Speakers

• Michelle Vargo is the senior vice president of Energy Operations for Puget Sound Energy, responsible for gas and electric operations, engineering and planning, generation, and wildfire mitigation and response.

Michelle joined PSE in July 2023 from Seattle City Light, where she served as Chief Operating Officer responsible for all utility transmission, distribution and system operations functions. Prior to that, she held a number of leadership roles, including Deputy Chief Operating Officer, and as a director in both Transmission and Distribution and Generation Operations and Engineering. Before joining Seattle City Light in 2013, Michelle worked in business development for the LNG and industrial gases industry and spent five years as an engineering officer in the United States Army.

Michelle is a licensed professional engineer with an MBA from The University of Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and is a graduate of the Energy Executive Course at the University of Idaho.