Leadership
Darin Carroll, CEO, PacifiCorp
Darin Carroll is CEO of PacifiCorp, overseeing the delivery of electricity service to 2.1 million customers and presiding over the company’s two retail divisions: Pacific Power in Oregon, Washington and California and Rocky Mountain Power in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. The company owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power generation assets and a vast transmission and distribution network.
Carroll is a seasoned leader with a strong track record of large-scale transformation in the utility sector. Throughout his career, Carroll has leveraged Lean principles to deliver sustainable innovation, enhanced efficiency and service excellence.
Carroll began his career at Toyota, gaining expertise in operational excellence and continuous improvement that shaped his leadership style.
Transitioning to utilities in 2008 as an operations supervisor in Southwestern Indiana, Carroll advanced to oversee operations for over 1.2 million customers in Indiana and Ohio. When the utility was acquired by CenterPoint Energy, he led the integration of their gas businesses and was promoted to vice president managing key service areas. Later, as senior vice president, he took on the entire gas business and the safety organization serving more than 4.3 million customers across six states. Most recently Carroll led CenterPoint’s electric business for 2.9 million customers in Texas and Indiana.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Indiana and has completed executive programs at the University of Chicago and the University of Idaho.
Cindy Crane, Chair, PacifiCorp
Cindy Crane is Chair of the PacifiCorp board of directors. In this capacity, Crane offers her experience and strategic direction to PacifiCorp’s leadership team, emphasizing initiatives aimed at stabilizing wildfire risks. Crane previously served as PacifiCorp’s CEO from 2023 to 2025.
Between 1990 and 2014, Crane had an extensive career at PacifiCorp, serving in multiple senior roles and providing leadership in the development of the company’s traditional and renewable energy strategies, including completion of five Wyoming wind projects. Between 2014 and 2018, Crane served as president of Rocky Mountain Power, overseeing the delivery of electric service to 1.2 million customers in the Intermountain West.
Crane transitioned from PacifiCorp in 2018 to Enchant Energy Corporation, an emerging environmental services company focused on carbon capture and storage for industry and communities. She remains Executive Board Chair of Enchant Energy Corporation. Crane also serves as the Chair of the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources, which is dedicated to energy-driven economic development for the state of Wyoming.