04.28.2009 2:35 pm
Ameren promotes Karen Foss
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Two years after joining AmerenUE to head up the utility’s public relations efforts, former KSDK-TV news anchor Karen Foss is being promoted to senior vice president at Ameren Corp.
Foss, 65, will oversee communications and brand management for St. Louis-based Ameren Corp. and report directly to new Chief Executive Officer Thomas R. Voss, the company said in a statement. The promotion takes effect on Friday, the same day Voss takes over as CEO.
Foss began her career in Kansas City and spent more than 25 years at KSDK.
Most recently at AmerenUE, Foss appeared in television commercials urging support for legislation that would have helped the utility develop a second nuclear power plant in Callaway County.
Yeah, a big round of applause for the woman trying to waste our tax dollars on a nuclear waste machine. Here’s hoping you get canned right quick!
“Brand management”???? This company is a utility, a monopoly utility, and they’re worried about “branding”???? Maybe this new guy - Voss - will understand that all of the viewer loyalty Foss had from her 25 years at KSDK was flushed down the toilet the day she became the spokeswhore for AmerenUE.
The PR job wasn’t paying enough. After this last bid for a nuke plant failed, she wanted more money and to have more power. She was the highest paid person at KSDK when she left. How much will she make now? is it comparable to the KSDK job? What a waste of money.
At age 65, and my guess was a lucrative salary in the media, why does she even need to work? What makes her qualified to understand and execute brand management?? So, she is being rewarded for a unsuccessful ad campaign for the nuclear plant.
Hmmm………… you all sound jealous.
What a bunch of children. The only reason you are worked up over this is because Foss is locally recognized. The ONLY reason. You wouldn’t give a crap if it was some no-name executive. I’d like to see you “experts” explain why Foss should not have the right to a) a job, and b) a promotion. Can you give a coherent answer without sounding like a stereotypical internet putz? You know the type…all anger and no substance?
Catch up to Europe folks. Nuke Power is the way to go. In the 10 - 15 years it will take to build a new plant where will we be with other power generating sources? Still waiting to technology to catch up I’ll bet.
Karen Foss sold her soul to the corporate devil when she went to Ameren. They are a MONOPOLY. What is with the PR blitz?
“Can you give a coherent answer without sounding like a stereotypical internet putz?”
No, I’m the stereotypical internet putz. I’m just angry and jealous and hate life and everyone in the whole world. Also, I wear lots of black and cut myself.
I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for her and the company. She has excelled in the communications industry for many years. Why would you select someone who is not qualified? She definitely enters the job with distinctions. (Though I do miss her, Julius Hunter and a few other notable and distinguished personalities on TV!)