Ms. Richards is a Senior Consultant with Alliance Consulting Group. She was previously employed as a Team Lead of Property Accounting at We Energies. She has 9 years of experience at a Fortune 500 company in utility property accounting, depreciation, and areas of corporate finance. She has a vast working knowledge of fixed asset and finance systems including SAP, UI, and PowerPlan. Rebecca has managed fixed asset accounting for both regulated and non-regulated entities. During her 9 years as a consultant with Alliance, she has coordinated depreciation studies for all types of utilities including electric, gas, communication, water, wastewater, and steam heating.  Ms. Richards holds a B.S. in Accounting from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. She also earned an Associate Degree in Accounting from Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI. She is currently serving as SDP Past President and has been on the SDP Board of Directors since 2022.