Anne Pramaggiore

Anne Pramaggiore was born on August 9, 1958, to Alfred Pramaggiore and Jeanne Lacy Pramaggiore, and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Alfred Pramaggiore was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents who emigrated from Italy. After graduating from City College of New York, Alfred pursued a career as a civil engineer. Jeanne Lacy Pramaggiore was a girl scout leader who later worked on political campaigns. She also served as a president of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Pramaggiore graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in theater. She later attended DePaul University College of Law and served as the editor-in-chief of the school's Law Review. She earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1989. == Career ==

While still living in Ohio, Pramaggiore completed the management training program at Elder Beerman Department Store. She went on to become an assistant department manager at the store and then became a buyer for Snyder's Department Store in Louisville, Kentucky. She clerked from 1989 to 1990. She next became an associate and eventually a partner at the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, remaining there until 1998. She was the first female to hold the post of president and CEO at the electric utility. Known as ComEd, the company delivers electricity to more than four million customers in Chicago and Northern Illinois. The legislation allowed ComEd to build the nation’s first neighborhood “microgrid,” that can monitor energy flow and quickly alert the company about outages.Under her leadership, ComEd "worked closely with the community solar industry" to implement a 2016 law called the Future Energy Jobs Act which created incentives for using more energy from solar and other renewable sources. Exelon Utilities In May 2018, Pramaggiore was named senior executive vice president and CEO of Exelon Utilities, where she oversaw ComEd and five other gas and electric utility companies. == Federal criminal charges ==

In October 2019, Pramaggiore resigned her position as Exelon CEO amidst a federal investigation into ComEd's lobbying activities. On November 18, 2020, Pramaggiore and three others were indicted on charges of bribery conspiracy, bribery and falsifying business records. The four were accused of illegally influencing and rewarding Michael Madigan, former long-time speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Madigan was charged in a separate indictment and awaits trial. On May 2, 2023, Pramaggiore and her co-defendants were found guilty on all charges. In July 2023, her license to practice law in Illinois was suspended due to her criminal convictions. In 2025, a federal judge vacated and dismissed four of these counts, including the entirety of the bribery conviction. Sentence On July 21, 2025, Pramaggiore was sentenced to two years in prison and a $750,000 fine. However, Pramaggiore did not report to prison by the initially scheduled date of December 1, 2025, due to medical reasons. Her prison report date was later rescheduled for January 12, 2026. Release and re-trial order On April 14, 2026, the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered for Pramaggiore and "ComEd Four" co-defendant Michael McClain to be released from prison on bail, and also undergo a new trial. == References ==