The Spotlight on Excellence Awards recognizes a body of outstanding work produced by electric co-op communications and marketing professionals across Co-op Nation. Winners of the 2016 Spotlight on Excellence Awards represent leading practices across all communication platforms and position them as the best in the field through their superior accomplishments that have lasting impact, demonstrate a high level of professionalism and deliver exceptional results.

Because the system of finite scoring is used, some categories and classifications may not have a full slate of winners. Gold winners scored 90 points or more in their category and classification, while Silver winners scored at least 80 points. The Spotlight on Excellence Award is an initiative of the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and is NRECA’s highest communication honor. Awards are presented for best projects and programs for the year that embody high standards of quality and achievement. Writing Entries 1. Best News Story (At-large category)* 4. Best External News Publication GOLD AWARD Classification 1 Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Bastrop, TX GOLD AWARD Federated Rural Electric and Fire & Floods Brown County Rural Electrical Association Janet Wilson Jackson, MN Janet.Wilson@bluebonnet.coop Cooperative Connections SILVER AWARD Andrea Christoffer Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association [email protected] Great Falls, Montana Others involved: Steve Ruthenbeck Here Comes the S.U.N. SILVER AWARD Ryan G. Hall Consolidated Electric Cooperative [email protected] Mount Gilead, OH Connections 2. Best Feature Story (At-large category)* Nikki Vanderkooi [email protected] GOLD AWARD Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina Classification 2 Cayce, SC GOLD AWARD In the line of fire Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. Diane Veto Parkam Greenville, IL [email protected] The Southwestern SILVER AWARD Joseph Richardson Minnkota Power Cooperative [email protected] Grand Forks, ND Others involved: Southwestern Electric Cooperative Wild Rice heroes SILVER AWARD Kevin Fee Kauai Island Utility Cooperative [email protected] Lihue, HI Currents 3. Best Column (At-large category)* Jim Kelly [email protected] GOLD AWARD Rock Energy Cooperative Others involved: Ruralite Services, Pam Blair, Adfix Design Studio, Amy Devitt Janesville, WI Country's Energy Future Filled with Uncertainties Classification 3 Shane Larson GOLD AWARD [email protected] Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Others involved: Barbara Uebelacker Bastrop, TX SILVER AWARD Texas Co-op Power magazine Mountain View Electric Association Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Falcon , CO [email protected] Colowyo Coal Mine Under Threat of Closure Others involved: Joe Stafford, Jay Godwin, Kathy Warbelow Sarah Schaefer SILVER AWARD [email protected] Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Others involved: Jim Herron Livingston, TX Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Texas Co-op Power Local Pages Sam Houston Electric Cooperative [email protected] Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey, Randy Mallory, Stephen Myers, Mary Kate Pedigo 1 Classification 4 SILVER AWARD Flint Energies GOLD AWARD Jackson EMC Warner Robins, GA Jefferson, GA Three Phase JEMCO News Marian McLemore April Sorrow mmclemore@flintemc.com [email protected] Others involved: Jennie Lacey

