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James W. Eldredge is vice president, controller and chief accounting officer for Washington-based Puget Energy (NYSE: PSD), a Fortune 1000 company, and its utility subsidiary Puget Sound Energy (PSE). Since joining the company in 1973, Eldredge has held several key management positions within Finance, including controller, manager of Budgets and Corporate Planning, director of Internal Audit and manager of Accounting.
He is a member of the board and an officer of Puget Western, Inc., and an officer of PSE Funding, Inc., both PSE affiliates.
In addition to his responsibilities at PSE, Eldredge is a member of the Audit Committee of the YMCA of Greater Seattle. He is active in several professional organizations, including chairman of the Chief Accounting Officers Committee of the American Gas Association, Chief Accounting Officers Committee of the Edison Electric Institute, member and past president of the Washington State Chapter, Financial Executives Institute, and treasurer of Pacific Northwest Chapter, Society of Governance Professionals and Corporate Secretaries.
A Seattle native, Eldredge has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Washington.
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