Bonneville Power Administration

07/14/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2021 13:37

BPA names Marcus Harris long-term acting chief financial officer

​BPA has appointed Marcus Harris as acting executive vice president and chief financial officer starting July 18. As CFO, Harris will oversee BPA's debt management program, accounting, cash management, and budgeting for BPA's $1 billion total capital budget and $4.3 billion total expense budget.

Harris is currently the deputy chief operating officer, a position he has held since July 2020. He will serve as acting CFO while BPA's permanent CFO, Michelle Manary, serves a detail with the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity.

'Marcus brings a decade of experience with BPA's finances to this position,' said Administrator and CEO John Hairston. 'I'm thankful we can lean on his experience while Michelle supports the Department of Energy.'

In May, DOE recruited Manary to serve in a two-year detail as deputy assistant secretary for the Energy Resilience Division, where she is helping lead the department's focus on transmission infrastructure policy issues in support of national clean energy objectives.

Harris started at BPA in 2009 as a student trainee within Finance before taking a full-time position as a financial analyst. He later served in management roles in the Treasury and Budget organizations within Finance, including as the Budget Officer and Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. He also led the development of BPA's 2018 Financial Plan, a key component of BPA's 2018-2023 Strategic Plan.

'I am excited to return to Finance and leverage the strong skillsets of the workforce to further build cost transparency and cost discipline across BPA,' said Harris. 'I'm looking forward to partnering with our customers and stakeholders as we refresh elements of the Financial Plan to maintain and build on the agency's financial strength,' said Harris.

As the deputy chief operating officer, Harris was responsible for leading critical cross-organizational initiatives including program planning, strategic cost management and developing capital performance metrics and was responsible for the oversight of Power Services; Transmission Services; Environment, Fish and Wildlife; Customer Support Services; and the Business Transformation Office.

Harris has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Vanguard University of Southern California and graduated summa cum laude from Willamette University with a master's in business administration.