AEP Board Member and Former Chairman and CEO of Xcel Energy, Benjamin G.S. Fowke III, Appointed Interim CEO & President AEP Lead Director Sara Martinez Tucker Named Chair of the Board COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today announced that Benjamin G.S. Fowke III, a member of the company's Board of Directors and the former chairman and CEO of Xcel Energy, Inc., has been appointed interim chief executive officer and president, effective immediately. Ben Fo ...