Director since 2009. Joined the Company in 1982. He serves as ALLETE's Executive Chairman, with an announced retirement at the end of May 2021. Since joining the Company in 1982, Mr. Hodnik has served in many capacities, including in organizational development and managing electric generation facilities from 1995 to 2005, with an increasing scope of leadership responsibilities. In 2005, Mr. Hodnik was named Vice President-Generation Operations; in 2006, he became Senior Vice President of Minnesota Power Operations; and he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2007, assuming responsibility for subsidiaries, SWL&P and BNI Energy, at that time. Mr. Hodnik was elected President of ALLETE in May 2009, serving in that role until January 2019. He was elected CEO in May 2010 and Chairman in May 2011, and in January 2020 transitioned to Executive Chairman. In 2017 and 2018, he served as President of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, an operations-focused electric industry trade association. Mr. Hodnik serves on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Essentia Health System, and PolyMet Mining Corp. Mr. Hodnik served as the elected Mayor of the City of Aurora, Minnesota from 1988 to 1997.