CFC is governed by a democratically elected, 23-member board of directors. The board comprises two members—one manager and one director—elected from 10 geographic districts, two members from the national cooperative trade association NRECA (District 11) and one at-large director who satisfies the requirements for an audit committee financial expert. Directors are elected for a three-year term and can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.
CFC is guided by the Board of Directors and its committees.
2010 Board
Reuben McBride
CFC President; District 10
Mr. McBride has been director of Graham County Electric Cooperative in Pima, AZ since 1991 and vice president since 1993. Mr. McBride is owner/operator of Reuben McBride Farms in Pima, AZ since 1980. Mr. McBride currently serves as president on the board of Arizona Electric Power Co-op., Inc. and chairman of the Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. McBride is a member of both the National and Arizona Action Committees for Rural Electrification.
J. David Wasson, Jr.
CFC Vice President; District 2
Mr. Wasson has been the president and CEO of Laurens Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Laurens, SC since 1973. He has served on the board of directors of Central Electric Cooperative since 2009 and the board of directors of New Horizon Electric Cooperative since 1997. Mr. Wasson has been a board member of the South Carolina Electric Cooperative Association since 1975 and served as chairman from December 1983 to December 1985. He also serves as a director of The Palmetto Bank.
Delbert Cranford
CFC Secretary-Treasurer; District 1
Mr. Cranford has served as a board director of Randolph Electric Membership Corporation in Asheboro, NC since 1989 and was president from 1995 to 2002 and vice president from 1994 to 1995. He is a director and former president of the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc. and also served on the North Carolina Electrical Cooperative Board. Mr. Cranford also serves as a director of First Bank Corp, a member of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association and a board member and former president of the Farmer Volunteer Fire Department. He has been a retail pharmacist since 1966 and an owner of retail pharmacies since 1984.
Fredrick C. Anderson
District 1
Mr. Anderson has been the president and CEO of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Plymouth, NH since 1992. He is a founding board member of the NHEC Foundation. Mr. Anderson is also a board member of the Cooperative Research Council and a former board member of Northway Bank and former member of Northway Bank’s audit committee. Mr. Anderson is the former director of Finance and Administration/CFO, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc.; systems accountant, Rural Electrification Administration; president, vice president and treasurer, Northeast Association of Electric Cooperatives; president, Northeast Public Power Association; and president, Consumer-Owned Energy Foundation.
Raymond Beavers
District 10
Mr. Beavers joined the CFC board following the 2010 Annual Meeting. He is Board chairman, Texas Electric Cooperatives; alternate director, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative; former chairman, Rural Electric Management Development Council; former general manager and CEO, Southwest Rural Electric Association; former assistant to the general manager, Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives; and former member services coordinator, Cotton Electric Cooperative. Mr. Beavers is an advisory director of a local bank and charter president, Great Plains Economic Development Association.
Fred Brog
District 9
Mr. Brog has been director of Lower Valley Energy in Afton, WY since 1988. He has been a rancher and farmer in Freedom, Wyoming since 1970. Mr. Brog served as secretary-treasurer of NCSC and serves as a board member of Snake River Power Association. He was past president of Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association and former director of Wyoming Rural Electric Association. In addition, Mr. Brog serves as President of Star Valley Cooperative Milk Marketing Association and adviser to the State of Wyoming Economic Development Committee.
Raphael A. Brumbeloe
District 2
Mr. Brumbeloe has served as a board director of Upson Electric Membership Corporation in Thomaston, GA since 1978 and has been board president since 1998. Mr. Brumbeloe has served as a board member of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation since 1983 and served as chairman from 1988 to 1989. He is also a member representative of Oglethorpe Power Corporation. Mr. Brumbeloe retired from the Georgia State Patrol in 1995 and he has been owner of the Red Rock Armory since 1996.
Walter K. Crook
District 7
Mr. Crook joined the CFC board following the 2010 Annual Meeting. He is CEO, Polk & Butler Mutual Insurance Company and part owner of farming operation. Mr. Crook is also state director, Nebraska Rural Electric Association; director, Nebraska Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company; executive board member, State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies of Nebraska; board chairman, Nebraska Rural TV Inc.; and former first vice president, Nebraska State Pork Association Board. He is also a credentialed cooperative director through NRECA.
