bankruptcy. She was then named chairperson of the board for PGE in 2001, remaining in that position until early 2004. Fowler served as president of the company from 1998 to April 2000. In April 2000, Fowler was promoted to the position of chief executive officer at the company. Fowler was named by the Portland Business Journal in 2005 as Oregon’s most admired CEO. In April 2006, PGE became its own company again when its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Fowler and seven other employees of the utility rang the opening bell at the stock exchange on April 10, 2006. In 2007, Fowler was paid by PGE a total of almost $2.3 million in compensation, making her the 11th highest paid CEO in Oregon, and the highest paid female CEO in the state. Fowler retired from the company in March 2009 and joined the board of directors where she stayed until May 2012. She joined the board of directors at Umpqua Holdings Corp. in 2009 and became chair of the board in 2012. Other Peggy Fowler is married and has two stepchildren. She lives with her husband Robert in Tigard, Oregon. She is a board member of the Oregon Business Council, Oregon Independent College Foundation, and several regional healthcare organizations. She won the Utility Women’s Leadership Conference’s Leadership Award in 2000. In June 2007, she was appointed to the board of the Portland branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and awarded the Portland First Citizen Award. References External links Peggy Fowler picture energybiz: Exec Steers Portland General Electric Through Turmoil 1951 births Living people American women chief executives People from Hillsboro, Oregon George Fox University alumni People from Tigard, Oregon Businesspeople from Oregon People from Nampa, Idaho University of Michigan alumni American chief operating officers 21st-century American women