As vice president, generation, John Bridson leads a team overseeing more than 15,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including renewables, coal, gas and oil. Mr. Bridson also serves on the board of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, providing oversite for Evergy’s nuclear plant. Mr. Bridson also oversees the power marketing operations and energy trading functions, as well as the Safety, Training and Operations support for all of operations.

Mr. Bridson was senior vice president, generation and marketing with Westar Energy from 2015 to 2018. He joined Westar Energy in 1993 and held several positions with the company, including vice president of generation, executive director of generation, executive director of Lawrence Energy Center, executive director of gas-fired power plants, director of operations, and plant engineer at Jeffrey Energy Center.

Mr. Bridson received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University.

He currently serves on the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee of the Surface Transportation Bureau.

He previously served on the board of trustees for the Kansas Children's Service League and he is past chairman of the board for the Powder River Basin Coal Users Group and Kansas Children’s Service League.