Meet The Team

Staff Directory

First Name Last Name Title Details
Michele
 Abrell
 Sales Support Analyst

  Michele
Phone: 219.647.5276
Fax: 219.647.5297
Email: mabrell@nisource.com
Duties:
Experience:
Personal:
Hobbies:

Melissa
 Aton
 Director of Risk

  Melissa
Phone: 219.647.5283
Fax: 219.647.5298
Email: maton@nisource.com
Duties: Risk management including evaluation of all purchases and sales, physical and financial deals.
Experience: In the energy industry since 2001.
Personal: M.S. in Applied Statistics from Purdue University, 2 children – 1 in college and 1 almost.
Hobbies: Reading, Purdue basketball, movies and spending time with family and friends.

Robert
 Barsic
 Revenue Manager

  Robert
Phone: 219.647.5280
Fax: 219.647.5297
Email: rbarsic@nisource.com
Duties: Responsible for Revenue, Billing and Customer Service activities.
Experience: Well over twenty years in the energy industry.
Personal: Married to Jayne, my high school sweetheart, with two adult children Melanie & Curt.
Hobbies: Golfing, Fishing, Biking, Reading and Making Wine. Enjoy spending time with my family, we do almost everything together!

Cheryl
 Millen
 Senior Revenue Specialist

  Cheryl
Phone: 219.647.5289
Fax: 219.647.5297
Email: cmillen@nisource.com
Duties: Responsible for accounting related functions for EnergyUSA.
Experience: Involved in the natural gas business since 1998.
Personal: Mother of 4 wonderful children Lauren (20) Kyle (17) , Justin (15) and Nick (7). Two parakeets (Sugar and Spice).
Hobbies: Enjoy a variety of sports, watching my children at their games, enjoying spending time with family and friends. I also participate and raise money for the 3-Day 60 mile Breast Cancer walks.

Connie
 Slocum
 Local Production Manager

  Connie
Phone: 614.307.9180
Fax: 614.890.4896
Email: cslocum@nisource.com AOL IM:
Duties: Acquisition and management of locally produced gas in the Midwest with a focus on Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Experience: My involvement in the energy business began in 1978. In addition to retail marketing, I have worked for various exploration and production companies in Ohio.
Personal: Married to the same wonderful man since 1979. We have one daughter.
Hobbies: Gardening, ballroom dancing, digital photography, watching hockey.

Dave
 Trump
 Senior Business Application Analyst

  Dave
Phone: 219.647.5294
Fax: 219.647.5297
Email: dtrump@nisource.com
Duties: Application & System Support.
Experience: Supporting and developing energy trading & marketing applications since 1998.
Personal: Raised on a farm and still enjoy wearing a good pair of boots.
Hobbies: Music & Fitness.