ACES Board Officers
Chairman
PATRICK F. LEDGER
Arizona G&T Cooperatives
Executive Vice President & CEO
Vice Chairman
JAY BARTLETT
Wabash Valley Power Alliance
President & CEO
Secretary
MARK SCHWIRTZ
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
President & General Manager
Treasurer
DONALD L. GULLEY
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
President & CEO
ACES Directors
PATRICK F. LEDGER
Arizona G&T Cooperatives
Executive Vice President & CEO
REUBEN B. MCBRIDE
Arizona G&T Cooperatives
Treasurer of the Board
Graham County Electric Cooperative
Vice President of the Board
BOB BERRY
Big Rivers Electric Corporation
President & CEO
PAUL E. BUTLER
Big Rivers Electric Corporation
Chairman of the Board
CLIFTON KARNEI
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Executive Vice President & CEO
JOSHUA CLEVENGER
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Vice President Power Supply & Generation
PAT O’LOUGHLIN
Buckeye Power, Inc.
President & CEO
STEVEN K. NELSON
Buckeye Power, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
The Frontier Power Company
General Manager
ROB HOCHSTETLER
Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
President & CEO
LARRY HINZ
Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
Coastal Electric Cooperative, Inc.
President and CEO
BILL CHERRIER
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Executive Vice President & CEO
PAUL HEINMAN
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
President of the Board
Midland Power Cooperative
Treasurer
JEFF BOWMAN
Cooperative Energy
President & CEO
BRIAN HUGHEY
Cooperative Energy
Director
Singing River Electric Cooperative
General Manager & CEO
ANTHONY S. CAMPBELL
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Executive Vice President & CEO
JOE SPALDING
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Chairman of the Board
Inter-County Energy
Chairman
MARK SCHWIRTZ
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
President & General Manager
DALE ANCELL
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
Director
South Plains Electric Cooperative
Executive VP, General Manager
DAVID SAGGAU
Great River Energy
President & CEO
JON BREKKE
Great River Energy
Vice President & Chief Power Supply Officer
DONNA WALKER
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative
President & CEO
ROBERT STROUP
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative
Director
RushShelby Energy
Director
JOSEPH P. BRANNAN
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation
CEO
DONALD H. SPIVEY
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation
Power Supply Committee Chairman
Pee Dee Electric Membership Corporation
CEO & Executive Vice President
MICHAEL L. SMITH
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
President & CEO
MICHAEL W. PRICE
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
MARCUS HARRIS
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
President & CEO
KENT D. FARMER
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
Chairman of the Board
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
President and CEO
ERIC HOBBIE
Prairie Power, Inc.
President & CEO
MICAH BUSHNELL
Prairie Power, Inc.
Vice President, Portfolio & Markets
DAVID NAYLOR
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.
CEO
DAVID MCGINNIS
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative
CEO/General Manager
DONALD L. GULLEY
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
President & CEO
DUSTIN TRIPP
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Director
SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
President and CEO
AUSTIN J. SLATER, JR.
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
President & CEO
RICHARD A. WINKLER
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Director
STUART S. LOWRY
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
President & CEO
COREY LINVILLE
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Vice President of Power Supply and Delivery
JAY BARTLETT
Wabash Valley Power Association
President & CEO
JON RETTINGER
Wabash Valley Power Association
Director
Marshall County REMC
Secretary-Treasurer
GARY RAY ROULET
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
CEO
RON CUNNINGHAM
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
Vice President, Power Delivery