Joel B. Cunningham, CPA
District 3
Mr. Cunningham has been a director of Twin County Electric Power Association in Hollandale, MS since 2004. He has been a self-employed certified public accountant in Belzoni, Mississippi since 1981. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Mississippi Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. He is also a credentialed cooperative director through NRECA.
Jim L. Doerstler
District 4
Mr. Doerstler has served as a board director and assistant secretary-treasurer of Whitewater Valley REMC in Liberty, IN since 1994. He serves as an executive committee member and board member of the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. Mr. Doerstler has served as vice president of Farm Credit Banks of Louisville, vice president of Credit for Wabash Valley Production Credit Association and branch manager of Greencastle Production Credit Association. He is retired and formerly owned and operated Louie’s Boot Barn from 1987 until it was sold in June 2008.
Jimmy Ewing, Jr.
District 8
Mr. Ewing has served as a board director of Pointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation in New Roads, LA since 1989 and has been board president since 1995. He served as secretary/treasurer from 1990 to 1995. He also serves as a board member of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc. and has been secretary/treasurer since 2006. He is a member of the Action Committee for Rural Electrification, a board member of the Louisiana Landowners Association and a former board member of Cajun Electric Power Cooperative. Mr. Ewing has been a restaurant owner since 1988 and a farm manager since 2002.
Michael J. Guidry
District 11 (NRECA)
Mr. Guidry has been general manager of South Louisiana Electric Association in Houma, LA since 1989. Mr. Guidry currently serves as an alternate Director for the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives and previously served as alternate director of Cajun Electric Power Cooperative and president of Louisiana Distribution Co-op Managers Association. In addition, he is a former member of the NRECA Management Advisory Committee and former member of the NRECA Resolutions Committee, as well as a current director of the South Louisiana Economic Council and chairman of the South Louisiana Economic Council Regional Economic Development Committee.
Christopher L. Hamon
District 8
Mr. Hamon has been the CEO of White River Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc in Branson, MO since 1985. He currently serves as director and served as past president of Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative and alternate director of KAMO Power. Mr. Hamon serves on the Executive Board, as president of the Alternative Fuel Taskforce and on multiple committees for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (AMEC) and was past president of the Cooperative Managers Group. In addition, he was the former Operations and Engineering manager for White River Valley Electric Cooperative. Mr. Hamon is a member of the Energy Efficiency/Demand Side Management Team for Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., the Distribution Advisory Committee for Electric Power Research Institute, the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.
Scott W. Handy
District 6
Mr. Handy has been the president and CEO of Cass County Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Kindred, ND since February 2002. He currently serves as chairman for the Rural Electric Management Development Council and the Minnkota Power Cooperative Manager’s Advisory Committee, and previously served as chairman for the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives Manager’s Advisory Committee. In addition, he is board chairman for Greater Fargo-Moorhead Economic Development Corporation’s Growth Initiative Fund, a public/private loan pool that lends money for business expansion, and board member of the North Dakota State University Quentin N. Burdick Center for Cooperatives and board member of the North Dakota State University Alumni Association.
Jim C. Herron
District 7
Mr. Herron has served as General Manager of Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. in Limon, CO since 1996. Prior to that position, he was General Manager at Farmers' Electric Cooperative in Clovis, NM from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Herron currently serves on the Colorado Electric Education Institute. Previously, he served as chair of the Colorado Rural Electric Managers Association and as board member of the New Mexico Rural Electric Association.
William A. Kopacz
District 9
Mr. Kopacz has been the General Manager of Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc. in La Pine, OR since 1990. He is currently a board director of Northwest Requirement Utilities, Northwest Irrigation Utilities and Mid Oregon Credit Union. He is also a former board president of Economic Development for Central Oregon. He is a former director of Ruralite Services, a northwest electric cooperative publication, and former president of the Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Lyle D. Korver
District 5
Mr. Korver joined the CFC board following the 2010 Annual Meeting. He is Secretary-Treasurer and past chairman of the Resolutions Committee, Mid-West Electric Consumers Association; former general manager, Sioux Electric Cooperative Association; former shared general manager, Sioux Electric Cooperative Association and O’Brien County Rural Electric Cooperative; past manager’s representative to the board, Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; past member of NRECA Marketing and Energy Services Committee and ACRE President’s Club. Mr. Korver is President, Orange City Development Corporation; director, Orange City Communications; and director, Le Mars Communications.
