Team

Mike Peters has worked with and for locally owned, not-for-profit electric utilities for the past three decades. He joined WPPI Energy in January 2011 as president and CEO, responsible for the organization’s leadership, strategic direction and day-to-day operations. WPPI Energy’s 51 member utilities collectively serve more than 200,000 homes and businesses in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Iowa.

Trained as an attorney, Peters has advocated on behalf of utilities and their customers on issues including utility restructuring and customer choice, climate change policy and action, and other critical issues affecting the utility industry at the state and national level.

He currently serves on the board of directors for the American Public Power Association and is a member of their CEO Climate Change and Generation Policy Task Force. Peters also serves on the Board of Directors of the Transmission Access Policy Study group (TAPS) and the board of directors for the American Transmission Co., the first independent transmission-only company established in the U.S.

Peters holds a law degree from the Washburn University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He and his wife, Anita, live in Madison. They have three children and four grandchildren.

Joe Daggett was appointed chief financial officer in 2025, overseeing WPPI’s finance, accounting, risk management, and back-office settlement functions. With WPPI since 2009, Daggett initially joined the joint action agency as a financial analyst. Over the past 16 years, he has expanded his experience and progressively assumed greater leadership responsibilities. Before joining WPPI, Daggett worked in the public accounting sector, providing audit and assurance services to a diverse range of clients.

Beyond his role at WPPI, Daggett has served as the chair of the finance and accounting committee for the American Public Power Association’s Business and Finance Conference and as chair of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s Credit Practices Working Group. Additionally, Daggett has been an officer on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations.

Daggett holds a Master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Certified Management Accountant and a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Wisconsin. Daggett resides with his wife, Amanda, and their two daughters.

Joining WPPI Energy in 2011, Melinda Doll is the director of risk and analytics. In her current role, she is responsible for WPPI's enterprise risk management program, leading the annual budget process, WPPI’s investment portfolio, and managing WPPI's corporate insurance program. She has been actively involved in WPPI’s bond financings since 2013.

Doll holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Oklahoma and B.A. in economics from the University of Hawaii. Her family includes her husband, Patrick, three young sons and a daughter.