Martha Brown Wyrsch graduated from the University of Wyoming
with a B.A. in English. She went on to work for Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson's
office for three years before returning to school to earn a law
degree from George Washington University in 1986. Wyrsch completed the
Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2002.
Wyrsch has been president of Vestas-Americas, an affiliate
of Vestas Wind Systems NS, since 2009. Previously, Wyrsch was director at Spectra
Energy Facilities, LP, and Greater Houston Partnership. She also served as
senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Duke Energy Field
Services. She led Spectra Energy's (formerly Duke Energy Gas
Transmission) natural gas transmission, storage and distribution business,
as well as its gathering and processing and liquids businesses in western
Canada. Also, Wyrsch previously served as vice president, general counsel and
secretary of KN Energy Inc., now known as Kinder Morgan Inc.
Wyrsch serves on the boards of directors of
UW's Ruckelshaus Institute and Haub School for Environment and Natural
Resources, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Greater
Houston Partnership and the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast. She also is a
member of the George Washington University Law School Board of Advisors.
Photo courtesy of Martha Brown Wyrsch.
