Jorge Carrasco

For seven years prior to his current position as Superintendent for Seattle City Light, Jorge Carrasco worked in an executive capacity for various companies in the American Water family of companies. As Vice President of Operations for the company's Western Region in 1996, he consolidated customer service operations and saved the company $400,000 over the next two-and-a-half years. Jorge Carrasco also oversaw the development of an integrated water resource plan for the Monterey Peninsula and led the purchase of a wastewater system in Hawaii that served 30,000 customers. In 1998, Jorge Carrasco received a promotion to President of American International Water Services Company, with responsibility for the non-regulated water and wastewater business. This entailed a transfer from Southern California to corporate headquarters in Voorhees, New Jersey. In this role, Mr. Carrasco crafted the company's strategy to attract and serve municipal and federal government clients, as well as industries, with delivery of water and wastewater services. A second promotion made Jorge Carrasco the President of a new subsidiary called American Water Services (AWS), which quickly became the second-largest North American operator in the underground pipe rehab and bio-solids markets. AWS won multi-year contracts to manage water and wastewater facilities in Phoenix, Arizona; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Under Mr. Carrasco’s leadership, AWS achieved a first-time operating profit of $20.7 million by 2003. Jorge Carrasco also directed five crucial acquisitions for the company, including American Anglian in 1999, EA2 in 2001, and Azurix Corp. North America in the same year. By the conclusion of Mr. Carrasco’s tenure in 2003, AWS had $424 million in revenues and 2,200 employees who served markets totaling 6.1 million customers. These included residents of Detroit, Houston, Miami, and Seattle, as well as some Canadian markets such as Toronto and Hamilton. Jorge Carrasco subsequently accepted his appointment as Superintendent of Seattle City Light in Washington State, where he has worked ever since.