Dean R. Tesch serves as board chairman of Taylor Electric Cooperative in Stetsonville, Wisconsin, and is a former director for the cooperative’s wholesale power supplier, Dairyland Power Cooperative, headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin. A certified financial planner and a former elementary school teacher, Tesch also serves as a member of the CFP Board Item Writing Group and has served as treasurer for former Wisconsin State Representative Mary Williams.

Alan W. Wattles has served as president and CEO of Monroe County Electric Co-Operative, based in Waterloo, Illinois, since 2002. He serves on several cooperative boards, including those for Southern Illinois Power Cooperative (G&T), ACES and United Utility Supply, where he is the vice chair. He previously served as chair of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives' Managers Association. Prior to joining his current cooperative, Wattles held the post of general manager and executive vice president of Clay Electric Co-operative in Illinois.

Bruce Vitosh serves as general manager and CEO of Norris Public Power District in Beatrice, Nebraska. He also chairs the Nebraska Rural Electric Association Legislative Committee. Prior to joining Norris PPD, Vitosh held leadership positions at Neapco and American MicroTrace Corporation. A Certified Public Accountant, he also was a senior auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He serves as co-chair of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Accountancy Advisory Board and is a former member of the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants Governmental Accounting and Audit Committee.

Barbara Hampton is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Georgia Transmission Corporation in Tucker, Georgia. Previously, she was the financing officer, vice president and chief information officer of Oglethorpe Power Corporation in Georgia and is a current member and past president of the National G&T Accounting and Finance Association. She has a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Louisiana-Monroe and an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Thomas Bailey serves as a director of Vermont Electric Cooperative in Johnson, Vermont. He has previously worked as a consultant for cooperatives and as the vice president and general manager of Citizens Utilities, Vermont Division. He also served as a director of Passumpsic Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire and is a past president and director of the North County High School Board. He is a self-directed portfolio manager and owner and landlord of rental properties. He has a B.S.I.D. from Clarkson University and an M.B.A. from Eastern New Mexico University.

Kevin Bender is the board president of Carroll White Rural Electric Membership Corporation in Delphi, Indiana, and has served on the board since 2008. He is the president and CEO of the Bank of Wolcott and the owner-operator of a family beef and crop farm. Bender has a B.S. in agriculture education and agricultural economics from Purdue University and attended the graduate school of banking at the University of Wisconsin.

Robert J. Brockman has served as board president of Wheatland Rural Electric Association in Wheatland, Wyoming, since first being elected in 2006. Brockman also is a member of the Wyoming State Appraiser Board of Directors, and a member and past chairman of the Diversified Services, Inc. Board of Directors. A former mayor and councilman of Hanna, Wyoming, he currently works as a broker with and president of Keyhole Land Company, a real estate brokerage firm, and has earned Accredited Rural Appraiser status.

Chris Christensen is a director of NorVal Electric Cooperative in Glasgow, Montana. He serves as the NRECA board vice president. He is a former agricultural education instructor, Future Farmers of America adviser, and member of the Agricultural Education Advisory Committee for Montana State University. He has an associate’s degree in farm/ranch business management from the University of North Dakota-Williston, and a bachelor’s in agricultural education from Montana State University. He is an NRECA Credentialed Cooperative Director and also Board Leadership Certified by the association. 

David Felkel has served as president and CEO of Edisto Electric Cooperative in Bamberg, South Carolina, since 1997. Previously, he had held various posts with the cooperative since 1981. He is a member of the Central Electric Power Cooperative (G&T) Board of Trustees; past chair of the Cooperative Electric Energy Utility Supply Board of Trustees; member and past chair of The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina (statewide) Board of Trustees; a member of the Line Equipment Sales Company, Inc. Board of Trustees; and past president of the South Carolina Electric Cooperatives Managers Association.

Dennis Fulk serves as a director with Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative in Kearney, Missouri, as well as the vice president of the NW Electric Power Cooperative (G&T) Board of Directors. He is a former president of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ (Statewide) Board of Directors, past president of the Missouri Soybean Association Board of Directors, a former chair of USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Platte County Committee. He owns Fulk Farms, and has a B.A. in political science from the University of Missouri.

Doyle Jay Hanson has been a director for Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative in Ashton, Idaho, since 2005. Hanson previously served as a Cooperative Extension agent for the University of Idaho and University of Wyoming. He has also chaired the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association (statewide) Nominating Committee.

