Ms. Curry joined Great Plains Energy in April 2005. She is Corporate Secretary and is also responsible for Human Resources.

During her 25 years at TXU, a Dallas, Texas-based energy company, she served as Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources, and Executive Vice President of Business Services in North America. Her responsibilities included Information Technology, Procurement, Environmental, and Research and Development. She has also held other executive, management/professional positions within human resources, communications and public policy functions.

Ms. Curry holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., and a Master of Science in Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also a Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program graduate. In 1996, Ms. Curry was a Leadership Fellow in a program jointly sponsored by the International Women’s Forum, the U.S. Department of Labor and Harvard School of Government.

Ms. Curry is a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy of Kansas; Chair of the Board of the Full Employment Council and Workforce Investment Board of Kansas City; and on the Board of Gillis.