Currently, Therace Risch is Chief Information & Technology Officer at American Electric Power Co., Inc.

Ms. Risch previously occupied the position of Chief Information Officer for CC Services, Inc., Chief Information & Digital Officer, Executive VP at J. C. Penney Co., Inc., Vice President-Technology Delivery Services at Target Corp. and Assistant Vice President at The St. Paul Cos., Inc.

Therace Risch received an undergraduate degree from Ripon College and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota).