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Board members are elected by their respective membership groups and serve for a term of two years.  They meet monthly and participate in the annual membership meeting in November.

Consumer-Owned Utilities

Frank Lawson, Vice-Chair
General Manager
Eugene Water & Electric Board
Lena Wittler, Alternate
CEO & General Manager
Clark Public Utilities
Mark Johnson
General Manager
Flathead Electric Co Op
Roger Gray, Alternate
CEO
PNGC Power
Bear Prairie
General Manager
Idaho Falls Power
John Haarlow, Alternate
General Manager
Snohomish PUD
Chris Robinson
CEO
Tacoma Power
Debra Smith, Alternate
CEO & General Manager
Seattle City Light
Kevin Nordt
General Manager
Grant PUD
Marc Farmer, Alternate
General Manager
Clatskanie PUD
Scott Coe
General Manager
Emerald PUD
Todd Simmons, Alternate
General Manager
Tillamook PUD

Invester-Owned Utilities

Scott Bolton, Chairman
Senior VP External Affairs & Customer Solutions
PacifiCorp
Kelcey Brown, Alternate
Manager, Market Policy and Analytics
PacifiCorp
Sarah Edmonds
Director, Transmission & Reliability Operations
Portland General Electric
Nidhi Thakar, Alternate
Director, Strategy Integration
Portland General Electric
Scott Kinney
Director, Power Supply
Avista
Jason Thackston, Treasurer
Senior VP Energy Resources
Avista Utilities
John Hines
VP Supply
NorthWestern Energy
Ben Fitch-Fleischmann, Alternate
Mgr, Energy Supply & Planning
NorthWestern Energy
Adam Richins
Sr VP and Chief Operating Officer
Idaho Power
Tom Harvey, Alternate
Director, Resource Planning & Operations
Idaho Power
Paul Wetherbee
Director, Energy Supply
Puget Sound Energy
Shauna Tran, Alternate
Director, Load Serving Operations
Puget Sound Energy

Industry Partner

Mark Holman
Managing Director
Powerex
Mike Goodenough, Alternate
Director, Power
Powerex
Greg Cullen
Director of Generation & Technology Development
Energy Northwest
Tim Nies, Alternate
General Manager of Energy Services & Development
Energy Northwest