Evergy Chairman Mark Ruelle to Retire; Evergy President and CEO David Campbell to Serve as Chairman of the Board
David Campbell, Evergy’s president and chief executive officer, has been nominated by the board of directors to assume the role of chairman of the board following Evergy’s annual meeting.
- David Campbell, Evergy’s president and chief executive officer, has been nominated by the board of directors to assume the role of chairman of the board following Evergy’s annual meeting.
- Ruelle has served as non-executive chairman of the board since 2018, when predecessor companies Westar Energy, Inc. and Great Plains Energy merged to form Evergy.
- “Mark has provided outstanding leadership as chairman of our board for the past six years since the merger that created Evergy,” Campbell said.
- Ruelle, who led the search committee that recruited Campbell to Evergy, noted, “Evergy, our employees, customers, communities and shareholders are in great hands with David at the helm.