SILVER AWARD Classification 4 Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD Manassas, VA Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Keeping Current Fredericksburg, VA Priscilla Knight PowerLines - Feb, Apr, May [email protected] Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Others involved: Ginnefine Jalloh [email protected] Others involved: June Padgett, Bright Eyed Design Classification 5 ILVER WARD GOLD AWARD S A Texas Electric Cooperatives Great Lakes Energy Austin, TX Hart, MI Texas Co-op Power Magazine Envision Texas Electric Cooperative Linda Kotzian [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Martin Bevins, Charles Lohrmann, Karen Nejtek, Others involved: Mitchell Graphics Andy Doughty, Tom Widlowski, Jane Sharpe, Chris Burrows, Classification 5 Suzanne Halko, Ellen Stader, Grace Arsiaga, Christine Carlson GOLD AWARD SILVER AWARD Texas Electric Cooperatives Hoosier Energy Austin, TX Bloomington, IN TEC Report EnergyLines Texas Electric Cooperatives Communication Department [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Martin Bevins, Charles Lohrmann, Karen Nejtek, Andy Doughty, Tom Widlowski, Jane Sharpe, Chris Burrows, 5. Best Internal News Publication Suzanne Halko, Ellen Stader, Grace Arsiaga, Christine Carlson SILVER AWARD Classification 1 East Kentucky Power Cooperative GOLD AWARD Winchester, KY Umatilla Electric Compass Hermiston, OR East Kentucy Power Cooperative Umatilla Electric “The Current” [email protected] Arla Smith Others involved: Scott Mandl, Randy Bucknam [email protected] Classification 2 6. Best Special Publication – Small GOLD AWARD Classification 1 Appalachian Electric Cooperative New Market, TN GOLD AWARD Coastal Electric Cooperative The Hotline - AEC’s Employee Newsletter Midway, GA Becky Burks Co-op Connections cover wrap [email protected] J. Mark Bolton SILVER AWARD [email protected] Aiken Electric Cooperative Others involved: Kathy Shuler Cousson Aiken, SC SILVER AWARD WATTS On Line Consolidated Electric Cooperative Aiken Electric Cooperative Mt. Gilead, OH mgouff[email protected] PCI Compliance stuffer Classification 3 Nikki Vanderkooi [email protected] GOLD AWARD United Cooperative Services Burleson, TX United Perspective United Cooperative Services [email protected] Others involved: Marty Haught 2 Classification 2 6. Best Special Publication – Large GOLD AWARD Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Classification 1 Dothan, AL GOLD AWARD “Scam Alert!” Jackson County REMC WEC Member Services Brownstown, IN [email protected] New Member Packet Nicole Ault SILVER AWARD 4-County Electric Power Association [email protected] Columbus, MS Others involved: Sherlock Homes, Co-op Connections, Rainbow Printing Online service bill stuffer Brad Barr SILVER AWARD [email protected] Copper Valley Electric Association Others involved: Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Glennallen, AK Strategic Issues Paper 2015 Classification 3 Copper Valley Electric Association GOLD AWARD [email protected] Farmers EC Others involved: Sharon Crisp, Robert Wilkinson, John Duhamel, Greenville, TX Travis Million, Dale Orvedahl, Jaime Matthews, Nancy Heidelberg Summer Mailer Jim Nimmo Classification 2 [email protected] GOLD AWARD Others involved: cue:creative Bandera Electric Cooperative Bandera, Texas SILVER AWARD Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Electrical Service Standards Bastrop, TX Amy Zink [email protected] Bluebonnet Calling bill stuffer Others involved: Jim Ward, Ruby Hinojosa Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative [email protected] SILVER AWARD Others involved: Joe Stafford Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Kearney, MO Classification 4 Business Plan 2016 GOLD AWARD Cheryl Barnes Jackson EMC [email protected] Jefferson, GA How to Cut, Slice & Dice Energy Use in the Kitchen Classification 3 April Sorrow GOLD AWARD [email protected] Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Others involved: AdSmith Livingston, TX 2016 Calendar & Member Handbook SILVER AWARD Great Lakes Energy Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Boyne City, MI [email protected] Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey How are my dollars spent? Great Lakes Energy SILVER AWARD [email protected] Delaware Electric Cooperative Others involved: Mitchell Graphics, Dennis Preston Greenwood , DE Delaware Living 2015 Classification 5 Jeremy Tucker GOLD AWARD [email protected] Corn Belt Power Cooperative Others involved: Teresa McCann, Matt Rogers Humboldt, IA LED Puzzle Direct Mail Postcard Classification 5 James Sayers GOLD AWARD [email protected] Tri-State Generation & Transmission Others involved: Marena Fritzler, Inside Information, Amazing Denver, CO Mail, Services Concept Work of Power Campaign Brand Book SILVER AWARD Tri-State Generation & Transmission Georgia System Operations Corporation [email protected] Tucker , GA Others involved: Willie Peterson Solar Energy Brochure Georgia System Operations Corporation [email protected]

