Sara McCoy, plant manager, Agua Fria Generating Station, SRP
McCoy oversees production at one of SRP’s longest-running power plants. She has mentored personnel, contributed to improving collaboration between departments and led efforts to build the utility’s power grid back-up control center.
Greatest accomplishment: “Achieving success at SRP, including becoming the first female plant manager, while being a wife and mother.”
Childhood aspiration: “I wanted to become an engineer to solve problems and set a good example by exceeding people’s expectations.”
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