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.
2011 Board of Directors
J. David Wasson, Jr.
CFC President; District 2
J. David Wasson, Jr. has been the president and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Laurens Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Laurens, South Carolina 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. 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 Vice President; District 1
Delbert Cranford has served as a board director of Randolph Electric Membership Corporation in Asheboro, North Carolina 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. Cranford also serves as a director of First Bank Corp. He has been a retail pharmacist since 1966 and an owner of retail pharmacies since 1984.
Burns E. Mercer
CFC Secretary-Treasurer; District 3
Burns E. Mercer has served as president and CEO of Meade County R.E.C.C. in Brandenburg, Kentucky since 1994. He serves as a board member for Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, United Utility Supply Cooperative and Farmers Bank. Mercer is a former NCSC board member and was a member of the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Fredrick C. Anderson
District 1
Fredrick C. Anderson has been the president and CEO of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Plymouth, New Hampshire since 1992. He is a founding board member of the New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation. 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. 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. He holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Anderson also is a current member of the AICPA.
Raymond Beavers
District 10
Mr. Beavers has been the general manager and CEO of United Electric Cooperative Services in Cleburne, Texas since 1999. Mr. Beavers served as the board chairman of Texas Electric Cooperatives from 2008 to 2009 and as an alternate director of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative since 1999. Mr. Beavers was the chairman of the Rural Electric Management Development Council and former general manager and CEO of Southwest Rural Electric Association. In addition, he was the assistant to the general manager of Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives and a member services coordinator of Cotton Electric Cooperative.
Fred Brog
District 9
Fred Brog has been director of Lower Valley Energy in Afton, Wyoming since 1988. He has been a rancher and farmer in Freedom, Wyoming since 1970. 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, 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
Raphael A. Brumbeloe has served as a board director of Upson Electric Membership Corporation in Thomaston, Georgia since 1978 and has been board president since 1998. Brumbeloe has served as a board member of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation since 1983 and served as chairman from 1988 to 1989. He was elected to the Board of Georgia Transmission Corporation in 2010. Brumbeloe is also a member representative of Oglethorpe Power Corporation. He retired from the Georgia State Patrol in 1995 and he has been owner of the Red Rock Armory since 1996.
Grant Clawson
District 10
Grant Clawson has been a trustee of Continental Divide Electric Cooperative in Grants, New Mexico since 1989. He represents District 10 on NRECA Resolutions Committee. Clawson is a farmer and rancher and has been the owner of a custom saddle business since 1998.
Walter K. Crook
District 7
Walter K. Crook has been a director of Butler Public Power District in David City, Nebraska, since 1991. Crook has served as the CEO of Polk & Butler Mutual Insurance Company since 1992 and is part owner of a farming operation. He also has served as the state director of Nebraska Rural Electric Association from 1997 to 1998 and 2008 to present. Crook is a director of Nebraska Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company, an executive board member of the State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies of Nebraska and board chairman of Nebraska Rural TV Inc. He also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA.
Joel B. Cunningham
District 3
Joel B. Cunningham has been a director of Twin County Electric Power Association in Hollandale, Mississippi, since 2004. He has been a self-employed certified public accountant in Belzoni, Mississippi since 1981. Cunningham is a member of the Mississippi Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. He also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA.
Jim L. Doerstler
District 4
Jim L. Doerstler has served as a board director of Whitewater Valley REMC in Liberty, Indiana, since 1994. He has served as an officer, an executive committee member and board member of the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. 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 also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA. Doerstler is semi-retired and formerly owned and operated Louie’s Boot Barn from 1987 until it was sold in June 2008.
Jimmy Ewing, Jr.
District 8
Jimmy Ewing, Jr. has served as a board director of Pointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation in New Roads, Louisiana since 1989 and has been board president since 1995. He served as secretary/treasurer from 1990 to 1995. Ewing also serves as a board member of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc. and has been secretary-treasurer since 2006. He is currently president of the board at the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives. Ewing is a member of the Action Committee for Rural Electrification and a former board member of Cajun Electric Power Cooperative. He also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA. He has been a restaurant owner since 1988 and a farm manager since 2002.
Michael J. Guidry
District 11 (NRECA)
Michael J. Guidry has been general manager of South Louisiana Electric Association in Houma, Louisiana since 1989. He 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. Guidry also is currently serving as president of NRECA and previously served as vice president and secretary-treasurer of NRECA. In addition, he is a former member of NRECA Management Advisory Committee and former member of 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. Guidry also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA.
