Leadership

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NineStar Connect is governed by an elected Board of Directors. Their sole mission is to deliver the highest quality, most efficient services to our cooperative’s membership—and they don’t serve corporate shareholders, customers, or declare stock dividends. Click to view our board districts. 

Partnering with the Board of Directors is NineStar’s executive leadership, which oversees the day-to-day operations of our electric and communications cooperative.

Board of Directors
Charles Kennedy

Director District 1

Mark Evans

Director District 2

Robin Ritchie

Director District 3

Scott Pittman

Director District 4

Jan Cochard

Director District 5

Joseph Paxton

Director District 6

Jack Negley

Director District 7

Raymond Kerkhof

Director District 8

Philip Hayes

Director District 9

Thomas Ording

Director District 10

Richard Griffin

Director-at-Large

Susan Bodkin

Director-at-Large

Timothy Bryant

Director-at-Large

Executive leadership team
Michael R. Burrow

President and CEO

Scott Hiatt

Senior Vice President

Regina Bever

Vice President of Administration

Ross Ferson

Vice President of Business Development, Innovation, and Technology

SARA PECHIN

Vice President of Human Resources

Tommy Nance

Vice President of Operations

George Plisinski

Vice President of Engineering

Brad Rennier

Vice President of Finance

The co-op Difference

NineStar Connect is a nonprofit electric and communications cooperative, so we don’t sell to customers or work for shareholders. Instead, we have members who are actually our owners.

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The co-op Difference

NineStar Connect is a nonprofit electric and communications cooperative, so we don’t sell to customers or work for shareholders. Instead, we have members who are actually our owners.