Calvin G. Butler Jr. became CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company on March 1, 2014. Butler previously served as BGE’s senior vice president, regulatory and external affairs.

Career Communications Group, publisher of US Black Engineer and Information Technology, Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology, and Women of Color magazines, will host Minorities in Research Science (MIRS) Women and Minorities in Energy, which is scheduled to take place during the BEYA STEM Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.

2007 Black Engineer of the Year Rodney C. Adkins, an executive with more than 30 years of service at IBM, will now join PPL’s board of directors, effective today. Rodney C. Adkins, an executive with more than 30 years of service at IBM, will join the PPL Corporation board of directors effective Aug. 1. Adkins, who will retire from IBM at the end of this year, is currently serving as senior vice president with a focus on special corporate projects and key client relationships.

Stinson Leonard Street LLP attorney Russell Frisby was recently appointed to the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.