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New Leadership At The Helm Meet your new Choctaw Electric Cooperative board of trustees
he meetings are past, the ballots are cast, and on Date Here the new Choctaw Electric board of trustees registered perfect attendance at their first monthly board meeting. It’s safe to say these nine individuals are ready to move their co-op in a positive direction.
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CEC members who were unable to attend the recent round of district meetings may be unfamiliar with the persons chosen to represent them. The following information provides a brief introduction to your new CEC leadership. Members are encouraged to contact their board members with your concerns, comments and suggestions. Contact information is listed at
www.choctawelectric.coop. As your representative on the CEC board, your opinion matters to them.
■ DISTRICT A George Burns, District A
George Burns grew up in the community of Pollard, where he and his wife, Patty, raised their family. Burns is a graduate of Haworth High School and Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. He spent 42 years working the industrial electrical industry. He worked as partner and senior project manager for an electrical engineering and construction firm, and also served on the executive board. Prior to that Burns served as vice president of Oklahoma Operations of Engineering and Construction. Burns is a licensed electrician and holds an Oklahoma electrical contractors license.
■ DISTRICT B Joe Silk, District B
A native of Mangum, Joe Silk has called southeast Oklahoma home for the past 15 years. A graduate of Central State University, Silk returned to Mangum following graduation help manage his father’s hardware business. He later moved to Pennsylvania where he earned a master’s degree. After several years in Guatemala and Mexico doing
mission and community development work, Silk and his family moved to Talihina where he served as maintenance supervisor for the Kiamichi Baptist Assembly youth church camp.
Silk and his wife, Lindy, live in Hochatown where they own Beaver’s Bend Getaways, a cabin management company. Silk also serves as deacon and teacher at Octavia Baptist Church.
4 | april 2015 Neil Birchfield, District E James Woods, District C ■ DISTRICT C
James Woods lives north of Hochatown on Carter Mountain. He previously worked in the technical department at the Valliant paper mill, but is retired now due to disability. Woods and his wife, Jennie, have two sons, Jason and Jody. Jennie manages the Broken Bow water plant and operates a professional landscaping service. Jody works as foreman for a construction compan, and Jason is a senior at Broken Bow High School.
■ DISTRICT D Andrea Slaton, District D
Andrea Slaton has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business education, and doctorate in administration and leadership from Oklahoma State University. She has thirty years of senior leadership experience including superintendent of the Meridian Technology Center in Stillwater, and superintendent of schools in Gravette, Ark. She also served as president of the Oklahoma CareerTech Superintendent Association, president of the Oklahoma Technology and Research Park, and president of
the NW Arkansas School Superintendents Association. For her work in Stillwater, the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce named Slaton“Leader of the Year.” She was also named “Leader of the Year” by the Oklahoma Schools Public Relations Association.
Slaton is married to Gwyn Slaton, a native of Valliant. They own residential rental properties and car washes.
■ DISTRICT E
Neil Birchfield is administrator of Rattan Public Schools, a position he has held since 2003. Birchfield graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1987, and earned a Masters of Education (M.Ed) in school administration from Southeastern Oklahoma State University the following year.
Birchfield and his wife, Michelle, have three children, Megan, Rachel, and Cal.
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