Meet your 2024 Board of Director Candidates
Please click on the links below to watch the videos of this year's board candidates. The election will conclude at the annual meeting on June 11th.
2024 Board of Director Candidates
2024 Board of Director Candidates introduces the individuals running for election to Capital Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors, providing members with information about their qualifications, experience, and vision to make informed voting decisions.
What makes you a good candidate for Capital Electric Cooperative’s board of directors?
I am asking for your vote in Capital Electric Cooperative’s District one election.
If elected, I will continue to work to follow our mission statement, “Capital Electric Cooperative serves our community and member owners as their trusted energy provider and partner.”
My experience in community service, business, the state legislature and serving on the co-op’s board have given me a good background to serve you as your director.
If elected, what are your priorities?
My priorities are to support our goal of providing safe, reliable electricity to our members at a reasonable cost.
As a distribution cooperative, Capital Electric continues to do an excellent job of accomplishing these goals.
However, electric generation and transmission continues to face increasing challenges from government regulation and social activist groups.
I will continue to build upon the co-op’s solid foundation while recognizing those challenges and plan as change comes.
What makes you a good candidate for Capital Electric Cooperative’s board of directors?
I am honored to have lived in the Bismarck area for most of my life.
The success of Bismarck, Lincoln, Wing, Sterling, Wilton, McClusky and the surrounding areas is a passion of mine,
because America will not succeed without rural America being both strong and healthy.
I have earned both the Board Leadership Certificate and the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
If elected, what are your priorities?
Rural electric service is a vital part of our region;
thus, reliability and affordability must be high on our list of priorities.
We must be aware of possible improvements to safety equipment as employee safety should never be taken for granted.
We need to stay vigilant regarding potential threats to our electric grid, such as cyberattacks and infrastructure limitations.
What makes you a good candidate for Capital Electric Cooperative’s board of directors?
As a retired engineer with more than 37 years of production experience working with a cooperative as our primary customer,
I have broad experience in short and long term utility power distribution and generation experience.
Because I have worked directly with cooperative management, I know some of their high priorities and reasons for them. I can hit the ground running.
If elected, what are your priorities?
My number one goal is the safety of our employees.
Next is the continued reliability and cost of our member electricity rate structure.
I am committed to hearing our members’ concerns and keeping transparent communication with our members to continue the cooperative tradition of providing,
“safe, reliable and affordable electricity” for our members into the foreseeable future.