Patricia K. Vincent-Collawn

Chair and CEO

Pat Vincent-Collawn is Chair and CEO of TXNM Energy, the parent company of PNM in New Mexico and TNMP in Texas.

Pat joined TXNM Energy in 2007, as Utilities President.  In 2008, she was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and in March 2010 became President and CEO of TXNM Energy.  The Board elected her Chairman in January 2012.

Prior to TXNM Energy, Pat was at Xcel Energy where she was President and CEO of Public Service Company of Colorado.  Previous to that, as Xcel's President of Customer and Field Operations, she oversaw transmission and distribution operations as well as customer service across 10 states.  Pat also held management positions with Arizona Public Service, and outside the energy industry with Price Waterhouse and Quaker Oats.

On a national level, Pat is past Chair of EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) and past Chair of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade association that represents more than two hundred US investor-owned electric companies, as well as more than 60 international electricity providers.

Pat serves on the boards of NEIL (Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited), Equitrans Midstream Corp. (NYSE: ETRN), and Cheniere Energy, Inc. She is a former member of the Economic Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Pat was appointed Chair of the New Mexico Partnership by Governor Susana Martinez in 2015.  She is past Chair of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, and past Chair of both the United Way of Central New Mexico and the Kirtland Partnership Committee.

Pat holds a bachelor's degree in journalism (magna cum laude) from Drake University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.