Electric cooperative employees wear many hats, and not just hardhats.
Not only do these professionals perform a variety of duties at work, they often dedicate their time to performing civic duties. After all, it’s just the cooperative way.
Cooperatives around the world operate according to the same set of core principles, among them are “Concern for Community” and “Cooperation Among Cooperatives.” Not only do employees “work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies supported by the membership,” they come together and work together.
There was much coming together and working together in recent months. Employees from some of our 17 distribution cooperatives — as well as Today’s Power, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., which also publishes Arkansas Living) — recently traveled from various parts of the state to Little Rock to assist with two youth programs sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. They are the Arkansas SeaPerch Challenge and the Arkansas State Spelling Bee.
Our co-op families’ servant hearts, assistance and smiles make every situation more efficient and more fun.
And the same can be said for our statewide team of cooperative communicators who work with Arkansas Living. Contributing to the magazine is just a fraction of the challenging jobs that our cooperative colleagues do. We’d like to acknowledge them here.
Our hats off to these many-hat wearers:
Barbara Jenkins, Arkansas Valley Electric
Rodney Chapman, Ashley-Chicot Electric
Mike Berry and Christy Tucker, C & L Electric
Claudia Harp and Cory Smith, Carroll Electric
Molly Jett, Clay County Electric
Jon David Carmack and Marti Hook, Craighead Electric
Brynn Bowen, Farmers Electric
Tonya Sexton, First Electric
Brad Harrison and Angie Hamm, Mississippi County Electric
Tori Moss, North Arkansas Electric
Kari Strickland and Sabrina Estridge, Ouachita Electric
Erin Rogers and Bridgette Caples, Ozarks Electric
Tonia Robbins, Petit Jean Electric
Chris Parker, Rich Mountain Electric
Sandy Manning, South Central Arkansas Electric
Rhonda Morrow, Southwest Arkansas Electric
Anna Howton, Woodruff Electric
Have a marvelous May!
Jennifer Christman Cia