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William "Bill" Fontenot

President & Chief Executive Officer, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

Bill Fontenot became a member of Cleco's Boards of Managers in 2018 and currently serves as a member of the Asset Management Committee, Business Planning & Budget Review Committee and Governance & Public Affairs Committee.

Fontenot is president and chief executive officer of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, a regional energy holding company that conducts its business operations through its subsidiaries, Cleco Power LLC and Cleco Cajun LLC.  He has served in this leadership role since January 2018. 

Fontenot began his career with Cleco in April 1986 and previously served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Cleco Power and Senior Vice President of Utility Operations.

Fontenot also serves on the boards of the Council for a Better Louisiana, Southeastern Electric Exchange, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, and the Louisiana State University at Alexandria Foundation. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.

Robbie LaBorde

Robert "Robbie" R. LaBorde, Jr.

Chief Operations and Sustainability Officer, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC
Robbie LaBorde oversees the daily operations and sustainability efforts of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, a regional energy holding company that conducts its business operations through its subsidiaries, Cleco Power LLC and Cleco Cajun LLC.
LaBorde assumed his current leadership role in February 2022. He began his career with Cleco in July 1991, holding numerous positions of leadership with increasing responsibilities, including general manager of environmental services, vice president of strategic planning, development and environmental policy, vice president of generation operations, and vice president of generation operations and environmental services.

LaBorde holds a bachelor’s degree in toxicology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
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Kristin Guillory

Chief Financial Officer, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC
Kristin Guillory oversees the financial operations of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC.
Guillory assumed her current leadership role in July 2021. She began her career with Cleco in August 2004 where she has served in various finance roles with increasing responsibilities, including general manager of finance and assistant treasurer from May 2016 to February 2018, treasurer from February 2018 to September 2019, and most recently as president of Cleco Cajun LLC, an unregulated utility of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, from September 2019 to July 2021.

Her career highlights include working with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to finalize the $1.0 billion acquisition of NRG South Central Generating, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., and financing both the Cleco Cajun acquisition in 2019, as well as the 2016 privatization of Cleco Corporation. Prior to joining the corporate finance team at Cleco, Guillory served as the director of financial analysis at Cleco Midstream where she worked to monetize unregulated assets and long-term contracts.

Guillory holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with dual majors in accounting and finance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  She also is a certified public accountant and chartered financial analyst.
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William "Bill" Conway

Chief Corporate Development & Compliance Officer & General Counsel , Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

Bill Conway oversees the legal affairs of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries and provides strategic input on the company’s direction. He joined Cleco in July 2020 when he was named chief compliance officer and general counsel.

Prior to joining Cleco, Conway served as senior counsel to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources under Sen. J. Bennett Johnston and was responsible for all of the committee’s work on electric issues. Since then, he has worked as an entrepreneur developing distributed generation resources, chief legal officer to another utility company and a partner in major law firms. 

Conway holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. 

 

Normanique Preston

Normanique Preston

Chief Human Resources & Diversity Officer, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

Normanique Preston oversees all facets of Cleco human capital which includes workforce planning, business partners, employee relations, learning and organizational development, talent acquisition, compensation, benefit systems and data analytics, labor relations and payroll. She also is responsible for Cleco’s diversity and inclusion strategy and communications. 

She joined Cleco in August 2018 when she was named vice president of human resources. In September 2019, Preston transitioned to chief human resources and diversity officer.

Preston has worked in the energy industry since 1998 in both the electric power generation and retail market and in natural gas processing and transportation. During her twenty plus years in the industry, Preston has overseen human resources vision and strategy, executive coaching and development, culture shaping and diversity and inclusion. 

Prior to joining Cleco, Preston was vice president of human resources for Dynegy, a Houston-based electric power generation company that was subsequently acquired by Vistra Energy in 2018. Prior to Dynegy, Preston worked at Williams Companies Gas Pipeline Transco division as a strategic human resources business partner until 2003. Before starting her career in the energy industry, Preston worked in human resources at Williams Companies Communication Solutions division, Chase, Blockbuster and Xerox.

Preston holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.  She also completed the executive management program at Rice University in Houston.

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Mark Madsen

Chief Information and Supply Chain Officer, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

Mark Madsen oversees the business and operations digital return on investment of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC. He joined Cleco in May 2019 when he was named chief information and technology officer. In July 2020, Madsen also assumed the role of vice president of supply chain. 

Prior to joining Cleco, Madsen served as chief information officer and vice president of IT at Waste Management Inc. in Houston for nine years where he oversaw a digital transformation that paved the way for hundreds of millions of dollars in EBITDA with technology and business process improvements. 

Madsen holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems and management science from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Shane Hilton

Justin "Shane" Hilton

President, Cleco Power LLC
Shane Hilton oversees Cleco Power LLC, a regulated electric public utility of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, with 10 generating units and approximately 290,000 customers in Louisiana and wholesale customers in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Hilton assumed his current leadership role in February 2019. He began his career with Cleco in April 1989, holding numerous positions of leadership with increasing responsibilities, including director of resource operations, general manager of resource and fuels, general manager of transmission strategy and vice president of MISO operations.

Hilton holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Louisiana State University at Alexandria.
Richard Sharp

Richard Sharp

Interim President, Cleco Cajun LLC

Richard Sharp oversees Cleco Cajun LLC, an unregulated utility of Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, with 14 generating units, and nine wholesale Louisiana cooperative customers.

Richard assumed his current leadership role in October 2021. He began his career with Cleco in December 2000, holding numerous positions with increasing responsibilities, including director of resource planning, director of Cleco solutions and director of strategic planning.

Sharp holds a bachelor of general studies degree from Northwestern State University and a master of business administration from Bellevue University.