The Empire District Electric Company Announces Retirement of Jan Watson
08 May 2015 - 12:25AM
Business Wire
Ms. Janet Watson retired from The Empire District Electric
Company on April 30, 2015, following over 20 years of service.
The Empire District Electric Company
Announces Retirement of Jan Watson (Photo: Business Wire)
Ms. Watson joined the Company on October 25, 1994, as an
Accounting Staff Specialist in General Accounting. In October 1995,
she was elected as Secretary-Treasurer. Ms. Watson was later
elected as Corporate Secretary, the position she held at
retirement.
She is a graduate of Neosho High School and received an
Associate of Arts degree in Business and a Secretarial Certificate
from Crowder College. Ms. Watson received her Bachelor of Science
in Accounting with an emphasis in Computer Science from Missouri
Southern State University; where she was named “Outstanding
Accounting Student.”
Prior to joining Empire, Ms. Watson worked as a Senior
Administrative Accountant at Teledyne Neosho, as a Cost Accountant
at Freeman Hospital in Joplin and as an Accounting Superintendent
at Missouri American Water in Joplin.
She is past president of the Institute of Management
Accountants. Ms. Watson is a member of the Society of Corporate
Secretaries and Governance Professionals, National Investor
Relations Institute and Risk Insurance Management Society, the
Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and American Gas Association (AGA)
Treasurers Groups, and EEI’s and AGA’s Investor Relations
Groups.
Based in Joplin, Missouri, The Empire District Electric Company
(NYSE:EDE) is an investor-owned utility providing electric, natural
gas (through its wholly owned subsidiary The Empire District Gas
Company), and water service, with approximately 218,000 customers
in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. A subsidiary of the
Company also provides fiber optic services. For more information
regarding Empire, visit www.empiredistrict.com.
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The Empire District Electric CompanyMEDIA
COMMUNICATIONSRobin McAlesterCorporate
Communications417-625-5180rmcalester@empiredistrict.comorINVESTOR
RELATIONSDale HarringtonSecretary and Director of Investor
Relations417-625-4222dharrington@empiredistrict.com
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