3 SILVER AWARD Classification 4 East Kentucky Power Cooperative GOLD AWARD Winchester, KY Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Demand Side Management Annual Report Fredericksburg, VA East Kentucky Power Cooperative The Connection [email protected] Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Others involved: Randy Bucknam, Sha Collier, Scott Drake, [email protected] Josh Littrell Others involved: Dennis McWaters SILVER AWARD 7. Best Annual Report to Members GreyStone Power Corporation Douglasville, GA Classification 1 Powering Everyday Value 2014 Annual Report GOLD AWARD Garkane Energy Cooperative Vicki Harshbarger Kanab, UT [email protected] Others involved: Ashley Kramer, G&T Communications Sharp Curves Ahead Neal Brown Classification 5 [email protected] GOLD AWARD SILVER AWARD East Kentucky Power Cooperative Tri-County Electric Cooperative Winchester, KY Rushford, MN Strength In Numbers Next Generation of Power East Kentucky Power Cooperative Brenda Tesch [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Tim Webb Others involved: Dairyland Power SILVER AWARD Hoosier Energy Classification 2 Bloomington, IN GOLD AWARD 65th Anniversary, Hoosier Energy Annual Report, 2014 Mohave Electric Cooperative Claire Gregory Bullhead City, AZ [email protected] Working Together to Make a Difference Others involved: Mary Lynn Beaver, Chris Denison Design, Mohave Electric Cooperative Caperion [email protected] Others involved: Tyler Carlson, Lori Fonzi, Theresa Leclerc, Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives, James Bujarski, Peggy Gillman SILVER AWARD Corn Belt Energy Bloomington, IL People, Power, Progress. Hillary Cherry [email protected] Classification 3 GOLD AWARD Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Livingston, TX 2014 Sam Houston EC Annual Report Sam Houston Electric Cooperative [email protected] Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey, Joe Lowery SILVER AWARD Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Seguin, TX Never Standing Still - 2014 GVEC Annual Report to Members Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative [email protected] Others involved: Carla Maldonad, Melissa Johnson, Chris Carson

4 Digital Entries 8. Most Innovative Use Classification 5 SILVER AWARD of Digital Communication North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives Raleigh, North Carolina Classification 1 Empower SILVER AWARD SEMO Electric Cooperative Kristie Aldridge Sikeston, MO [email protected] Others involved: Lewis Advertising Member Highlights SEMO Electric Cooperative [email protected] 9. Best Use of Social Media (At-large category)* Others involved: Jeff Oesch, H. Wilson GOLD AWARD Classification 2 Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Fredericksburg, VA GOLD AWARD Tideland EMC The Many Faces of REC Campaign Pantego, NC REC’s Communications and Public Relations Department Amiee's Story: The Power of Second Chances [email protected] Tideland EMC SILVER AWARD [email protected] Midwest Energy Cooperative Others involved: Amazing Studios Cassopolis, MI SILVER AWARD Feed the Need Food Drive Video Contest White River Valley Electric Cooperative Nicole Barfell Branson, MO [email protected] What's a "minimum bill" charge? White River Valley Electric Cooperative 10. Best Digital Storytelling [email protected] Others involved: jackson+appleton video production Classification 1 Classification 3 GOLD AWARD Kosciusko REMC SILVER AWARD (tie) Warsaw, IN Union Power Cooperative Monroe, NC Kosciusko REMC Restoration Video Katy Berger Union Power Cooperative Website [email protected] Union Power Cooperative Others involved: 212 Media Studios [email protected] Others involved: Luanne Sherron, Carrie Stroud, Kathy Williams, SILVER AWARD Rhonda Smith, Hal Setser, Apogee Interactive Coastal Electric Cooperative Midway, GA Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative The Next Greatest Thing – 75 years later Bastrop, TX J. Mark Bolton Lineman’s Lingo video [email protected] Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Classification 2 [email protected] Others involved: Chelsea Beauchamp, Joe Stafford GOLD AWARD Peninsula Light Company Classification 4 Gig Harbor, WA GOLD AWARD Storm Responders Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Penisula Light Company Fredericksburg, VA [email protected] Preparing for the Storm Others involved: North Woods Productions Rappahannock Electric Cooperative SILVER AWARD [email protected] Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Others involved: Ryan White, Tri-21 Media Kearney, MO SILVER AWARD Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Solar Panel Construction Pedernales Electric Cooperative Jennifer Grossl Kyle, TX [email protected] Vegetation Maintenance Others involved: Dave Christensen, Dave Deihl, Cheryl Barnes, Matthew D. Gonzalez Linda Richardson [email protected]

