10272017 - DME General Manager Selected (Oct. 2017) IOV FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DENTON Brian Daskam • (940) 349-7567 • Brian.Daskam@cityofdenton.com
Denton Hires New DME General Manager
DENTON, TX, Oct. 27, 2017—Todd Hileman, Denton's City Manager, has selected George
Morrow to be the General Manager for Denton Municipal Electric. Morrow is expected to begin
his position late next month.
Morrow is an electric utility veteran with 39 years of industry experience.He has spent 23 of those
years serving as a General Manager of not-for-profit utilities. He comes to Denton from the city
of Azusa,CA where he is the Director of Utilities. Morrow began his career as a planning engineer
and power contract negotiator with El Paso Electric Company, a private utility serving about
10,000 square miles in west Texas and southern New Mexico.He later served as Assistant General
Manager of Pasadena Water and Power and as Electric Utility Director of Lodi Electric Utility—
both community-owned electric utilities in California. He also served 11 years as the Director of
Independence Power& Light in Missouri.
Mr. Morrow's professional experience includes service on the Board of Directors of the American
Public Power Association, the Southern California Public Power Authority, the Transmission
Agency of Northern California, the California Municipal Utility Association, and the Financing
Authority for Resource Efficiency of California. He has also served as President of the Consumers
Electric Power Association (Missouri), President of the Missouri Association of Municipal
Utilities, and Chairman of the Missouri Municipal Electric Utility Commission and the Missouri
Public Utility Alliance.
Mr. Morrow holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso.
Hileman began the selection process in August by working with California-based executive
recruitment firm Ralph Andersen and Associates to launch a nation-wide search for candidates.
A total of I I I applicants responded, and five finalists were chosen. In addition to being
interviewed, these finalists participated in a community reception which gave residents the
opportunity to meet with them and provide feedback.
Hileman welcomes Morrow to his new position. "I am confident that George has the knowledge
and experience to successfully lead DME."
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