Jennifer L. Weber Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Jennifer Weber is senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Duke Energy. She leads the human resources function for the company, which includes human resources policy and strategy, talent management and diversity, employee and labor relations, total rewards strategies and programs, and delivery of business partner services.

Weber joined Duke Energy in November 2008 from Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 2005 to 2008, Weber served Scripps, and then Scripps Networks Interactive when the company was spun off, as senior vice president of human resources.

Prior to joining Scripps in 2005, she worked at the consulting firm Towers Perrin for 12 years – as a partner and as managing principal of the firm's Cincinnati office. In that role, she participated in the design and implementation of total rewards strategies and programs for many large clients.

A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Weber received a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She also earned a bachelor’s degree, from Miami (Ohio) University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude.

She and her husband, Eric, have two daughters and a son.

Duke Energy, one of the largest power companies in the United States, supplies and delivers electricity to approximately 4 million customers in the Carolinas and the Midwest. The company also distributes natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky. Its commercial power and international businesses operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing renewable energy portfolio. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.

April 14, 2009