Burns E. Mercer
District 3
Mr. Mercer has served as president and CEO of Meade County R.E.C.C. in Brandenburg, KY since 1994. He serves as a board member for Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, United Utility Supply Cooperative and Farmers Bank. Mr. Mercer is a former NCSC board member and was a member of the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Glenn W. Miller, CPA
District 4
Mr. Miller has been the president and CEO of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Millersburg, OH since 2004. He currently serves on the board of Buckeye Power, Inc. including the Executive, Audit and Rate committees. Mr. Miller is a certified public accountant and owner of Glenn W. Miller, CPA. In addition, he is a board member and treasurer of Holmes County Economic Development Council, Inc. and board member of Holmes-Wayne Electric Foundation, Inc. Mr. Miller is a part-owner and vice president of The Pines Golf Club in Orraville, OH.
Randy D. Renth, CPA
District 5
Mr. Renth has been director of Clinton County Electric Cooperative in Breese, IL since March 1997. He is a certified public accountant and has been at Rickhoff & Associates, Ltd in O’Fallon, IL since October 2007. Mr. Renth was the Controller of Auffenberg Auto Group, in St. Louis, Missouri from September 2006 to July 2007. He served as the Plant Controller for Cenveo, Inc., in St. Louis Missouri from June 2006 to September 2006. Mr. Renth served as the Chief Financial Officer of Archway International Trucks/Gateway City International in St. Louis Missouri from December 1997 to June 2006. In addition, he is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Illinois Society of CPAs. Mr. Renth is also owner and operator of RDR Acres Inc., a family farm corporation.
Dwight Rossow
District 6
Mr. Rossow has served as a board director of Cam Wal Electric Cooperative in Herreid, SD since 1996. Mr. Rossow is also a board member of South Dakota Rural Electric Association. He has been self-employed as a rancher in Herreid, SD since 1980. Mr Rossow is the owner of Rossow Feedlot Cleaning L.L.C.
R. Wayne Stratton
At-Large Director
Mr. Stratton has been a board director of East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Winchester, KY since 1990 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. He has served as a director of Shelby Energy Cooperative since 1987, ACES Power Marketing since 2004, Shelbyville Municipal Water & Sewer Commission since 2000 and Republic Bancorp since 1995. He is an at- large director that serves as the Audit Committee Financial Expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is a certified public accountant in Kentucky, accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA, a Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and a Credentialed Cooperative Director through NRECA. Mr. Stratton has been a member/owner of Jones, Nale & Mattingly PLC, a full-service accounting and auditing practice since 1970. He currently serves as the Audit Committee Chairman and Audit Committee Financial Expert of Republic Bancorp, a $3.2 billion bank traded on NASDAQ. Mr. Stratton is the former Audit Committee Chairman of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, former team captain for AICPA peer reviews of other accounting firms and former board member of Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (1985 to 2001) where as Chairman for eight years, he participated in various finance transactions. He served on the AICPA Uniform Accountancy Act Committee and is the past president of the Kentucky Society of CPAs.
F.E. “Wally” Wolski
District 11 (NRECA)
Mr. Wolski has served as a board director of Wyrulec Company in Lingle, WY since 1986. He has represented Wyoming's cooperative electric utilities on the NRECA Board of Directors since 1999 and was recently elected as NRECA president. Prior to his election to president, Mr. Wolski served as vice president and secretary-treasurer of the NRECA board. He has served as a director of Tri-State Generation & Transmission since 2001. He served on the board of the Wyoming Rural Electric Association for nine years, including three years as president. Mr. Wolski is also a former board member of the Wyoming Rural Telecommunication Cooperative. He has been the owner/manager of a family farm with a commercial hunting operation since 1976 and is the owner/agent of an insurance business since 1987.
