UTC Officers:
Chairman of the Board
Ron Beck, Central Lincoln People's Utility District
Vice Chairman of the Board
Tom Perry, Santee Cooper
Secretary/Treasurer
Jason Griffith, American Electric Power
President/Chief Executive Officer
Connie Durcsak, Utilities Telecom Council
Immediate-Past Chairman
Troy West, Cleco Corp.
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Mike Oldak, Utilities Telecom Council
Special Board Committees
Audit Committee
Ken Campbell, AEP - Indiana & Michigan Power
Fiscal / Budget Committee Chair
Jason Griffith, American Electric Power
Forward Planning Committee Chair
Tom Perry, Santee Cooper
Security Committee Chair
Keith Porterfield, Georgia Systems Operations Corporation
Division Chairs & Senior Leadership Team:
Business Development Division
Ron Bilodeau, NV Energy
International Division
Dymitr Wajsman, UTC America Latina and Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié, Iberdrola
Member Services Division
Mike Lowe, Blue Ridge EMC
Public Policy Division
Kathy Nelson, Great River Energy
Regional Division
Jaime Leal, Tri-State G&T
Technical Division
Ron Taylor, Salt River Project
Leadership Advisory Council
Leonard Leech, Nashville Electric Service
Committee Chairs:
Member Services Division Committees:
Education Committee
Mike Zaccagnino, NV ENergy
Meetings Advisory Committee Chair
Mike Kelley, We Energies
Membership Development Committee Chair
Doug Barton, Southern Company
UTC Journal Editorial Advisory Board Chair
Tim Slay, Duke Energy
UTC Research Steering Committee Chair
VACANT
UTC TELECOM 2012 Program Planning Committee
Greg Angst, Centerpoint Energy
Public Policy Division Committee:
Infrastructure Issues Committee
John Povich, PSEG
Legislative Affairs Committee
James Smith, NIPSCO
Spectrum Issues Committee
Kathy Nelson, Great River Energy
Technical Division Committee:
Automation Technologies Committee
Craig Maternoski, Integrys Energy Group
Fiber Communications Committee
Gary Billman, PPL Electric Utilities Corp
Information Technology Committee
Scott Hughes, Great River Energy
Rural Issues Committee
Mike Kelley, We Energies
Wireless Technologies Committee
Eric Fritz, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Regional Chairmen:
New England Region (1)
Craig Weske, Connecticut Light & Power
Middle Atlantic Region (2)
John Povich, PSEG
Southeast Region (3)
Kelly Massa, South Mississippi Electric
Great Lakes Region (4)
Allen Eichenberg, Consumers Energy Company
Minnesota-Dakotas Region (5)
Kory Hammerbeck, Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative
Mid-Central Region (6)
Dan Murray, Lincoln Electric System
South Central Region (7)
Dave Wheeler, CPS Energy
Rocky Mountain Region (8)
Jaime Leal, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
Northwest Region (9)
Randy E. Hopkins, Idaho Power Company
Southwest Region (10)
Eric Fritz, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Independent Operating Unit Chairs:
European Utilities Telecom Council
Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié, Iberdrola SA
Smart Networks Council
Craig Maternoski, Integrys Energy Group
UtiliSite Council
Allan Bakalar, PT Access Networks
UTC Spectrum Services Board
Ron Taylor, Salt River Project
Critical Infrastructure Communications Coalition
Mike Oldak, Utilities Telecom Council
Elected Directors:
Terms Expiring May 2012:
Earl Barber, National Grid
Roxanne Fong, PG&E
Tony Marshall, Progress Energy
Tim Slay, Duke Energy
Terms Expiring May 2013:
Sonya Baskerville, Bonneville Power Administration
Eric Fritz, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Jeff Nichols, Sempra Energy Utilities
Joe Nowaczyk, Salt River Project
Rick Speck, Kansas City Power & Light
Ken Tomaszewski, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Terms Expiring May 2014:
Roger Bryant, Southern Company
Chuck Hackney, CenterPoint Energy
Mike Lowe, Blue Ridge EMC
Doug McGinnis, Exelon
John Nachilly, Northeast Utilities
Mike Zaccagnino, NV Energy
Past Chief Elected Officers:
Troy West
General Manager - Technology & Corporate Services
Cleco Corp.
UTC Chairman - 2010-2011
Jeff Katz
Enterprise IT Consultant
PSEG Services Corp
UTC Chairman - 2009-2010
Rusty Williams
Director of Business Development
AFL
UTC Chairman – 2008-2009
Jeff Selman
Manager, Telecom & Protection Engineering
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
UTC Chairman – 2007-2008
Joe Lackey
UTC Chairman - 2006-2007
Leonard Leech
Design Engineering Manager
Nashville Electric Service
Nashville, TN
UTC Chairman – 2005-2006
Ken Campbell
Senior Network Consultant
American Electric Power
Fort Wayne, IN
UTC Chairman – 2004-2005
Jim Stahl
Lead, Mobile Communications
PacifiCorp
Portland, OR
UTC Chairman – 2003-2004
Bernard Jacob
VP-External Affairs & Corporate Services
Gulf Power Company
Pensacola, FL
UTC Chairman – 2002-2003
Jerry Obrist
Chief Engineer-Waterworks
Lincoln Water System
Lincoln, NE
UTC Chairman – 2001-2002
