JERA Adds Director of State and Local Affairs

JERA Americas recently hired MEREDITH BOTTOS as director of state and local affairs for the Northeast region. She will oversee state government, municipal affairs and community outreach as the U.S. subsidiary of JERA, which is Japan's largest energy provider, focuses on regional clean energy, power generation and energy transition projects. Bottos most recently was U.S. external affairs lead for Braskem, which describes itself as the largest producer of polypropylene in the country. She also was a senior research engineer and business process coordinator at ExxonMobil. She earned her MBA at Villanova University.