5 Classification 3 11. Best Hard Copy Reinvention GOLD AWARD Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Classification 3 Bastrop, TX GOLD AWARD Memorial Day Weekend Storms 2015 Video Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Sarah Beal Livingston, TX [email protected] 2015 Board of Director Election Ballot Rachel Frey SILVER AWARD Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative [email protected] Bastrop, TX Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Mary Kate Pedigo, Survey and Ballot Systems Inside the Burn Zone video Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative SILVER AWARD [email protected] Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Others involved: Joe Stafford Livingston, TX 2014 Digital Annual Report Classification 4 Rachel Frey GOLD AWARD [email protected] Jackson EMC Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Mary Kate Pedigo, Joe Lowery, Jefferson , GA David Guy, Pioneer Design What makes a company great? Classification 4 Mark Owen [email protected] SILVER AWARD Others involved: The Adsmith Jackson EMC Jefferson, Georgia SILVER AWARD Jackson EMC Electric Animals Jefferson , GA April Sorrow [email protected] 2015 Ice Storm Response Others involved: Jackson EMC Mark Owen [email protected] Others involved: Radar Productions Classification 5 GOLD AWARD Basin Electric Power Cooperative Bismarck, ND Lineman Perspective 2015 Gregory L. DeSaye [email protected]

SILVER AWARD Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. Topeka, KS Kansas Electric Cooperative Youth Tour Shana Read [email protected] Others involved: Serena Kefayeh, Creative Ideation, Anne Barnes

