Eversource Energy announced that Chris Carmody is retiring as Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Information Technology and Susan Sgroi has been elected as her successor, effective January 8, 2024. Carmody has been with Eversource and its predecessor companies for 27 years. She has served in her current role since 2016 and prior to that was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for 15 years.

Chris will continue to serve the company as a non-executive Senior Advisor into 2024. Sue Sgroi comes to Eversource from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts where she has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since 2015. Prior to that, Sue served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Fidelity Investment?s Asset Management Company for nine years, and before that she was Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Citizens Bank Financial Group for six years.

Sgroi?s experience includes business transformation, mergers and acquisitions, technology, organizational effectiveness, compensation and benefits, diversity, equity and inclusion, labor relations, culture change, talent management, and leadership succession across multiple businesses and geographies. She has a proven track record of aligning strategic and business objectives with organizational and workforce strategies. Sue holds a master?s degree in organizational development from American University and a bachelor?s degree in psychology from Bowdoin College.

Sue serves on the Boards of Directors of Everett Bank and St. Francis House, the largest day shelter for the homeless in Boston. Ms. Carmody, 60, who has served in her position since August 2016, will continue to serve the Company as a Senior Strategic Advisor until July, 2024.

It is anticipated that Ms. Sgroi will be formally elected as Executive Vice President-Human Resources and Information Technology and a director of Eversource Energy Service Company. Prior to assuming this new position, Ms. Sgroi, age 59, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts from 2015 until October 31, 2023. Previously, Ms. Sgroi served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources ?

Asset Management of Fidelity Investments from 2006 until 2015. She is a director of the Everett Bank in Everett, Massachusetts and serves on the Board of Directors of the St. Francis House in Boston, Massachusetts.