Patricia Dorey

DEC Board Chair Patricia “Pat” Dorey has served on the board since her first election in 2004. She previously served as the Board’s Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and was elected chair in 2021. Having graduated from the Millsboro Public School, Pat later attended college as an adult student and is an alumnus of both the University of Delaware and Salisbury State College, now Salisbury University. She taught in the Indian River School District for a few years before accepting an opportunity to return to the University of Delaware’s Parallel Program in Georgetown, where she served students and faculty in the administrative role of Assistant Dean for 18 years. Following her retirement from this position, she returned to the Delaware Tech campus in Georgetown and worked several more years as an educational counselor/advisor to prospective and current students.

During her time on the DEC Board, Pat has represented DEC at the statewide trade association known as the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. She serves on the RHI Board as well as the Educational Services Committee and Foundation Board of the VMDAEC and is a past Chair of the VMDAEC Board. To keep abreast of a rapidly growing and changing industry, Pat has earned CCD, BLD and Director Gold credentials during her tenure through attending conferences and other training opportunities as well as taking online courses offered through the NRECA.

Pat is married to husband Terry Dorey, and they have two children, Denise Bateman and Darren Dorey, and are additionally blessed to have five wonderful grandchildren. Pat and Terry are active members of Zoar UM Church in Millsboro, and she also enjoys service to the Delaware District and the Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the UMC.