PEARL RIVER- Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) has appointed Won Choe, a seasoned professional with over two decades of operational and engineering experience at Con Edison, as O&R’s new Vice President of Operations.
Choe’s appointment became effective May 1, 2023.
At O&R, Choe will be responsible for providing strategic, operational and management leadership for the electric and natural gas systems. Serving approximately 1 million people in six counties in New York and northern New Jersey, O&R’s Operations function controls the essential elements of the company’s business for the transmission and distribution of both electricity and, in New York only, natural gas: the systems’ design and operation, their development and construction, their maintenance and repair.
Choe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University. He served in the U.S. Navy as the Nuclear Officer aboard the USS O’Brien (DD975) and the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72).
Choe joined Con Edison in 2001 as an engineer and spent the early part of his career developing public safety programs in Electric Construction and Distribution Engineering. He was promoted to General Manager of Staten Island, Bronx and Westchester and then Energy Services. Most recently, Choe served as Con Edison’s Director of Emergency Preparedness.
O&R President and CEO Robert Sanchez said, “Won is a hard-working, effective, and results-oriented executive. He’s resourceful, creative and practical. And he has a proven track record of building strong, successful teams.”
Choe has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Asians in Business in NYC and a 40 Under 40 Business Leader in Westchester County.