6 12. Best Photo (At-large category)* SILVER AWARD Sam Houston Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD Livingston, TX Berkeley Electric Cooperative 2016 Calendar & Member Handbook Moncks Corner, SC Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Macedonia Substation Flooding [email protected] Micah Ponce Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey [email protected] Others involved: Electric Co-op Today Classification 4 SILVER AWARD GOLD AWARD Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Cobb EMC Austin, TX Marietta, GA Hidden Pines Fire 2015 Wattson: Cobb EMC Safety Mascot Sarah Beal Mark Justice [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Andrew Herdeg, Alex Hamilton SILVER AWARD 13. Best Wild Card Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Classification 1 Hughesville, MD SMECO bike ride shirt GOLD AWARD Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative Jonna Jones Eldorado, TX [email protected] 70th Annual Meeting Silver Medallion Classification 5 Eddie L. Albin GOLD AWARD [email protected] Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Others involved: Sunshine Mint Denver, CO Power Makes It Possible Launch Kit SILVER AWARD Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Garkane Energy Cooperative [email protected] Kanab, UT SILVER AWARD People Behind the Power Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Neal Brown Glen Allen, VA [email protected] Electronic Holiday Greeting Card Classification 2 Shena L. Crittendon [email protected] GOLD AWARD Tideland EMC Others involved: Circle S Studio Pantego, NC Selfie Station 14. Best Graphic Design Tideland EMC Classification 1 [email protected] Others involved: Concept Development GOLD AWARD Garkane Energy Cooperative SILVER AWARD (tie) Kanab, UT Northwestern REC Cambridge Springs, PA People Behind the Power Neal Brown Lineman on the Line [email protected] Northwestern REC Employees [email protected] SILVER AWARD Others involved: Andy Aultz, Jim Henry, Lynn Moore The Victory Electric Cooperative Assn., Inc. Dodge City, KS Mid-South Synergy Victory Electric Safety Scratchpads Navasota, TX Jerri Ann Imgarten Mid-South Synergy International Lineman’s Rodeo Shirts [email protected] Eric Hubbard Others involved: Consolidated Printing [email protected] Classification 2 Classification 3 GOLD AWARD Wiregrass Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD Carroll EMC Dothan, AL Carrollton, GA “Seven Cooperative Principles” Father’s Day Card WEC Member Services Carroll EMC [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Aislinn Rain Photography, Shutterfly 7 SILVER AWARD 15. Best Individual Ad White River Valley Electric Cooperative Branson, MO Classification 1 You're Invited: Annual Meeting 2015 GOLD AWARD Christina Swaters Clearwater Power Company [email protected] Lewiston, ID Classification 3 Use Electricity Wisely Jeff Marshall GOLD AWARD [email protected] Cuivre River Electric Cooperative, Inc. Others involved: Clearwater Power Troy, MO Cuivre River Electric 2016 Calendar SILVER AWARD Rock Energy Cooperative Lonnie Tucker Janesville, WI [email protected] Natural Gas Safety SILVER AWARD Barbara Uebelacker Sam Houston Electric Cooperative [email protected] Livingston, TX Others involved: Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives Operation Round Up Banner Mary Kate Pedigo Classification 2 [email protected] GOLD AWARD Others involved: Rachel Frey White River Valley Electric Cooperative Branson, MO Classification 4 Celebrating National Co-op Month GOLD AWARD Christina Swaters Great Lakes Energy Boyne City, MI [email protected] Others involved: Jackson Appleton Video Production Vegetation Management brochure Great Lakes Energy SILVER AWARD Poudre Valley REA [email protected] Fort Collins, CO Others involved: Mitchell Graphics Pay As You Go Ad SILVER AWARD Amy Blunck Pedernales Electric Cooperative [email protected] Johnson City, TX "2016 Youth Tour: Make It Monumental" Youth Tour poster Classification 3 Pedernales Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD [email protected] Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Livingston, TX Classification 5 I Work for the Queen GOLD AWARD Mary Kate Pedigo Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association [email protected] Denver, CO Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey Power Makes It Possible Swag SILVER AWARD Tri-State Generation & Transmission Sam Houston Electric Cooperative [email protected] Livingston, TX SILVER AWARD (tie) I'm the Leader of Thousands Texas Electric Cooperatives Mary Kate Pedigo Austin, TX [email protected] Texas Co-op Power, Alvin Deluge Others involved: Keith Stapleton, Rachel Frey Texas Electric Cooperatives [email protected] Classification 4 Others involved: E.R.Bills, Scott Dawson, Charles Lohrmann, Andy GOLD AWARD Doughty, Jane Sharpe, Karen Nejtek, Tom Widlowski NOVEC Manassas, VA Texas Electric Cooperatives Powerful Values That Power Your Life Austin, TX NOVEC PR Team Texas Co-op Power magazine, Natural Wisdom [email protected] Texas Electric Cooperatives Others involved: G&T Communications, Inc. [email protected] SILVER AWARD Others involved: E.R. Bills, Zima Saunders, Jane Sharpe, Berkeley Electric Cooperative Andy Doughty, Charles Lohrmann, Karen Nejtek, Tom Widlowski Moncks Corner, SC Our members are our family Micah Ponce [email protected] Others involved: WCBD-TV News - Mike Futeral/Tony Di Resta 8 Classification 5 SILVER AWARD Flint Energies GOLD AWARD Basin Electric Power Cooperative Warner Robins, GA Bismarck, ND Sudden Impact Brave the Shave PSA 2015 Marian McLemore Gregory L. DeSaye mmclemore@flintemc.com [email protected] Classification 4 SILVER AWARD GOLD AWARD Georgia System Operations Corporation Cobb EMC Tucker, GA Marietta, GA Rocky Mountain Recreation Ad 6th Annual Literacy Week Georgia System Operations Corporation Mark Justice [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Tiko Jones, Andrew Herdeg, Becca Duvall, 16. Best Event Camille Fish SILVER AWARD Classification 1 Rappahannock Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD Fredericksburg, VA Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. Telephone Town Hall Meeting Port Orford, OR Rappahannock Electric Cooperative CCEC Strategic Planning [email protected] Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. Others involved: The Telephone Town Hall company [email protected] Classification 5 SILVER AWARD High West Energy GOLD AWARD Basin Electric Power Cooperative Pine Bluffs, WY Bismarck, ND Branding Party Basin Electric 2015 Annual Meeting High West Energy Basin Electric Communications and Creative Services [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Lorrell Walter, Chelsea Schnyer Others involved: Basin Electric Power Cooperative Classification 2 SILVER AWARD GOLD AWARD Hoosier Energy Dixie Electric Power Association Bloomington, IN Laurel, MS Facilities Dedication Katrina 10 Years Later Hoosier Energy Communications Department Dixie Electric Power Association [email protected] [email protected] Others involved: Randy Smith, Lydia Walters, Pollyanna Magee, Elissa Fulton, Mark Bridges SILVER AWARD Central Rural Electric Cooperative Stillwater, OK Innovation Pointe Announcement CREC Communications Team [email protected] Others involved: Guernsey Classification 3 GOLD AWARD Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc. Pickens, SC Bolts of Brightness Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc. [email protected] Others involved: AP Design, Fisheye Photography

