second favorite American city in Travel + Leisure`s 2017 survey of locals about their home towns. Our 2016 employee safety performance ranked in the first decile of the Edison Electric Institute benchmark survey. Entergy Corporation and the Entergy Charitable Foundation annually award grants totaling more than $19 million to almost 3,000 nonprofits in communities where we operate. With a total of 26 awards from EEI for its restoration and mutual-assistance work, Entergy remains the only utility company to have won either EEI`s Recovery or Assistance Award, or both, every year since the awards began in 1998.
About the Person
Donald W. Vinci, also known as Don, is the Executive Vice President of Shared Services and Human Resources at Entergy Corporation. He also serves as the Chief Diversity Officer. Don Vinci was named senior vice president, human resources effective Sept. 1, 2013. In this role, Vinci served as a member of the Office of the Chief Executive and led the company`s strategic human resources functions, including human resources business partners, labor relations, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion, and talent management. Vinci formerly held the position of vice president, human capital management, serving as the project leader to reorganize the company in order to create sustainable value for Entergy`s four key stakeholders – owners, customers, employees and the communities served. Prior to his role leading the reorganization effort, Vinci served as vice president of the gas distribution business since 2010. There, he ensured safe and reliable gas service to more than 190,000 customers in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Prior to that, Vinci served as vice president, business development, responsible for business and growth strategies for Entergy Nuclear, and led the effort to establish human resources, IT, communications, and other administrative functions for an independent nuclear company then planned as a spin-off from Entergy. He also served as general manager, fleet operations and support, where he led governance, oversight and support functions for Entergy`s nuclear fleet, and spent two years as general manager, plant operations for Entergy`s River Bend nuclear power station. Vinci served three years as Entergy`s vice president of risk management services and general auditor. In that role he was responsible for the internal audit and property and casualty risk management functions between 2002 and 2005. Vinci has held numerous other leadership positions during his career at Entergy including director, training and development for the nuclear fleet; nuclear project manager for Entergy`s “Renewal” initiative during the early 2000s; and operations manager, maintenance manager, licensing manager and plant engineering manager, all at the company`s Waterford 3 nuclear station. He served on active duty for more than six years as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Navy Reserves for 17 years, including a tour as Commanding Officer for the Naval Air Station Pensacola Reserve Unit. He retired as a captain from the Naval Reserves in 2003. Vinci is a New Orleans native and received his bachelor`s degree in chemical engineering and a master`s degree in business administration, both from Tulane University. He was a licensed professional engineer and was a licensed senior reactor operator at the Waterford 3 nuclear station.
Info Source
News
Short Profile