Todd Jacobs has been named chief operating officer and executive vice president of Summit Utilities Inc. in Little Rock.
Jacobs previously was the senior vice president for growth and strategy at Black Hills Energy, where he led teams focused on developing and implementing customer and growth-focused solutions and strategies, including strategic planning, business development, regulatory, governmental affairs, communications, community affairs, sustainability and renewable natural gas initiatives. Prior to that position, he was the operations leader for all of Black Hills Energy’s natural gas utilities, which served more than 1 million customers across six states. His other roles at Black Hills included state operations leadership of the Arkansas and Kansas natural gas utilities. Additionally, Jacobs has worked at Spire and Missouri Gas Energy in legal, regulatory and corporate services roles.
Jacobs has a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Military Institute and a law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a graduate of the Executive Program, an advanced management program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.