Steering Committee Mission Statement

To represent the planning committee as a working group with a mission to guide the School, its programs, and its activities in a way deemed appropriate by the planning committee and in the best interest of the North Carolina Electric Meter School and Grid Technology Conference.

Steering Committee

• Chairperson: John Maclaga
• Vice Chairperson: Josh McDonald
• Secretary/Treasurer: Connie McElroy-Bacon

Committees

• Single Phase
  • Chairperson: Rodney Brown
  • Vice Chairperson: George Leach/Clare Bargerstock
• Polyphase
  • Chairperson: Chad Cooper
  • Vice Chairperson: Greg Johnson
• Advanced
  • Chairperson: Josh McDonald
  • Vice Chairperson: Tony Horton
• Management
  • Chairperson: Kenneth McCraw
  • Vice Chairperson: Jimmy Green
• Substation and Distribution (Basic)
  • Chairperson: Curtis Craig
  • Vice Chairperson: Bob Wilcox
• Substation and Distribution (Advanced)
  • Chairperson: John Maclaga
  • Vice Chairperson: Bob Wilcox
• Emerging Technologies
  • Chairperson: Jason Parker
  • Vice Chairpersons:
    • Garey Edwards
    • Tony Horton
• Engineering
  • Tim Overbee
• Hall of Fame
  • Chairperson: Tony Horton
  • Vice Chairperson: Jimmy Grubbs
• Manufacturers & Hospitality
  • Chairperson: Craig Shoaf
  • Vice Chairperson: Jeff Lewis
• Banquet & Entertainment
  • Connie McElroy-Bacon
• Members at Large
  • Sean Dempsey
  • Dean Williams
  • Raeanne Miller

Program Committee

• Alkire, Ryan
  GE Vernova, Tampa, FL
• Anderson, Rick
  Fayetteville PWC (Retired), Wake Forest, NC
• Bargerstock, Clare
  Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, Manassas, VA
• Brown, Rodney
  Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA
• Byrd, Dee
  WR Daniel & Associates. Winston- Salem, NC
• Candler, Nick
  The Durham Company, Lebanon, MO
• Cardella, Sal
  AMETEK Power Instruments, Rochester, NY
• Cauble, Steven
  Duke Energy, Salisbury, NC
• Chermak, Carl
  Aclara Meters, Fayetteville, NY
• Cooper, Chad
  Dominion Energy, West Columbia, SC
• Corbin, Michael
  Raleigh, NC
• Craig, Curtis
  Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative (Retired), Verona, VA
• Dempsey, Sean
  Honeywell, Raleigh, NC
• Edwards, Garey
  City of High Point (Retired), Albemarle, NC
• Erbe, Elliott
  Utility Sales LLC, Midlothian, VA
• Farmer, Kyle
  Marwell Corporation, Radford, VA
• Finley, Scott
  NTS, Raleigh, NC
• Green, Jimmy
  Brunswick Electric, Shallotte, NC
• Grubbs, Jimmy
  SCE&G (Retired), Gilbert, SC
• Horton, Tony
  Duke Energy (Retired), Wendell, NC
• Hudson, Steve
  Powermetrix, Knoxville, TN
• Johnson, Greg
  Alabama Power, Montgomery, AL
• Kretzschmar, Jeane
  SAMSCO, Boiling Springs, SC
• Kretzschmar, John
  SAMSCO, Boiling Springs, SC
• Kusant, Brad
  NRTC, Stockton, NJ
• Lawton, Tom
  TESCO, Bristol, PA
• Leach, George
  Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, Manassas, VA
• Lewis, Jeff
  PowerTech LLC, Lexington, NC
• Lopez, Frank
  GE Instruments Transformers, Odessa, FL
• Maclaga, John
  City of Wilson, Wilson, NC
• McCraw, Kenneth
  Duke Energy, Salisbury, NC
• McDonald, Josh
  Rappahannock Electric Coop, Fredericksburg,VA
• McElroy-Bacon
  Connie, McElroy-Bacon Consulting Services, Raleigh, NC
• Miller, Raeann
  Radian Research, Lafayette, IN
• Mossbrooks, Scott
  WESCO, Flowery Branch, GA
• Munay, Roger
  Powertech, Hickory, NC
• O’dell, Robby
  McCall-Thomas Engineering Company, Orangeburg, SC
• Overbee, Timothy
  Duke Energy, Pine Level, NC
• Pampanelli, Tina
  Itron, Liberty Lake, WA
• Parker, Jason
  Duke Energy, Garner, NC
• Shoaf, Craig
  NTS, Raleigh, NC
• Stankiewicz, Tim
  Fayetteville PWC, Fayetteville, NC
• Tippette, William
  Utility Sales Associates LLC, Midlothian, VA
• Valley, Joel
  Fayetteville PWC, Fayetteville, NC
• White, Vernon
  TESCO, Bristol, PA
• Whitmore, Bob
  Radian Research, Newland, NC
• Wilcox, Robert
  Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (Retired), Fredericksburg, VA
• Williams, Dean
  Duke Energy (Retired), Myrtle Beach, SC

_{NC State University wishes to advise all manufacturers, manufacturers’ representatives, distributors, consultants, contractors, utility commission members, utility employees and all other participants that this meeting and all activities related to the NC State Electric Meter School and Grid Conference are subject to compliance with all federal and state antitrust laws. Our activities are purposely designed to protect and promote fair competition, encourage higher quality products and services, promote innovation, expand customer choice for all consumers and for the benefit of the industry. We will not discuss any company’s specific pricing, vendor terms and conditions, discounts or any other competitively sensitive information that may affect prices, allocation of free markets or fair competition which benefits all customers}.