| 1) | What makes PEC’s mission
meaningful to you, and what interest you about serving on the PEC Board
of Directors? I strive to achieve this mission every day in my previous and current job as I make sure that electricity is safe, reliable, and affordable. As a PE, I took an oath to protect the public health and safety which is like PEC’s mission by providing electricity reliable and safe. I have a personal interest in being a director in that I want to make sure that the electricity in our cities, our neighborhoods, and our homes is reliable and cost affordable. We are all connected by our reliance on electricity and want to make sure that PEC continues to do this. I can understand the details, the labor, and the equipment that is needed to put these plans and policies in place to help make better decisions for every member. |
| 2) | What education, skills, strengths or life experiences do you have that would benefit PEC? I am a licensed professional electrical engineer in Texas, have been in the power industry for 15 years, and a Master of Engineering. I strive every day in my career to make sure that electricity is safe, reliable, and affordable. I want to help Pedernales by using my knowledge of electricity to make sure that the plans, policies, and decisions being made are efficient and will work. My educational and work background has provided me with the knowledge of how electricity works and what it takes to generate, transmit, and distribute power to customers. My understanding of how the power grid and utility works would benefit PEC as I can understand how the decisions being made would impact PEC as a whole. |
| 3) | What other boards or committees have you served on or leadership positions have you held in the past? President of Ulteig Toastmasters (2024) President of UW Engineers Without Borders (2009) |
| 4) | Are you familiar with the elements of the cooperative business model? Yes, I am and a powerful benefit of this model is that everyone in PEC is an owner. As member-owners, we can all be motivated to make this one of the top electric utilities in the nation. PEC is not a company that is for profit and any excess funds go straight back to the owners or back into the company. |
| 5) | How would you approach working with your fellow PEC Board of Directors to achieve collaboration and consensus? I would listen first and understand where others are coming from. If I can understand the reasoning of other directors then we can collaborate together to come to a consensus. In order for collaboration and consensus to occur, there has to be a mutual respect for one another that we are all working on the common goal of doing what is best for PEC. |