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Management

President & CEO: Gary E. Wood

Gary Wood was appointed the Cooperative's chief executive officer in 2008. In the previous eight years, Mr. Wood served as Vice President of Engineering and Operations and then as Senior Vice President at CVEC.

Mr. Wood is a licensed professional engineer, earning his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia and his Master's of Business Administration from Auburn University. Mr. Wood has served on both the Nelson County School Board and on the Board of Supervisors.

Mr. Wood represents the interests of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative by serving on the boards of directors of the following organizations: The Blue Ridge Power Agency, Southeastern Federal Power Customers, Inc., and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. He also served on the board of directors of CVEC's wholly owned subsidiary, Central Virginia Services, Inc.

Mr. Wood and his wife, Debbie Harvey, live in Nelson County with their son and daughter.

VP Customer Service & Finance: Jennifer Turner

VP Engineering & Operations: Bruce Maurhoff

Administrative Assistant: Pettis Bowling

Engineering

Engineering handles short and long-range planning to ensure that power supply meets the demands of growth. This department oversees the SCADA control center which monitors all the substations, and works with members on such issues as planning line extensions, underground cables, and new service planning.

System planning including long-range planning for growth areas.
System improvement and construction.
Metering - installation, testing, maintenance, and new Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) project.
Securing easements.
New service requests and processing.
Service upgrades.
Dispatching.
SCADA Control Center - monitors substations and manages outages.
Maintains mapping system for all facilities in the field.
IT - interoffice communications including LAN, WAN, mobile and telephone communications.

Engineering Manager: Robert Harris

Office Services / Customer Service

Office Services oversees the areas of accounting, billing, and customer service - those areas that assure the smooth running of office and support services. Such things as new-member sign-up, members' questions about bills, and large-power billing fall under the umbrella of Office Services.

Accounting.
Payroll.
Tax forms.
Billing.
Billing complaints.
Billing for energy assistance and surge protection.
Payment arrangements.
Collections, disconnections / reconnections.
Building Maintenance.
Customer service.

Office Services Manager: Patricia Harpring

Human Resources

Human Resources provides support to operating departments in their task of obtaining, organizing, developing and retaining the most suitably-qualified staff needed to meet the objectives of the Cooperative. It also directs and coordinates human resource programs across the company and provides employees and management with counsel and guidelines on human resource issues.

Employee recruitment and orientation.
Employee compensation administration.
Employee benefits administration.
Employee relations and communications.
Employee recognition programs and activities.
Employee training, organizational development and planning.
Human Resources policies and compliance.
Employee personnel records and CDL / Department of Transportation.

Human Resources Director: Camille Van Hout

Member Services and Business Development

Member services gathers and provides information to CVEC members, employees and the general public. It also develops and manages programs for members, organizes public events, and works to develop and support existing and new business for the cooperative.

Organize public events for CVEC.
Design and produce publications for distribution within the company, to CVEC members, and to the community.
Manage CVEC and Ceva Internet sites and CVEC Wattever Intranet site.
Design and produce Ceva newsletter.
Develop and produce print materials such as informational bill inserts, brochures, and business proposals.
Manager member and public relations.
Conduct energy programs and education.
Develop and implement marketing strategies for the Central Virginia Services, Inc., subsidiary (business, energy, and telecommunications), and develop new subsidiary offerings.
Manage Ceva Internet service and long distance service.

Member Services/Business Development Director: Greg Kelly

Operations

Operations primary function is to "keeps the lights on." Operations is responsible for the day-to-day management of the system, building and repairing lines, carrying out work orders, maintenance of easements and rights-of-way, vehicle maintenance, and safety training.

Line construction and maintenance.
Restoration of service following outages.
Easement maintenance.
Vehicle maintenance.
Safety program management.
Inventory maintenance.

Operations Manager: C. T. Bryant, III

Division Services

Division Services coordinates the activities of the outlying service divisions in Fluvanna and Appomattox. It performs many of the same functions as Operations and Customer Service.

Operations in the Fluvanna and Appomattox Divisions.
Line construction and maintenance.
Meter reading.
Warehouse operations.
Staking and engineering.
Restoration of service after outages.

Division Offices:

Nelson - Fluvanna - Appomattox

Board of Directors

George N. Goin, Chairman
East District: Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Orange

George Goin has served on the CVEC Board of Directors since 1993, and has been a CVEC member since 1972. Mr. Goin is retired from the U.S. Postal Service where he served as a rural mail carrier. Prior to joining the postal service in 1988, he was a game manager for the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for 17 years. He has farmed Modesto Farms since 1974.

George earned his certification as a Rural Electric Board Director from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and considers this training important in order to make informed decisions for CVEC members.

Mr. Goin believes the Co-op needs to maintain low electric rates among Virginia Cooperatives by continuing to aggressively pursue innovative ways to reduce power costs, while emphasizing high quality service to its members.

George and his wife, Claudia, live outside Scottsville. They have two sons and one grandchild.

Robert M. Duncan, Vice Chairman
South District: Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, and Prince Edward

Robert Duncan is a life-long resident of Cumberland County. He has operated his family's 250-head dairy farm for the last 30 years. Currently he is the operating owner of a 250-head beef cattle farm and 1/3 owner of PL Duncan Trucking, Inc.

