Bethany M. Owen

Director since 2019. Ms. Owen serves as the Board Chair, President and CEO of ALLETE. Owen was elected Chair of the ALLETE Board of Directors May 11, 2021. She was elected CEO on February 3, 2020 and was previously elected President on January 31, 2019. Since joining the Company as an attorney in 2002, Ms. Owen has served in various capacities. In 2010, Ms. Owen was appointed President of Superior Water, Light and Power Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, a position she held for more than six years. In 2012, Ms. Owen was also named a Vice President of Minnesota Power, an operating division of ALLETE, and in 2014, she also became Vice President–ALLETE Information Technology Solutions. Before becoming ALLETE President in January 2019, Ms. Owen served as ALLETE Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, and Secretary. She was appointed to that role, in November 2016, and in it she had overall responsibility for the Company’s legal, information and operations technology strategy, cyber security, and human resources departments, while working closely with the Board on governance matters. Prior to joining ALLETE, she served for four years as a legislative aide in the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. She also practiced law in the Twin Cities with a national law firm, a multinational food conglomerate, and a publicly traded telecommunications corporation. Ms. Owen has served on a variety of community and non-profit boards, including as vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, which promotes private giving for the public good and fosters generosity, civic engagement, and inclusiveness in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.