Keith Hayward has been general manager and CEO of North East Mississippi Electric Power Association in Oxford, Mississippi, since 2014 and has been employed with the cooperative since 1988. He serves on the board of Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi (statewide) and South Eastern Data Cooperative in Georgia. Hayward has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Mississippi and is a graduate of NRECA’s Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program.

Bradley Janorschke is the general manager of Homer Electric Association and Alaska Electric and Energy Cooperative in Homer, Alaska. Prior to working in Alaska, he was the CEO of Arrowhead Electric Cooperative and the assistant general manager of Cooperative Light & Power Association, both in Minnesota. He has a B.S. in engineering technology and an M.B.A., both from St. Cloud State University and is a graduate of NRECA’s Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program.

Jimmy A. LaFoy serves as a director for Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation in Summerdale, Alabama. A certified public accountant, he owns and operates the public accounting firm LaFoy & Associates, was a founding organizer and current member of the Southern States Bank Board, and also holds posts as a member of the Farmers National Bank of Opelika Board of Directors and the First American Bank Advisory Board of Directors. LaFoy is also a past council member and past president of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants and a past council member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Anthony Larson is the board secretary of Slope Electric Cooperative in New England, North Dakota. He is the fourth-generation owner and operator of 1910 Larson Ranch. He has worked in bank management and lending at Dacotah Bank and is a former board member of the Rural Development Finance Corporation. Larson has a B.S. in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University, studied at the Colorado Graduate School of Banking and has an NRECA Gold Director Certificate.

G. Anthony Norton serves as a director of Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Corporation in Covington, Georgia, and as the current chair of the Georgia System Operations Corporation Board of Directors. He is a current member and the former chair of the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (statewide) Board of Directors. He is also the former president and owner of Conyers Pharmacy. Norton has served as a director of the Rockdale County Hospital Authority Board, and is a member of Georgia Pharmaceutical Association and Compliant Pharmacy Alliance. He has a B.S. in pharmacy from Mercer University.

Timothy Rodriguez has served as general manager and CEO of Kay Electric Cooperative in Blackwell, Oklahoma, since 2014. Before that, he worked as the cooperative’s chief operating officer for 25 years and as controller with Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (1983–89). He serves as a member of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (statewide) Board of Directors; as chair of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Self-Insurers’ Fund; as a member on the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives Legislative & Regulatory Committee; and as an alternate on the Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (G&T) Board of Directors.

Bradley J. Schardin serves as general manager of Southeastern Electric Cooperative in Marion, South Dakota. He chairs the Managers Advisory Committee for his cooperative’s wholesale power supplier, East River Electric Power Cooperative, and is a member of the Basin Electric Power Cooperative Managers Advisory Committee, South Dakota Rural Electric Association Strategic Issues Committee and Rural Electric Economic Development Fund Board of Directors.

Mark Suggs has served as the executive vice president and general manager of Pitt & Greene Electric Membership Corporation in Farmville, North Carolina, since 1984. He is a former board president and current director of North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (G&T) and serves as a director for the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives (statewide). Suggs also is the co-founder of Carolina’s Whitetail Journal and the owner and operator of Ghost Hollow Farms. He has an NRECA Cooperative Management Certificate.

Marsha L. Thompson serves as a director of Trico Electric Cooperative (TEC) in Marana, Arizona. She also has served in governance positions, including board president, for the Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association (statewide). She holds the post of TEC board vice president and was a member and former chair of TEC’s Audit and Finance Committee. Thompson has achieved NRECA Credentialed Cooperative Director, Board Leadership Certificate and Director Gold Certificate status. Additionally, she is active in leadership roles for various civic and service organizations.

Todd P. Ware serves as president and CEO of Licking Rural Electrification–The Energy Cooperative and several subsidiary companies in Newark, Ohio. Ware has been with the cooperative since 1993. He serves on several boards, including those for Licking County United Way, Genesis Healthcare Foundation, Altheirs Oil and the cooperative’s wholesale power supplier, Buckeye Power Cooperative. He is also a member of the Buckeye Power Cooperative Reliability Committee and the American Gas Association Leadership Council.

Curtis Wynn has been the president and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative in Aulander, North Carolina, since 1997. Prior to that post, he held various leadership positions with West Florida Electric Cooperative for 16 years. Wynn holds the post of president of the NRECA Board of Directors and also is a current member and past officer of North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (G&T), as well as a board member of the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives (statewide).