Chris Hamon
District 8
Chris Hamon has been the CEO of White River Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Branson, Missouri since 1985. He currently serves as director and served as past president of Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative and alternate director of KAMO Power. Hamon serves on the Executive Board, as president of the Alternative Fuel Taskforce and on multiple committees for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives 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. Hamon is a member of the Energy Efficiency/Demand Side Management Team for Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.
Scott W. Handy
District 6
Scott W. Handy has been the president and CEO of Cass County Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota since February 2002 and has been employed there in various capacities since October 1982. He has previously served as chairman for the Rural Electric Management Development Council, Minnkota Power Cooperative Manager’s Advisory Committee and the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives Manager’s Advisory Committee. In addition, Handy 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.
William A. Kopacz
District 9
William A. Kopacz has been the general manager of Midstate Electric Cooperative, Inc. in La Pine, Oregon since 1990. He is currently a board director of Northwest Requirement Utilities, Northwest Irrigation Utilities and Mid Oregon Credit Union. Kopacz also is 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
Lyle D. Korver has been the general manager and CEO of North West Rural Electric Cooperative in Orange City, Iowa since 1993. In addition, he was the secretary-treasurer and past chairman of the Resolutions Committee of Mid-West Electric Consumers Association. Korver was the general manager of Sioux Electric Cooperative Association from 1984 to 1993 and the shared general manager of Sioux Electric Cooperative Association and O’Brien County Rural Electric Cooperative from 1989 to 1993. He was the manager’s representative to the board of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives from 2005 to 2006. Korver also was a member of NRECA Marketing and Energy Services Committee and ACRE President’s Club. He has been the president of Orange City Development Corporation since 2007.
Glenn W. Miller
District 4
Glenn W. Miller has been the president and CEO of Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Millersburg, Ohio since 2004. He currently serves on the board of Buckeye Power, Inc. including the Executive, Audit and Rate committees. 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. Miller is a part-owner and vice president of The Pines Golf Club in Orrville, Ohio.
Curtis Nolan
District 11 (NRECA)
Curtis Nolan has been a director of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative in Willcox, Arizona since 1993 and a director of NRECA since 2002. Nolan previously served as president and secretary of the Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative and as a secretary-treasurer of NRECA. He is a former director and a chairman of Southwest Transmission Cooperative and a former director, treasurer and secretary for Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association. Nolan has been the owner of Nolan Builders since 2005. Mr. Nolan also is a Credentialed Cooperative Director through NRECA and holds a Board Leadership Certificate.
Randy D. Renth
District 5
Randy D. Renth has been director of Clinton County Electric Cooperative in Breese, Illinois since 1997. He is a certified public accountant and has been at Rehkemper & Son, Inc. of St. Rose, Illinois since 2009. Prior to that, Renth was at Rickhoff & Associates, Ltd in O’Fallon, Illinois from 2007 to 2009. He was the controller of Auffenberg Auto Group in St. Louis, Missouri from 2006 to 2007. Also in 2006, Renth served as the plant controller for Cenveo, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as the chief financial officer of Archway International Trucks/Gateway City International in St. Louis, Missouri from 1997 to 2006. In addition, Renth is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Illinois Society of CPAs. He also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA. Renth is owner and operator of RDR Acres Inc., a family farm corporation.
Dwight Rossow
District 6
Dwight Rossow has served as a board director of Cam Wal Electric Cooperative in Selby, South Dakota since 1996. He also is a board member of South Dakota Rural Electric Association. Rossow has been a self-employed rancher in Herreid, South Dakota since 1980 and is the owner of Rossow Feedlot Cleaning, LLC. He also holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate issued by NRECA.
R. Wayne Stratton
At-Large Director
R. Wayne Stratton has been a board director of East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Winchester, Kentucky since 1990. He has served as a director of Shelby Energy Cooperative since 1987, ACES Power Marketing (2004-2011), Shelbyville Municipal Water & Sewer Commission since 2000 and Republic Bancorp since 1995. Stratton 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. 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 $3,600 million bank traded on NASDAQ. Stratton is the 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 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.
Kirk Thompson
District 7
Kirk Thompson has been the general manager of CMS Electric Cooperative in Meade, Kansas since 1991. He is board president of Kansas Electric Power Cooperative and board president of High Plains Energy LLC. Thompson is also the board president of Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative District 613.
