Kent D. Farmer has been president and CEO of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, since 2004 and has been employed there in various roles, including chief operating officer and chief financial officer, since 1979. He also serves as president of Rappahannock Electric Communications, Inc., REC’s wholly owned subsidiary. Farmer is a board member of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (statewide) and treasurer/secretary of the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (G&T) Board of Directors.

Dean R. Tesch serves as board chairman of Taylor Electric Cooperative in Stetsonville, Wisconsin, and as a 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.

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.

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.

Thomas L. Hayes has been a director for Brown County Rural Electrical Association in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, since 1997. He chairs the Cooperative Network's Utility Committee and represents District 6 on the NRECA Standing Committee. Hayes has been a self-employed farmer since 1973 and serves as chair of Sib-Bro-Nic-Feeder Pig Corporation.

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.

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.

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.

Debra L. Robinson has served as general manager and CEO of Wood County Electric Cooperative in Quitman, Texas, since 1996. A CPA, she holds posts as president of the East Texas Electric Cooperative (G&T) Board of Directors. She was also a member of the NRECA-CFC Capital Credits Task Force, constituted from 2003 to 2005.

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.

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.

Stephen C. Vail has been a director of NineStar Connect in Greenfield, Indiana, since 2011 when Central Indiana Power merged with Hancock Telecom. He began serving on the Central Indiana Power Board in 1999 and held the roles of secretary-treasurer and board chair. Vail is a member of the Indiana Electric Cooperatives (statewide) Board of Directors. He has been the owner of ETL Group since 2011 and a managing partner of J&D Vail Farms, Inc.

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.

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.

Gregory D. Williams serves a executive vice president and general manager of Appalachian Electric Cooperative in New Market, Tennessee, where he has worked for more than 30 years. He is a board member of the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency and the Northeast Tennessee Valley Industrial Development Association.

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).