Aqua America Hires Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
January 13 2016 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR) has hired Karen M. Heisler as
senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Heisler
comes to Aqua America from UGI Utilities, Inc. where she was vice
president of human resources and administration since 2012.
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Karen M. Heisler will join Aqua America
as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. (Photo:
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As chief human resources officer for Aqua America, Heisler will
lead a department of more than 20. She is charged with attracting
and retaining the talented people who will work to keep Aqua
America in a leadership role in the utility industry. Heisler will
lead the effort to ensure that Aqua America’s more than 1,600
employees receive the professional development and training
opportunities to ensure they are part of a world-class workforce.
Heisler will also have responsibility for employee benefits,
compensation, and labor relations for Aqua America’s 14 local
bargaining units.
“Our employees strongly believe in our mission and Karen will
bring a unique set of experiences to Aqua that are important in our
efforts to continuously evolve and improve our corporate culture. I
have elevated the position of CHRO to report directly to me so that
I can work with Karen to foster a culture in which all employees
are valued and developed,” said Aqua America President and CEO
Christopher Franklin. “Karen will be a welcomed addition who
further rounds out an already strong senior leadership team. We’ll
work together to leverage the comprehensive experience and
perspective Karen has gained from working in a variety of other
industries.”
Prior to UGI, Heisler was corporate vice president of human
resources for Precyse Solutions, a national provider of health
information management services and technologies; and senior vice
president of human resources for Pegasus Communications, a
mid-sized telecommunications company. She also held senior human
resources positions with Comcast Corporation and Episcopal Hospital
in Philadelphia.
Heisler earned her B.S. in journalism from Temple University and
an M.S. in management from LaSalle University. Her professional
memberships include the Human Resources Executive Alliance and the
Society of Human Resources Management.
Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded
water utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and
Virginia. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com for more
information.
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