Board of Directors

About MEC Board of Directors

Mountain Electric Cooperative is a non-profit electric cooperative, chartered under the laws of Tennessee to distribute electric energy to the people living in its service area.
The members own and control it through an elected Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is composed of 8 members, one elected from each of the districts – Three from Johnson County, three from Avery County and two from Roan Mountain. The board members are also members of the cooperative.

District Meeting Elections are held in August for the members of that district to vote for the candidate of their choice. Each district meeting is held within the said district at which a director from the district resides and the director is elected by only members residing in that district. Nominations are made by nomination committee and by signed petition (10 member’s signatures are required on the petition). The voting is conducted by written ballot, and trustees are elected to serve three-year terms. In 2023, no elections will be held. Districts 1, 3, 5 & 7 will take place in August 2024 and Districts 2, 4, 6 & 8 will take place in August 2025.

 

The board is the policy making and supervisory body for MEC. It sees that the cooperative is run properly and to the best interest of all members and that the policies agreed upon are carried out. The board employs a General Manager to oversee the cooperative’s day-to-day operations. MEC’s general manager is Rodney Metcalf.

Present board members are:

J. Atwood

District 1:

Joe Atwood
423-727-7305

    

District 2:

Vickie Davidson

423-213-2442

District 3:

Bob Heck
423-291-2118

District 4:

Harry Smith
828-387-7155

District 5:

R. Bruce Lacey,
Vice President
828-733-4475

District 6:

Ronnie Townson
423-725-3764

District 7:

W.O. Hampton
Secretary/ Treasurer
423-772-4284

District 8:

David Ellis
President
828-733-4964

MEC Districts, board members, and communities served:

District 1
Joe Atwood

Mountain City
Pleasant Valley
Cold Springs
Silver Lake
Laurel Bloomery
Sugar Creek
Furnace Creek
Shingle Town
Harbin Hill

District 2
Vickie Davidson

Sutherland
Crandull
Shady Valley
Doe Valley
Pandora
Doeville to the Roan Creek Bridge
Sink Valley
Butler (to the bridge across Watauga Lake)
Pierce Town (to the Watauga Lake Boundary)

District 3
Bob Heck

Shouns
Trade
Forge Creek
Neva
Dry Run
Mill Creek
Bakers Gap
Little Dry Run
Dry Hill
Crackers Neck
Bunton Town to the Carter County line
Walnut Grove

District 4
Harry Smith

Banner Elk
Linville
Sugar Mountain
Grandfather Community
Matney

District 5
Bruce Lacey

Newland
Pineola
Crossnore
Linville Falls
Montezuma
Land Harbor
Jonas Ridge

District 6
Ronnie Townson

Simerly Creek
Tiger Creek
Elk Mills
Whitehead Hill to Roaring Creek Bridge
Fairview
Tolley Town
Poga to the state line
Little Milligan
Ripshin
Fish Springs (Hwy 67 to the bridge across Watauga Lake)

District 7
W.O. Hampton

Roan Mountain
Shell Creek
Upper Shell Creek
Buck Mountain
Cove Creek
Burbank
Crabtree

District 8
David Ellis

Elk Park to state line
Heaton Creek
Old Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain
Minneapolis
Cranberry
Roaring Creek