On January 23, public utility leaders from across Washington
State elected Mason County Public Utility District 3 Commissioner Linda Gott to
serve as president of Energy Northwest’s Board of Directors for a two-year
term. The public power agency’s 27-member board of directors represents the 22
public utility districts and five municipal utilities that make up Energy
Northwest. The board of directors has sole authority to authorize and terminate
projects.
Mason County PUD 3 commissioners appointed Gott to the
Energy Northwest Board of Directors in 2007. She served as alternate to the EN
board for six years prior. She was elected to serve as the board vice president
in 2011.
Gott has served as a Mason County PUD 3 Commissioner since
1999. She also serves on the American Public Power Association's Legislative
and Resolutions Committee and is past president of Public Utility Risk
Management Services. In addition, she currently serves on the NoaNet Board of
Directors and served six years on the Northwest Public Power Association Board
of Trustees.
She previously served for six years as the PUD’s
representative to the Economic Development Council of Mason County and
continues to actively promote the benefits of public power and its involvement
in and build-out of rural telecommunication systems using fiber optic
technology.
“It will be my pleasure to serve as the board of director’s
president for the next two years,” said Gott. “I look forward to working with
the board of directors, executive board and Energy Northwest staff to promote
Energy Northwest’s mission of providing safe, reliable and cost effective power
to our public power members and regional ratepayers."
Additional officers elected on January 23 include Grant
County Public Utility District Commissioner Terry Brewer to serve as vice
president on Energy Northwest’s Board of Directors for a two-year term;
Franklin County Public Utility District Commissioner Bill Gordon to serve as
secretary on Energy Northwest’s Board of Directors for a two-year term; Benton
County Public Utility District Commissioner Lori Kays-Sanders to serve as
secretary on Energy Northwest’s Executive Board for a term expiring in June;
and Energy Northwest Executive Board member Marc Daudon to serve as assistant
secretary on the board for a term expiring in June.
“Congratulations to
the new officers representing the board of directors and the members of Energy
Northwest,” said Mark Reddemann, Energy Northwest CEO in his opening board
meeting remarks following the election. “And thank you to those officers from
last year for all your hard work.”
All of the above officers’ new roles and terms are effective
immediately.
