Cummins VP of Marketing and Communications Carole Casto Appointed to Board of Trustees
INDIANAPOLIS – Cummins Vice President of Marketing and Communications Carole Casto has been appointed to Citizens Energy Group’s five-member Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees’ primary function is to make nominations for vacancies to both the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors.
A trailblazer since joining Cummins in 2003, Casto has focused on enhancing productivity while championing diversity and inclusion. She also excels at leading transformations to improve performance. Throughout her career, Casto has held leadership positions including Executive Director of Corporate Communications, Director of Community Engagement, Director of Community Development, Six Sigma Quality Champion, LDS Implementation Leader, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Prior to Cummins, she served in a variety of leadership roles at the State of Indiana.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts at Marquette University.
Casto is a board member of the Indiana Latino Institute and served as the moderator for the 2024 Latino Leadership Circle Cohort. Additionally, she is on the Marquette University Dean’s Advisory Council, and she previously served the Economic Club of Indiana and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. In addition to joining Citizens Board of Trustees in 2025, Casto will return to the Indianapolis Chamber Executive Committee, continuing her commitment to service and the Indianapolis community.
Among Casto’s professional achievements are being named to PR Week’s Women to Watch; Indianapolis Business Journal’s Woman of Influence and Forty Under 40; and Marquette University’s Top 100 Alumnae.
Casto’s appointment to the Board of Trustees follows the retirement of Jackie Nytes, who served on the Board for 12 years, including one year as Vice President.
Citizens President & CEO Jeffrey Harrison said, “Citizens Energy Group is pleased to announce Carole Casto as the newest member of our Board of Trustees. She is a dynamic leader with a depth and breadth of experience at Cummins and beyond that will serve Citizens well. As we welcome Carole, we also thank Jackie Nytes for more than a decade of dedicated service on the Board of Trustees.”
About Citizens Energy Group
Citizens Energy Group provides safe and reliable utility services to about 900,000 people in the Indianapolis area. Citizens operates its utilities for the benefit of customers and the community.
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