UTC Officers:
Chairman of the Board
Rusty Williams, Southern Company
Vice Chairman of the Board
Jeff Katz, PSEG Services Corp
Secretary/Treasurer
Troy West, Cleco Corp.
President/Chief Executive Officer
Bill Moroney, Utilities Telecom Council
Immediate-Past Chairman
Jeff Selman, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Jill Lyon, Utilities Telecom Council
Division Chairs & Senior Leadership Team:
Business Development Division
Ben Easterling, Southern Telecom
International Division
Dymitr Wajsman, APTEL and Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié, Iberdrola
Member Services Division
Mike Lowe, Blue Ridge EMC
Public Policy Division
Steve Zoromsky, Lower Colorado River Authority
Regional Division
Tom Perry, Santee Cooper
Technical Division
Ron Beck, Central Lincoln People's Utility District
Homeland Security Steering Committee
Jeff Katz, PSEG Services Corp.
Leadership Advisory Council
Steve Carrico, Wisconsin Public Service (retired)
Committee Chairs:
Member Services Division Committees:
Meetings Advisory Committee Chair
Mike Kelley, We Energies
Membership Development Committee Chair
Doug Barton, Southern Company
UTC Journal Editorial Advisory Board Chair
Gary Schwartz, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
UTC Research Steering Committee Chair
Vacant
UTC TELECOM 2009 Program Planning Committee
Vacant
Public Policy Division Committee:
Infrastructure Issues Committee
John Huges, Douglas County Public Utility District No. 1
Homeland Security Committee
Vacant
Legislative Affairs Committee
James Smith, NIPSCO
Spectrum Issues Committee
Jason Griffith, American Electric Power
Technical Division Committee:
Automation Technologies Committee
Craig Maternoski, Integrys Energy Group
Fiber Communications Committee
VACANT
Information Technology Committee
Charles Bagley, PacifiCorp
Rural Users Committee
Mark Weismantel, East River Electric Power Coop
UTC Spectrum Services Oversight Committee
VACANT
Wireless Technologies Committee
Ron Taylor, Salt River Project
Regional Chairmen:
New England Region (1)
Craig Weske, Connecticut Light & Power
Middle Atlantic Region (2)
John Povich, PSEG
Southeast Region (3)
Ed Ingersoll, Gainesville Regional Utilities
Great Lakes Region (4)
James Smith, NIPSCO
Minnesota-Dakotas Region (5)
Steve Merriman, Great River Energy
Mid-Central Region (6)
Brian Gragert, Omaha Public Power District
South Central Region (7)
Steve Zoromsky, Lower Colorado River Authority
Rocky Mountain Region (8)
Bill Neville, Questar Gas Company
Northwest Region (9)
Randy E. Hopkins, Idaho Power Company
Southwest Region (10)
Ron Taylor, SRP
Elected Directors:
Terms Expiring May 2009:
Tony Marshall, Progress Energy
Steve Zoromsky, Lower Colorado River Authority
Terms Expiring May 2010:
Doug Barton, Southern Company
Dave Constantinovich, AEP
Celeste Easton, SEMPRA Energy
Eric Fritz, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Tom Moses, San Diego Gas & Electric
Michael Quinn, Oncor Electric Delivery
Bruce Russell, Tennessee Valley Authority
Ken Tomaszewski, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Terms Expiring May 2011:
Greg Angst, CenterPoint Energy
Richard Boss, First Energy
Joe Griffin, We Energies
Mike Lowe, Blue Ridge EMC
Michael Sherman, SRP Telecom
Mike Zaccagnino, Sierra Pacific Resources
Leadership Advisory Council:
(Past Chief Elected Officers - Ex-Officio Advisors to the Board)
Robert H. Leonard
(New York Power Authority- Retired)
Oakland, NJ
UTC President – 1992-1993
John Myers
(Southern Company- Retired)
Cedar Bluff, AL
UTC President – 1993-1994
Bill Chapman
(Intermountain Gas Company- Retired)
Meridian, ID
UTC President – 1994-1995
Ben Doty
CIO
NoaNET
Newport, OR
UTC President – 1996-1997
David Trego (CHAIR)
VP-Telecommunications
American Electric Power Service Corp.
Columbus, OH
UTC President – 1997-1998
Charles C. Holcomb
Manager, Plant Design
Williams Gas Pipeline South Central
Owensboro, KY
UTC Chairman – 1998-1999
Stephen L. Carrico
Director-Communications & Business Development
Wisconsin Public Service
Green Bay, WI
UTC Chairman – 1999-2001
Jerry Obrist
Chief Engineer-Waterworks
Lincoln Water System
Lincoln, NE
UTC Chairman – 2001-2002
John Krupcale
(Niagara Mohawk - Retired)
Syracuse, NY
UTC Vice Chair – 2001-2002
Bernard Jacob
VP-External Affairs & Corporate Services
Gulf Power Company
Pensacola, FL
UTC Chairman – 2002-2003
Jim Stahl
Lead, Mobile Communications
PacifiCorp
Portland, OR
UTC Chairman – 2003-2004
Ken Campbell
Senior Network Consultant
American Electric Power
Fort Wayne, IN
UTC Chairman – 2004-2005
Leonard Leech
Design Engineering Manager
Nashville Electric Service
Nashville, TN
UTC Chairman – 2005-2006
Joseph Lackey
Crewe, VA
UTC Chairman – 2006-2007
Jeff Selman
Manager, Telecom & Protection Engineering
Tri-State Generation &
Transmission Association
UTC Chairman – 2007-2008
