The newly elected and re-elected members of the ElectriCities Board of Directors have officially been sworn into office. Please join us in welcoming everyone!
New to the board is:
- Tasha Logan Ford (High Point)
Re-elected to the board are:
- Rick Howell (Shelby)
- Kipling D. “Kip” Padgett (Wake Forest)
- Robert “Robbie” Swinson, IV (Kinston)
The 2025 officers of the ElectriCities board are:
- Chairman: Costi Kutteh (Statesville)
- Vice Chairman: Charles D. Nichols, III (Laurinburg)
- Secretary: Rick Howell (Shelby)
Remaining board members are:
- Mayor Eddie Braxton (Scotland Neck)
- Whitney Brooks (Lexington)
- Anthony C. Cannon (Greenville Utilities Commission)
- Jim Gallagher (Gastonia)
- James M. Johnson (Wilson)
- Troy Lewis (Tarboro)
- Lloyd Payne (Concord)
- Jonathan Rynne (Fayetteville Public Works Commission)
- Thurman Ross, Jr. (Cornelius)
- John M. Stiver (Newton)
ElectriCities’ 16-member Board of Directors advises and directs the activities and policies for North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number One, North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, and ElectriCities of North Carolina. Board members serve three-year terms.
“Congratulations to our newly elected and re-elected members and to this year’s officers,” said ElectriCities CEO Roy Jones. “A sincere thank you to outgoing chairman, Troy Lewis, for his dedicated service and leadership this past year.”
“Many thanks also to North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Tamara Barringer for swearing in the newly elected and re-elected board members,” Roy said. “I’m excited to work with this esteemed group to help secure a bright future for public power in our region.”