Alpha Governance Record
- Record version
- public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
- Last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- Completeness
- 36%
- Record Quality
- 84 / 100
- Evidence coverage
- 7
- Verification status
- Source reported
- Directors
- 10
- Committees
- 0
- Governance events
- 12
Alpha ID: alpha:company:5e8bfd1d-29a6-4cec-bc01-b2979fa6a7fcSchema: alpha-governance-record-v2Ontology: alpha-governance-ontology-v124 published Claims7 sources
Governance at a glance
Each value is read from the published Record. “Not published” means no evidence-backed Claim exists in this Record yet; it is never a finding about the company.
- Board size
- 8Published current seats
- Independence
- Not published
- CEO and chair
- SeparateChair: Linda Sullivan
- Lead independent director
- Not published
- Key committees
- Not published
- Ownership concentration
- Not published
- Auditor
- Not published
- Recent governance changes
- 12 derived eventsEXECUTIVE APPOINTED
- Shareholder dissent
- Not published
- AI oversight
- Not published
- Cyber oversight
- Not published
- Material legal matters
- Not published
- Alpha Verify status
- Source reportedIdentity: unclaimed
- Record Quality
- 84 / 100Describes Alpha's Record, not the company
Governance record
Record overview
Explore NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s published governance Claims, committee structure, and linked sources. Each item reflects the scope and dates of its source.
About this record →- Company
- NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
- Published Claims
- 24
- Evidence records
- 7
- Record version
- public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
Record highlights
Only published Claims appear in these highlights.
Shareholders →
No source-linked Claim published yet.
Compensation →
No source-linked Claim published yet.
Legal →
No source-linked Claim published yet.
Committee overview
Committee summaries link to the published Claim and its source evidence.
A committee summary is not published in this record. Review the Board section for available leadership and appointment Claims.
Key governance topics
Counts describe published Claims in this record.
Key Claims
What changed
- EXECUTIVE APPOINTED: Bleau J. Lafave executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Feb 12, 2026
- EXECUTIVE APPOINTED: Jason C. Merkel executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Feb 12, 2026
- EXECUTIVE APPOINTED: Jeanne M. Vold executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Feb 12, 2026
Board
Published board seats, independence determinations, tenure and committee roles.
- Published seats
- 8Alpha-calculated metric · Count of published current board seats in this Record. Roster completeness is not asserted.
- Independent share
- Not published
- Average tenure
- 7.5 years (8 dated)Alpha-calculated metric · Average tenure at the Record as-of time, bounded by appointment end dates; directors without a published start date are excluded.
- Committee load
- Not published
| Director | Role | Independent | Since | Committees | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britt Ide | Director | Not published | 2017-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| David Goodin | Director | Not published | 2024-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Jan Horsfall | Director | Not published | 2015-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Jeffrey Yingling | Director | Not published | 2019-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Kent Larson | Director | Not published | 2022-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Mahvash Yazdi | Director | Not published | 2019-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Sherina Maye Edwards | Director | Not published | 2023-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Utility Operations | Director | Not published | 2015-01-01 | Not published | Current | Evidence |
| Brian Bird | President and Chief Executive Officer | NoBoard determination | Not published | Not published | Status not published | Evidence |
| Linda SullivanBoard chair | Chair of the Board | YesBoard determination | Not published | Not published | Status not published | Evidence |
Skills matrix
Cells show published skill Claims. A blank cell means no Claim is published, not that the director lacks the skill.
| Director | Financial | AI | Cyber | Regulatory | International | Public company | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britt Ide | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| David Goodin | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Jan Horsfall | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Jeffrey Yingling | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Kent Larson | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Mahvash Yazdi | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sherina Maye Edwards | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Utility Operations | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Brian Bird | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Linda Sullivan | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
No director skill Claims are published in this Record yet.
Not published in this Record: lead independent director, board type, median tenure, average age, refreshment rate, gender diversity, geographic diversity, succession risk, overboarding, board interlocks, attendance.
Published Claims in this section (10)
Committees
Committees are governed objects with temporal memberships, chairs and mandates.
Committees coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageLeadership
Executive roles as published; role codes are title normalizations, not inferences about authority.
| Executive | Title | Role | Start | Status | Board | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleau J. Lafave | Vice President - Asset Management Business Development | Not classified | 2026-02-12 | Current | Not published | Evidence |
| Jason C. Merkel | Vice President - Distribution | Not classified | 2026-02-12 | Current | Not published | Evidence |
| Jeanne M. Vold | Vice President - Technology | Not classified | 2026-02-12 | Current | Not published | Evidence |
| Michael R. Cashell | Vice President - Transmission | Not classified | 2026-02-12 | Current | Not published | Evidence |
| Bobbi Schroeppel | Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR | Not classified | Not published | Status not published | Not published | Evidence |
| Brian Bird | President and Chief Executive Officer | CEO | Not published | Status not published | Director | Evidence |
| Crystal Lail | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | CFO | Not published | Status not published | Not published | Evidence |
| John Hines | Vice President – Supply / Montana Government Affairs | Not classified | Not published | Status not published | Not published | Evidence |
| Shannon Heim | General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Government Affairs | GC | Not published | Status not published | Not published | Evidence |
- CEO
- Brian Bird
- CFO
- Crystal Lail
- GC
- Shannon Heim
- CORPORATE_SECRETARY
- Not published
- COO
- Not published
- CHRO
- Not published
- CIO
- Not published
- CTO
- Not published
- CISO
- Not published
- CAIO
- Not published
- CRO
- Not published
Published Claims in this section (9)
Ownership
Holders, voting power and activism as disclosed. Influence is never inferred from ownership alone.
Activist positions
No activist positions are published in this Record.
Ownership disclosures
No ownership disclosures are published in this Record.
Ownership coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageFinancials
Governance-relevant financial context with period, unit and source attached to each observation.
Published financial observations retain their reported values, periods, and sources. Coverage may be partial; this is not a reconstructed complete financial statement.
All financials coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageOther published Claims in this section (1)
Governance
Governing documents, provisions and shareholder meeting records as versioned policy objects.
Provisions
No charter or bylaw provisions are published in this Record.
Shareholder meetings and votes
No shareholder meeting or vote records are published in this Record.
Governance coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageRisk
Risk ownership, audit and assurance, and cyber oversight. Company assertions, independent assurance and Alpha verification stay distinct.
No risk disclosures are published in this Record yet.
Governed risk taxonomy
strategic · financial · operational · legal · regulatory · cyber · privacy · ai · model · agentic · supply_chain · geopolitical · climate · human_capital · reputation · third_party · concentration
Audit and assurance
- External auditor
- Not published
- Auditor tenure
- Not published
- Engagement partner
- Not published
- Alpha verification
- source reported Published claims are reported by public sources; none is Alpha verified. Profile ownership is unclaimed.
Material weaknesses and restatements
No material weakness or restatement is published in this Record. This is not a clean-controls conclusion.
Independent assurance
No independent assurance report is published in this Record.
Company assertions
No company assurance assertions are published in this Record.
Cybersecurity and data governance
- Executive owner
- Not published
- Board oversight
- Not published
Cyber and privacy incidents
No cyber or privacy incident is published in this Record. Absence of a disclosure is not absence of an incident.
No further cyber or data governance disclosures are published.
Agent governance
Restricted Agent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
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Risk coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageAI
Board and executive oversight of AI, AI policies, incidents and regulation exposure.
- Executive AI owner
- Not published
- Board or committee AI oversight
- Not published
- Responsible AI committee
- Not published
- AI governance framework
- Not published
- Model inventory
- Restricted Private enterprise overlay
AI incidents
No AI incident is published in this Record. Absence of a disclosure is not absence of an incident.
External AI assurance
No external AI assurance is published in this Record.
AI regulation exposure
No AI regulation exposure disclosure is published in this Record.
Other AI governance disclosures
No further AI governance disclosures are published.
AI coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageLegal
Litigation, regulatory investigations and enforcement as first-class legal matters.
Legal developments
No legal developments are published in this Record.
Legal coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageCompensation
Executive and director compensation disclosures and metrics.
No compensation disclosures are published in this Record.
Compensation coverage
No published Claims are available in this section of the public record. This does not establish that the information is undisclosed or that no relevant facts exist.
Review evidence coverageGovernance events
Events are derived from dated changes in governed relationships and from Registry record supersession. Nothing here is typed by hand.
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDBleau J. Lafave executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDJason C. Merkel executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDJeanne M. Vold executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDMichael R. Cashell executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2024-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDDavid Goodin seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.Temporal change
- 2023-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDSherina Maye Edwards seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2023-01-01.Temporal change
- 2022-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDKent Larson seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.Temporal change
- 2019-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDJeffrey Yingling seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.Temporal change
- 2019-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDMahvash Yazdi seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.Temporal change
- 2017-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDBritt Ide seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2017-01-01.Temporal change
- 2015-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDJan Horsfall seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.Temporal change
- 2015-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDUtility Operations seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.Temporal change
Evidence, history and coverage
Additional published Claims
Published evidence records
7 evidence records, matching Agent View. Records may refer to different locations or observations in the same document. This count is not a count of independent corroborating sources.
