Kevin P. Schneider (S’00–M’06–SM’08) received the B.S. degree in physics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. He is currently a Chief Engineer with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. He is also an Adjunct Faculty Member with Washington State University and an Affiliate Associate Professor with the University of Washington. His main areas of research include distribution system analysis and power system operations. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in WA, USA. He was the Chair of the Power and Energy Society Distribution System Analysis Sub-Committee. He is the Chair of the Analytic Methods for Power Systems Committee.