Leadership

Edward W. Rihn has 25 years of experience, including business development, corporate development, government relations, indigenous relations, customer service, consultation, project management and construction management. His career spans industrial gases and chemicals, hydrogen, pipelines, renewable energy, and electric transmission.

Rihn holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Clarkson University and an executive master’s in technology management from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a board director for YMCA Calgary.

Robert (Bob) Smith is executive vice president, chief development officer and general counsel of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its primary subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company (APS). He also serves as president of Pinnacle West’s non-regulated energy and transmission operating subsidiaries, including El Dorado Investment Company, PNW’s venture capital and venture debt investment vehicle. Smith is responsible for overseeing all facets of the company’s legal affairs and governance function as well as providing executive leadership on the company’s strategies and growth plans. Smith focuses on helping companies innovate and develop their growth plans and strategies.

Bob has nearly 30 years of energy company and legal experience, including experience with IPO’s, spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial transactions and energy company operations.

Prior to Pinnacle West, Smith was senior vice president and general counsel of Columbia Pipeline Group, where he led its spin-off IPO from NiSource, as well as its subsequent $13 billion sale. Smith has also held significant positions at NiSource, Progress Energy (now Duke Energy) and Mirant Corporation. Smith earned his law degree from The Ohio State University and completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of South Alabama.

Bob is very active in transformational charities and serves as chairman of the board of directors for Global Action, an international compassion and leader training organization as well as serving on the board of directors of the Musical Instrument Museum located in Phoenix, AZ. He is also active with the Sustainable Missions Project, which aims to help visionary leaders in developing nations transform their communities through bi-vocational work and training that supports their mission over the long-term. He also serves on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers and on the Business Advisory Council for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

Marc Romito is the president of TransCanyon, LLC, as well as vice president of development for El Dorado Investment Company (El Dorado), both subsidiaries of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation. El Dorado is Pinnacle West’s private equity arm that explores and invests in developing energy technologies that benefit the West. As president of TransCanyon, LLC, Marc leads the development and operation of the company, a joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway Energy Business (BHE).

Marc most recently served as vice president of Utility Solutions at Elevation Home Energy Solutions where he developed and deployed clean energy and energy management technologies in large real estate projects. Prior to that role, he served as director of customer-to-grid solutions with Pinnacle West’s largest subsidiary, Arizona Public Service (APS), from 2016-2021 and has held numerous roles in the renewable energy and operations spaces at APS and Tucson Electric Power.

Marc holds a Master of Science in Management from the University of Arizona and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Kansas.

Doug Kusyk is general counsel of BHE U.S. Transmission, LLC.

Doug previously served as general counsel for CE Generation, LLC, and as an assistant general counsel at PacifiCorp Energy.

Doug earned his Juris Doctor degree at Stanford University. He is a member of the California, Oregon and Washington bars.

Edward W. Rihn has 25 years of experience, including business development, corporate development, government relations, indigenous relations, customer service, consultation, project management and construction management. His career spans industrial gases and chemicals, hydrogen, pipelines, renewable energy, and electric transmission.

Rihn holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Clarkson University and an executive master’s in technology management from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a board director for YMCA Calgary.

Robert (Bob) Smith is executive vice president, chief development officer and general counsel of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its primary subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company (APS). He also serves as president of Pinnacle West’s non-regulated energy and transmission operating subsidiaries, including El Dorado Investment Company, PNW’s venture capital and venture debt investment vehicle. Smith is responsible for overseeing all facets of the company’s legal affairs and governance function as well as providing executive leadership on the company’s strategies and growth plans. Smith focuses on helping companies innovate and develop their growth plans and strategies.

Bob has nearly 30 years of energy company and legal experience, including experience with IPO’s, spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial transactions and energy company operations.

Prior to Pinnacle West, Smith was senior vice president and general counsel of Columbia Pipeline Group, where he led its spin-off IPO from NiSource, as well as its subsequent $13 billion sale. Smith has also held significant positions at NiSource, Progress Energy (now Duke Energy) and Mirant Corporation. Smith earned his law degree from The Ohio State University and completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of South Alabama.

Bob is very active in transformational charities and serves as chairman of the board of directors for Global Action, an international compassion and leader training organization as well as serving on the board of directors of the Musical Instrument Museum located in Phoenix, AZ. He is also active with the Sustainable Missions Project, which aims to help visionary leaders in developing nations transform their communities through bi-vocational work and training that supports their mission over the long-term. He also serves on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers and on the Business Advisory Council for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

Marc Romito is the president of TransCanyon, LLC, as well as vice president of development for El Dorado Investment Company (El Dorado), both subsidiaries of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation. El Dorado is Pinnacle West’s private equity arm that explores and invests in developing energy technologies that benefit the West. As president of TransCanyon, LLC, Marc leads the development and operation of the company, a joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway Energy Business (BHE).

Marc most recently served as vice president of Utility Solutions at Elevation Home Energy Solutions where he developed and deployed clean energy and energy management technologies in large real estate projects. Prior to that role, he served as director of customer-to-grid solutions with Pinnacle West’s largest subsidiary, Arizona Public Service (APS), from 2016-2021 and has held numerous roles in the renewable energy and operations spaces at APS and Tucson Electric Power.

Marc holds a Master of Science in Management from the University of Arizona and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Kansas.

Doug Kusyk is general counsel of BHE U.S. Transmission, LLC.

Doug previously served as general counsel for CE Generation, LLC, and as an assistant general counsel at PacifiCorp Energy.

Doug earned his Juris Doctor degree at Stanford University. He is a member of the California, Oregon and Washington bars.