*An At-large category is judged without consideration to the size of the cooperative.

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17. Best Total Communication Program SILVER AWARD Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Classification 1 Bastrop, TX GOLD AWARD Knowledge Is Power Garkane Energy Cooperative Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Kanab, UT [email protected] People Behind the Power Others involved: Joe Stafford, Chelsea Beauchamp Neal Brown Classification 4 [email protected] GOLD AWARD SILVER AWARD Berkely Electric Cooperative Northern Plains Electric Cooperative Moncks Corner, SC Jamestown, ND 75 Acts of Education Co-op Month Can & Coat Drive Leisa Stilley Katie Ryan-Anderson [email protected] [email protected] SILVER AWARD Others involved: Pingree-Buchanan School, Montpelier Public Rappahannock Electric Cooperative School, Edgeley Public School, Little Flower Catholic Church CYO, Fredericksburg, VA ServeYES! volunteers REC’s Storm Preparation Initiative Classification 2 Rappahannock Electric Cooperative GOLD AWARD [email protected] Mid-South Synergy Navasota, TX Classification 5 Let There Be Light GOLD AWARD Kerry Kelton Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Denver, CO [email protected] Others involved: Andy Conner, Sirius Video, Heyman Talent Work of Power Campaign: Power Makes It Possible Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association SILVER AWARD Peninsula Light Company [email protected] Gig Harbor, WA Others involved: Lumenati, Tasdar Creative, Willie Peterson Creative, Tri-State's 44 member systems Harbor Community Solar Peninsula Light Company SILVER AWARD NDAREC [email protected] Mandan, ND Others involved: Harbor History Museum and Bonneville Environment Foundation The Power of the People Exhibit NDAREC Classification 3 [email protected] GOLD AWARD Great River Energy, Minnkota Power, Basin Electric Power Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. Cooperative, National Information Solutions Cooperative, and Lenoir, NC State Historical Society Become One of the Heroes Among Us Grey Scheer The Edgar F. Chesnutt Award Winner will [email protected] be announced at Connect ‘16 Others involved: Renee Whitener, G&T Communications, Carolina Country Magazine, SouthData, NickGreene.com, TSE Services, in the Opening General Session Susan Simmons See you in Portland!

J.C. Brown CEO Communication Leadership Award The J.C. Brown award memorializes the late J.C. Brown, who – as editor and publisher of NRECA’s RE Magazine – is best remembered for his dedication to communication as a vital link connecting electric cooperatives with each other as well as with their consumer-owners. The panel of five judges consisted of communication and management experts in academia, business and industry, including electric co-ops. Although it is part of the Spotlight on Excellence Awards Program, the award was presented at the yearly national conference for co-op CEOS sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). 2016 Winner - Kent D. Farmer, president and CEO Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Fredericksburg, VA

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