April 2019, Vol. 246, No. 4
Features
New AGA Chair Stresses Raising the Bar on Safety
Togerson When James Torgerson was studying accounting at Cleveland State University in Ohio, he was working full-time to pay his way, driving a tractor-trailer rig hauling steel. It was tough, but it led to a position with the Diamond Shamrock Corporation in Cleveland, where he clerked in the accounting department while still taking night classes. With good mentors and a willingness to move around, Torgerson worked first in finance and then in coal operations before being recruited to Washington Energy Company in Seattle, which would later be acquired by Puget Sound Energy. Moving to the utility side was like a complete career change,

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