The TVPPA Board of Directors took a moment during its meeting at the 71st Annual Conference to honor outgoing members and welcome new ones.
The board saluted outgoing Secretary/Treasurer and former Vice Chairman Jerry Collins of Memphis, TN, LG & W; Mike Browder of Bristol, TN, ES; Mike Simpson of Sand Mountain EC, Rainsville, AL and Kevin Murphy of Southwest Tennessee EMC, Brownsville, TN, who stepped down at the end of 2016.
The board also welcomed three brand-new members – Larry Kernea of Murphy, NC, PB, elected by the Southeastern District to succeed the late Lynn Mills of Loudon, TN, Utilities in representing its municipal members; former TVPPA Chairman George Kitchens of Joe Wheeler EMC, elected by the Alabama District to succeed Simpson in representing that district’s cooperatives; and Kenny Baird of Lafollette, TN, Utilities, elected by the Appalachian District to succeed Browder in representing that district’s municipals.
Jeff Newman of Forked Deer EC, Halls, TN, had been elected to the board earlier this year, to succeed Murphy in representing Western District cooperatives.
At the annual TVPPA business meeting, TVPPA Chairman Greg Williams of Appalachian EC, New Market, TN, was re-elected to the non-Big 8/at-large cooperative seat on the board. Chattanooga, TN, EPB President/CEO David Wade was elected to the board’s Big 8 municipal seat, succeeding Collins.