New Opportunities: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. elected Bill Harper as vice president of strategic sourcing and operations support, effective Aug. 21. Harper previously was vice president and chief procurement officer for Toronto-based Rogers Commu- nications Inc.
Piedmont Natural Gas announced the hiring of Judy Z. Mayo to the position of deputy general counsel at Piedmont. Mayo will assume her new role at Piedmont effective Aug. 15. Before joining Piedmont, Mayo was the associate general counsel for Duke Energy and was corporate counsel for United Dominion Industries.
ITC Holdings Corp. announced that Bennett Stewart has been appointed to the ITC Holdings board of directors. He also will serve on the company’s audit committee. A founding partner with Joel Stern of Stern Stewart & Co., a global management consulting firm, Stewart also currently serves as CEO of EVA Dimensions, a firm he formed in March 2006 to acquire and manage the valuation modeling and investment research and funds management services of Stern Stewart & Co.