In addition to serving on the CVEC board since 2000, Mr. Duncan is Chairman of the Cumberland-Buckingham Farm Service Agency and President of the Cartersville Ruritan Club. He is also a member of the Powatan Lions Club and is a life-long member of the Oakwood Methodist Church. Mr. Duncan has served as past President of the Cumberland Farm Bureau and serves on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Powhatan.

Roberta I. Harlowe, Secretary
East District: Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Orange

Roberta Harlowe has served as a Director for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative since 1983. She is active in numerous church and community activities. She attends Beaver Dam Baptist Church and serves as a regional representative of the Christian Women's Club, covering an area from Roanoke to Charlottesville. She and her husband, Bill, formed and operate Harlowe-Powell Auction Ltd, with an auction gallery in Charlottesville and on-site auctions held throughout Central Virginia.

Mrs. Harlowe attended Madison College in a two-year business program. She has lived in the area most of her life and presently resides with Bill in Troy. They have a daughter, a son, and two grandchildren.

Jace A. Goodling, Treasurer
West District: Counties of Augusta, Albemarle, Greene, Nelson

Jace Goodling, his wife Louise and their two sons Atlee and Clarke live on a 25 acre farm in Afton. He is a lifelong resident of Albemarle and Nelson Counties, graduated from Washington and Lee University, and has been residing in Afton for the last seventeen years. Working in the residential housing industry for the last eighteen years, he is the owner of Goodling Enterprises, LLC., providing project management and oversight services for residential construction and renovation projects.

Mr Goodling has served as President of the Nelson County Home Builders' Association for many years, and has served as a Nelson County representative on the Board of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Housing Improvement Corporation (now the Piedmont Housing Coalition).

K. M. Beasley, Jr.
South District: Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, and Prince Edward

K. M. Beasley, Jr., has served on the Board of Directors since early 1995, when he was appointed by the Board and subsequently elected by the membership to fill a vacant board seat. K. M. became a Central Virginia Electric Cooperative member in 1969.

Mr. Beasley presently is a real estate broker and beef cattle farmer. He grew up on a farm producing grain, growing tobacco, and raising cattle. He has worked for the VA Department of Highways on a survey crew and as an inspector. K. M. has been employed by a commercial bank and the Farm Credit System.

K. M. Beasley brings experience to the CVEC Board of Directors from his work on the Board of Directors of the Farmville Farmer's Cooperative. He is also a member of the Virginia Farm Bureau State Education Committee, and President of the Appomattox Beef Cattle Association.

K. M. lives in Dillwyn with his wife, Harriette. They have a son and a daughter.

Harold T. Brown, Jr.
West District: Counties of Augusta, Albemarle, Greene, Nelson

Harold T. Brown Jr. is employed as a Senior Computer Systems Engineer at the University of Virginia, having worked at UVA in various positions since 1989. H. T. retired from the United States Naval Reserve after 28 years of service, including a final postion as Command Senior Chief of the reserve component of Fleet Information Warfare Center in Norfolk, VA and a final active duty deployment in war torn Yugoslavia in 1996, where he was Chief-in-Charge to establish AM/FM emergency broadcasts.

H. T. Brown earned an Associate of Science in Business Administration from Ferrum Collge as well as an Associate of Applied Science in Data Process from Central Virginia College, before being awarded a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Brown is active in his church and with the Ruritans. He has also held various leaderships positions witht the Boys Scouts of America, serving as Scoutmaster of Troop 32 in Piney River for ten years, as Council Advancement Chairman for the Blue Ridge Mountain Council and as a leader at the BSA National Jamboree.

Henry Chiles
West: Counties of Augusta, Albemarle, Greene, Nelson

Henry Chiles has served as a Director for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative since August 1977. Mr. Chiles has been active in community and trade organizations for many years. He presently is involved with the Ruritan Club and attends Tabor Presbyterian Church. He is the owner of Crown Orchard in Batesville, as well as Chiles Peach Orchard and Carter Mountain Orchard.

Mr. Chiles has spent his entire life in Batesville and resides there with his wife, Ruth. He has two daughters, a son, and three grandchildren.

R. Kinckle Robinson
South District: Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, and Prince Edward

Kinckle Robinson is a lifelong resident of Appomattox County, living in Pamplin with his wife, LeeAnn, and their two children. He is President and Owner of Robinson Funeral Home, Inc., in Appomattox, a family owned and operated business since 1947. He also shares in a partnership running Kindon Farms, a beef cattle cow/calf operation.

Mr. Robinson serves on the Board of The Farmers Bank of Appomattox, and belongs to Gideon's International, Woodman of the World, and the Appomattox cattlemen's Association.

He and his family attend Memorial United Methodist Church in Appomattox.

Gloria W. Vest
East District: Counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Orange

Gloria Vest was elected as a Director for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative in June of 2001, after the retirement of Director Garland Baskfield. A lifelong resident of Fluvanna County, Mrs. Vest is the Deputy Treasurer for Fluvanna County.

She has served with the Fluvanna Volunteer Rescue Squad since 1973 and has been the Squad's Treasurer for the past ten years. Gloria is very active in Evergreen Baptist Church. She and her husband, George, have two daughters.

Sam Eggleston, III, Attorney
Eggleston & Thelen, P.C.
P.O. Box 317
Lovingston, VA 22949

Adams, Jenkins & Cheatham, PC, Auditor
231 Wylderose Drive
Midlothian, VA 23113
804-323-1313

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