Felicia Brown

Chief Security Officer, VP Physical & Cyber Security
Avangrid
Biography: 

Felicia Brown is the Chief Security Officer, and Vice President Physical and Cyber Security for Avangrid, Inc. She is responsible for the oversight of phyiscal and cyber security, threat and incident management, business continuity and security compliance utilizing a risk-based focus on governance, training, innovation and investment in technology. Avangrid provides energy services in 24 states, from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine. The utility business, Avangrid Networks, combines the resources and expertise of eight electric and natural gas utilities with a rate base of $9.1 billion serving approximately 3.2 million customers in New York and New England. The renewables business, Avangrid Renewables, owns and operates approximately 7.1 GW of generation capacity, primarily through wind and solar, in 22 states and is one of the nation's largest producers of wind energy.

Felicia has more than 20 years’ experience in the utility business with positions including Avangrid Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Energy Supply Risk Manager, and Finance Manager. She was previously employed as a Regional Financial Manager for a large, international financial institution.

Felicia holds a Master Business Administration (MBA) degree, with a concentration in international finance, from Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. She also received a Certified Financial Planning (CFP) designation from College for Financial Planning, Denver, CO.