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.
Oh Brett, you are the perfect example of what I was talking about when I said oblivious consumer. We pay really low rates, so you need to think about your usage. Also, I don’t know how much you have looked into the windmills, but I think you will find that Missouri ranks near the top for states least likely to benefit from wind power.
theRealStraigjtTalkExpress, you are an amazing dolt. Seriously, I think you are one of the most illogical people to have ever graced the P-D blogs.
Gas and Coal are safer? Add up the number of people that have died in mines and on oil rigs and see what you get. How about the amount of acid rain that fell in the northeast from the sulphur in coal. Hell, just look at the number of animals that died THIS YEAR from the left over slop by the Exxon Valdez (That’s right, this year. MSNBC.com just had a story on it last month). Look at the number of sinking and collapsed areas in the country built over old mines (again, a story just last month, this time in the Post-Dispatch). Don’t forget all the coal miners with black lung disease or cancer.
We need our energy to run the world, but the planet has paid an incredible price for it. The air, the land, the water, people, animals, plants, every single group has felt the affects. And you are worried about what COULD happen? LOL!
Nuclear is safe, efficient, and there is plenty of it to last a long time. It won’t take counties worth of solar panels or wind turbines either. Get out of the 80’s MTV video genre and enjoy the smell of sweet reality for a change…
Quick, someone call Deane Lane and let her know that there is an opening she is qualified for at Ameren !!!! Karen Foss’ old job is open. Pretty sure it pays good and is a SWEET deal.
Why does a MONOPOLY pay out money for advertising? Why would they need to spend money for a PR department. Isn’t this an unnessary expense that should be taken into consideration every time they ask for a rate hike.
Bet she’s the Devil in Prada. Creating Memo after Memo, talking down to the little people (like she does to the public). Throw her to the curb, not too hard so as to scuff her Gucci’s but hard enough so the rest of Ameren gets the message that the propaganda “ain’t wirkin”.
she was bad news as soon as she took a job with those crooks. she is a talking head. a degree in engineering? BA? nope, just blabla. they had a bad image and she was hired to try to turn it around. what a joke
My my my. This ex talking head didn’t make enough rightous bucks reading an Obama prompter,now we have to see some of our rate billing go into her purse. Jeese,what a joke she and the utility are.
Yes,I know,I spelled righteous wrong,my bad.