Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is made up of members who volunteer their time to enhance the services UTC provides and are committed to delivering the best possible member benefit. All UTC Members are encouraged to participate in the committees and divisions of UTC. For information on each, please contact the staff liaison listed below the respective groups.
Current UTC Board Executive Committee Officers are:
CEO
Jimmy R. (Rusty) Williams
President and CEO – Ex Officio
rusty.williams@utc.org
202.833.6817
2025 – 2026 BOARD MEMBERS
- Lee Ayers, Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc. (At-Large Director)
- Doug Barton, Southern Company (Technical Division Chair)
- Enoch Charles Jr., CenterPoint Energy (At-Large Director)
- Kyle Cormier, Salt River Project (At-Large Director)
- Dewey Day, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (At-Large Director)
- Holly Henderson, Southern Company (Public Policy Division (PPD) Chair)
- Matt Holthe, Nebraska Public Power District (Audit Committee Chair)
- Larry Lach, Southern California Edison (At-Large Director)
- Julie Leininger, Orlando Utilities Commission (UtiliSite Chair)
- Kirt Mayson, NorthWestern Energy (At-Large Director)
- John Nachilly, Eversource Energy (IT-OT Committee Chair)
- Mark Ponton, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (At-Large Director)
- Robert Saddler, Lower Colorado River Authority (Membership Division Chair)
- Keisha Sauls, CenterPoint (Knowledge and Learning Division Chair)
- Matt Schnell, Nebraska Public Power District (Leadership Advisory Committee (LAC) Chair
- Jason Smith, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (At-Large Director)
- Adam Spratt, Southern Co. (Sec, Risk, and Compliance Chair (SRCC))
- Sheila Wells, Nashville Electric Service, Ret., Leidos (Chair’s Committee)
2025 – 2026 UTC INTERNATIONAL CHAIRS AND BOARD MEMBERS
- European UTC: Andreas Breuer, Westnetz GmbH
- UTC America Latina: Dymitr Wajsman
- At-Large Director: Tim Mackay, Hydro One (Canada)
2025 – 2026 UTC REGIONAL CHAIRS AND BOARD MEMBERS
- Regional Division Chair – Sue Hoffman, Southern Company
- Region 1 – Marloon Paula Gonzalez, National Grid
- Region 2 – Marwan Madi, New York Power Authority
- Region 3 – Casey Harris, Duke Energy
- Region 4 – Paul Zawada, AEP
- Region 5 – Curtis Reule, Montana Dakota Utilities Co.
- Region 6 – Neal McGrath, Lincoln Electric System
- Region 7 – Gabriel Carcia, CPS Energy
- Region 8 – Anthony Romero, Tri-State G&T
- Region 9 – David Parkhurst, Grant County PUD
- Region 10 – Arun Orn, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Leadership Advisory Committee
(Years Served as Chair)
- Jim Stahl (2003-2004)
- Ken Campbell (2004-2005)
- Leonard Leech (2005-2006)
- Joe Lackey (2006-2007)
- Jeff Selman (2007-2008)
- Rusty Williams (2008-2009)
- Jeff Katz (2009-2010)
- Troy West (2010-2011)
- Ron Beck (2011-2012)
- Tom Perry (2012-2013)
- Mike Lowe (2013-2014)
- Jason Griffith (2014-2015)
- Ron Taylor (2015-2016)
- Matt Schnell (2016-2017)
- Kathy Nelson (2017-2018)
- Roger Bryant (2018-2019)
- Greg Angst (2019-2021)
- Paul Lambert (2021-2022)
- Dewey Day (2022-2023)
- Kirt Mayson (2023-2024)
- Gary Vondrasek (2024-2025)
