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Ms. Krause joined Wisconsin Electric in 1978 as a design engineer in Power Plant Betterment. She has held various positions in power plant engineering, construction, maintenance and operations. In 1992 she was named manager of the Valley Power Plant and Steam Services, and she was named vice president of Fossil Operations in May 1994. In October 2000 she was named vice president of Environmental, a newly formed Wisconsin Energy group. In her new position, she is responsible for compliance strategy and planning, mitigation and risk management, environmental permitting of new projects, compliance assurance and identification of new and/or enhanced means of benefiting the environment through the business practices of Wisconsin Energy and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining Wisconsin Electric, Ms. Krause was a design engineer in the transmission group of Allegheny Power Service Corporation in Pennsylvania.
Ms. Krause graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. She earned a master's of science in civil engineering from Marquette University in 1983 and a master's of business administration from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1990.
Ms. Krause is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin and was recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 Next Generation of Business and Community Leaders by the Milwaukee Business Journal in 1992. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Chi Epsilon Honor Member. She was inducted into the Academy of Civil and Environmental Engineers at Michigan Tech in 1997 and is a member of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Advisory Council and President's Council of Alumnae. In December of 2001, Ms. Krause was recognized as a Woman to Watch in Commodities Now magazine’s 50 Key Women in Energy worldwide survey. She is a Trustee of Mount Mary College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Natural Resource Foundation of Wisconsin.
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