Ed Baker is a partner with ScottMadden and co-leads the firm’s generation and natural gas practices. He has been a consultant, and with ScottMadden, since 2001. He has extensive experience with gas distribution, nuclear generation, cost reduction, organization design and staffing, and fleet operating models. Prior to attending graduate school, Ed was vice president of professional banking with a North Carolina bank. He is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Business at Wake Forest University, where he was a Babcock Scholar and recipient of the Kiplinger Prize for academic achievement and leadership potential and the Babcock Award for managerial potential. He earned a B.S. in financial management at Clemson University.