Alpha canonical company public projection
canonical identity · Source published: Date unavailable · Retrieved: Oct 6, 2026
Supports 5 claims
- Legal Name: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Entity Status: Public listing published · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Published Fact: US · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Published Fact: Utilities · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Security Listing: NWE (NASDAQ) · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
SEC DEF 14A 0001993004-26-000018
sec def 14a · Source published: Mar 12, 2026 · Retrieved: Sep 12, 2026
Supports 7 claims
- Leadership Role: Linda Sullivan: Chair of the Board · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Brian Bird: President and Chief Executive Officer · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Bobbi Schroeppel: Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Brian Bird: President and Chief Executive Officer · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Crystal Lail: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: John Hines: Vice President – Supply / Montana Government Affairs · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Shannon Heim: General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Government Affairs · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
DEF 14A nwe-20260312.htm
sec proxy · Source published: Mar 12, 2026 · Retrieved: Sep 2, 2026
Supports 8 claims
- Leadership Role: Britt Ide: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: David Goodin: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Jan Horsfall: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Jeffrey Yingling: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Kent Larson: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Mahvash Yazdi: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Sherina Maye Edwards: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- Leadership Role: Utility Operations: Director · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
NWE 10-K executive officers
sec filing · Source published: Feb 12, 2026 · Retrieved: May 5, 2026
Supports 1 claim
- Leadership Role: Bleau J. Lafave: Vice President - Asset Management Business Development · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
NWE 10-K executive officers
sec filing · Source published: Feb 12, 2026 · Retrieved: May 5, 2026
Supports 1 claim
- Leadership Role: Jason C. Merkel: Vice President - Distribution · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
NWE 10-K executive officers
sec filing · Source published: Feb 12, 2026 · Retrieved: May 5, 2026
Supports 1 claim
- Leadership Role: Jeanne M. Vold: Vice President - Technology · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
NWE 10-K executive officers
sec filing · Source published: Feb 12, 2026 · Retrieved: May 5, 2026
Supports 1 claim
- Leadership Role: Michael R. Cashell: Vice President - Transmission · Claim reviewed: Oct 6, 2026
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDBleau J. Lafave executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDJason C. Merkel executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDJeanne M. Vold executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2026-02-12EXECUTIVE APPOINTEDMichael R. Cashell executive of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.Temporal change
- 2024-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDDavid Goodin seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.Temporal change
- 2023-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDSherina Maye Edwards seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2023-01-01.Temporal change
- 2022-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDKent Larson seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.Temporal change
- 2019-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDJeffrey Yingling seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.Temporal change
- 2019-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDMahvash Yazdi seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.Temporal change
- 2017-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDBritt Ide seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2017-01-01.Temporal change
- 2015-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDJan Horsfall seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.Temporal change
- 2015-01-01DIRECTOR APPOINTEDUtility Operations seat on NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.Temporal change
Identity
unclaimed
Evidence
source reported
Evaluation
not evaluated
Monitoring
Unknown
Authority
Unknown
Freshness
current
Section coverage
Completeness 36% of expected sections for a public company. States describe Alpha's Record, not the company. Missing expected sections: corporate_structure, committees, ownership, financials, compensation, governance, shareholder_governance, audit, legal, risk, cyber, ai_governance, markets_external.
- Identity
- Published
- Corporate structure
- Not reviewed
- Board
- Published
- Committees
- Not reviewed
- Leadership
- Published
- Ownership and shareholders
- Not reviewed
- Financials
- Not reviewed
- Capital structure
- Published
- Compensation
- Not reviewed
- Governance
- Not reviewed
- Shareholder governance
- Not reviewed
- Audit and assurance
- Not reviewed
- Legal and regulatory
- Not reviewed
- Risk
- Not reviewed
- Cybersecurity and data governance
- Not reviewed
- AI governance
- Not reviewed
- Agent governance
- Restricted
- Markets and external ecosystem
- Not reviewed
- Governance events
- Published
- Relationships
- Published
- Assessments and Evals
- Published
- Evidence
- Published