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Mitchell, 59, as president of ComEd, is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company, which delivers electric services to approximately 3.7 million customers throughout northern Illinois. ComEd has more than 5,500 employees and revenues of approximately $6.1 billion.
Mitchell joined PECO Energy Company as an analyst in the finance department in 1971 and progressed through various positions in finance and corporate planning until he was named vice president and treasurer in December 1994. In October 2000, Exelon Corporation was created as a result of the merger between PECO Energy Corporation and Unicom Corporation, and Mitchell was named vice president and treasurer of Exelon Corporation. In April 2002, he was named senior vice president and treasurer; in September 2003 he was also named business unit chief financial officer; and in March 2005, he was named chief financial officer. He was appointed to his current position in November 2005.
Mitchell serves on the board of Energy Insurance Mutual, advisory board of the Factory Mutual Insurance Company and he is chairman of the Illinois Energy Association. He serves as a member of the executive committee of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Illinois Chapter) and board member and treasurer of the Merit School of Music.
Mitchell graduated from Lehigh University in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and earned a master’s in finance in 1971. He is also a 1987 graduate of the Executive Development Program at the Darden School of the University of Virginia.
Mitchell and his wife, Beth, have three sons. | 