Leadership Academy

Consider enrolling in the NineStar Leadership Academy!

  • Interested in serving as a NineStar Director?
  • Curious about how a small utility operates?
  • Are you a NineStar member who wants to know more abut your cooperative?

NineStar Connect members are eligible to enroll in 5 courses listed below:

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT: Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 6:00pm – Michael Burrow

Learn about NineStar’s current strategic plans, how it assists other cooperative utilities and how it acts to assist communities in business development and quality of place through investments in utility infrastructure.

ADMINISTRATION & HUMAN RESOURCES: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 6:00pm – Regina Bever & Sara Pechin

Learn about NineStar’s customer service, subscriber billing, and marketing/member relations. As well as internal open positions and what we do related to talent acquisition, employee development, and retention of our great employees.

TECHNOLOGY: Thursday, July 18, 2024, 6:00pm – Ross Ferson

Learn about NineStar’s current and future technologies, how it is adapting to change to meet member’s needs along with how it operates its support center.

OPERATIONS & ENGINEERING: Thursday, August 15, 2024, 6:00pm – Tommy Nance & George Plisinski

Learn about NineStar’s electric, telecommunications, water and wastewater distribution systems, how they are built and maintained and major maintenance or expansion over the next 36 months.

FINANCE: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 6:00pm – Scott Hiatt

Learn about NineStar’s current and upcoming capital budgets, along with the taxes that a non-profit utility pays and how capital credits are allocated and retired.

There is NO CHARGE for enrolling and attending the NineStar Leadership Academy.

Only members of NineStar Connect in good standing may enroll. Enrollment is limited to the first 25 members. Enrollees attending and completing all six courses will receive a certificate and recognition.

Enroll in the NineStar Leadership Academy

To enroll in the academy, please fill out your information below.

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The NineStar Leadership Academy is reserved for current NineStar members and customers. 

Questions: For more information about the NineStar Leadership Academy,

contact George Plisinski at gplisinski@ninestarconnect.com or 317.326.3131 during regular business hours.

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.

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