Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs, Vistra Corp.

Sano Blocker oversees legislative policy initiatives, political strategy, and administration of the employees’ political action committees at Vistra Energy. Previously, Blocker served a similar function as the senior vice president of state and local political affairs for Vistra’s predecessor, Energy Future Holdings. Before joining EFH in 2008, Blocker was executive director for EDS global government affairs, where she was responsible for political relations across the nation’s 50 states, leading a team of regional directors and political consultants. Blocker serves as vice chair of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas and sits on the executive board of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association. She is a member of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation Advisory Board and is a former board member of the NCSL Foundation of State Legislatures. Blocker completed the “Leadership in the Global Enterprise” course through the Thunderbird School of Management as well as the executive management program at Southern Methodist University. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish.