Kansas Business Executives Dean Newton and Jon
Rolph to join Evergy Board of Directors
Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced that Dean Newton and
Jon Rolph will join Evergy’s Board of Directors. Newton’s board
appointment will be effective Oct. 15, 2024 and Rolph’s appointment
will be effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Newton serves as the president and chief executive officer of
Delta Dental of Kansas, the largest dental insurance carrier in
Kansas. Headquartered in Wichita, Kan., Delta Dental of Kansas and
its subsidiary, Surency Life & Health Insurance Co., offer a
suite of health and insurance products in more than 30 states.
Newton has a successful track record of leadership, results,
employee engagement and innovation. During his tenure, Delta Dental
of Kansas has been recognized as National Company of the Year for
insurance and has received national and local recognition for
innovation and corporate culture.
In addition to his role at Delta Dental of Kansas, Newton serves
as president and chief executive officer of Surency. Newton is also
a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He began
his career as an attorney at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal,
LLP.
Newton is active in both the Kansas City and Wichita
communities, including serving as a board member for the Wichita
and Greater Kansas City Chambers of Commerce, the Kansas Chamber of
Commerce, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, the Kansas
City Area Development Council and the United Way of Greater Kansas
City.
In addition to his current role as chair of the Board of
Directors at Surency Health, Newton previously served on the Board
of Directors for CommunityAmerica Credit Union, where he served as
the board chair for several years and helped lead the development
of CommunityAmerica’s long-term strategic plan.
“Dean Newton’s expertise and strategic insight demonstrated in
multiple executive roles positions him well for Evergy’s Board of
Directors,” said David Campbell, Evergy’s chairman, president and
chief executive officer. “His experience leading a successful
regulated business through an evolving business landscape will
bring important insight as we navigate significant growth and
change in the energy sector over the next decade.”
Rolph serves as the chief executive officer of Thrive Restaurant
Group, which owns and operates more than 190 restaurants in more
than 15 states. Headquartered in Wichita, Kan., Thrive is the
nation’s second-largest Applebee’s franchise and has a portfolio of
restaurants including Carlos O’Kelly’s, HomeGrown, Modern Market,
BakeSale and Qdoba. He has held several key leadership positions to
help guide and operationalize the company’s impressive growth
trajectory over his 22-year career at the company, including
restaurant-level chief operating officer, vice president of
administration and marketing, and his current role as chief
executive officer.
Rolph is active in civic and community leadership in Kansas and
has served on the boards of several local and national
organizations, including the Wichita Children’s Home, United Way of
the Plains, the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of
Visioneering Wichita, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty,
the Center for Combating Human Trafficking, and the Wichita Metro
YMCA boards.
His current board memberships and affiliations include roles as
vice chairman of the Greater Wichita Partnership, director of
INTRUST Bank, chairman of Centralized Supply Chain Services,
chairman of the Applebee’s Franchise Business Council, and vice
chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents.
“Jon Rolph brings more than two decades of business leadership
to Evergy’s Board of Directors, with a demonstrated track record of
driving results and growth at Thrive Restaurant Group,” Campbell
said. “His familiarity and leadership in Wichita and our region
will also be of tremendous value to our board of directors,
shareholders and customers.”
“We have a generational opportunity for economic development in
our service territory. Maximizing that opportunity is a key part of
our strategy. Dean and Jon are both well-known and well-respected
business and civic leaders in our region, and today’s announcement
reflects Evergy’s commitment to regional expertise and perspectives
on our board,” Campbell continued. “We are excited to add them both
as directors, and we look forward to their contributions.”
Newton will serve on the board’s Operations Committee and Rolph
will serve on the Finance Committee.
About Evergy
Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG), serves 1.7 million customers in
Kansas and Missouri. Evergy’s mission is to empower a better
future. Our focus remains on producing, transmitting and delivering
reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy for the benefit of our
stakeholders. Today, about half of Evergy’s power comes from
carbon-free sources, creating more reliable energy with less impact
to the environment. We value innovation and adaptability to give
our customers better ways to manage their energy use, to create a
safe, diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees, and to add
value for our investors. Headquartered in Kansas City, our
employees are active members of the communities we serve.
For more information about Evergy, visit us at
www.evergy.com.
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historical facts are forward-looking, may involve risks and
uncertainties, and are intended to be as of the date when made.
Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements relating to Evergy’s strategic plan, including, without
limitation, those related to earnings per share, dividend,
operating and maintenance expense and capital investment goals; the
outcome of legislative efforts and regulatory and legal
proceedings; future energy demand; future power prices; plans with
respect to existing and potential future generation resources; the
availability and cost of generation resources and energy storage;
target emissions reductions; and other matters relating to expected
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Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking information.
In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Evergy Companies are
providing a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking
information. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include,
but are not limited to: economic and weather conditions and any
impact on sales, prices and costs; changes in business strategy or
operations; the impact of federal, state and local political,
legislative, judicial and regulatory actions or developments,
including deregulation, re-regulation, securitization and
restructuring of the electric utility industry; decisions of
regulators regarding, among other things, customer rates and the
prudency of operational decisions such as capital expenditures and
asset retirements; changes in applicable laws, regulations, rules,
principles or practices, or the interpretations thereof, governing
tax, accounting and environmental matters, including air and water
quality and waste management and disposal; the impact of climate
change, including increased frequency and severity of significant
weather events and the extent to which counterparties are willing
to do business with, finance the operations of or purchase energy
from the Evergy Companies due to the fact that the Evergy Companies
operate coal-fired generation; prices and availability of
electricity and natural gas in wholesale markets; market perception
of the energy industry and the Evergy Companies; the impact of
future pandemic health events on, among other things, sales,
results of operations, financial position, liquidity and cash
flows, and also on operational issues, such as supply chain issues
and the availability and ability of the Evergy Companies’ employees
and suppliers to perform the functions that are necessary to
operate the Evergy Companies; changes in the energy trading markets
in which the Evergy Companies participate, including retroactive
repricing of transactions by regional transmission organizations
(RTO) and independent system operators; financial market conditions
and performance, disruptions in the banking industry, including
volatility in interest rates and credit spreads and in availability
and cost of capital and the effects on derivatives and hedges,
nuclear decommissioning trust and pension plan assets and costs;
impairments of long-lived assets or goodwill; credit ratings;
inflation rates; effectiveness of risk management policies and
procedures and the ability of counterparties to satisfy their
contractual commitments; impact of physical and cybersecurity
breaches, criminal activity, terrorist attacks, acts of war and
other disruptions to the Evergy Companies’ facilities or
information technology infrastructure or the facilities and
infrastructure of third party service providers on which the Evergy
Companies rely; impact of geopolitical conflicts on the global
energy market, including the ability to contract for non-Russian
sourced uranium; ability to carry out marketing and sales plans;
cost, availability, quality and timely provision of equipment,
supplies, labor and fuel; impacts of tariffs; ability to achieve
generation goals and the occurrence and duration of planned and
unplanned generation outages; delays and cost increases of
generation, transmission, distribution or other projects; the
Evergy Companies’ ability to manage their transmission and
distribution development plans and transmission joint ventures; the
inherent risks associated with the ownership and operation of a
nuclear facility, including environmental, health, safety,
regulatory and financial risks; workforce risks, including those
related to the Evergy Companies’ ability to attract and retain
qualified personnel, maintain satisfactory relationships with their
labor unions and manage costs of, or changes in, wages, retirement,
health care and other benefits; disruption, costs and uncertainties
caused by or related to the actions of individuals or entities,
such as activist shareholders or special interest groups, that seek
to influence Evergy’s strategic plan, financial results or
operations; the impact of changing expectations and demands of the
Evergy Companies’ customers, regulators, investors and
stakeholders, including heightened emphasis on environmental,
social and governance concerns; the possibility that strategic
initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and
long-term financial plans, may not create the value that they are
expected to achieve in a timely manner or at all; difficulties in
maintaining relationships with customers, employees, regulators or
suppliers; and other risks and uncertainties.
This list of factors is not all-inclusive because it is not
possible to predict all factors. You should also carefully consider
the information contained in the Evergy Companies’ other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Additional risks
and uncertainties are discussed from time to time in current,
quarterly and annual reports filed by the Evergy Companies with the
SEC. New factors emerge from time to time, and it’s not possible
for the Evergy Companies to predict all such factors, nor can the
Evergy Companies assess the impact of each such factor on the
business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of
factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained or implied in any forward-looking statement. Given these
uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these
forward-looking statements. The Evergy Companies undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law.
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