Donna A. James, managing director and founder of Lardon & Associates, LLC, has been elected to the American Electric Power Board of Directors. responsibility, including executive vice president and chief administrative officer and president of Nationwide Strategic Investments. James received her bachelor's degree in accounting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

She is the chair of the board of Victoria's Secret & Co. and a member of the boards of Boston Scientific Corp. and The Hartford Financial Services Group.

She also is a board trustee for OhioHealth and co-executive for the African American Leadership Academy. David Anderson resigned from the Board of Directors after reaching the retirement age for outside Directors. He served on AEP's Board for 11 years.