Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Lisa Farmer is an experienced professional currently serving as the Strategy and Risk Management Coordinator at Rappahannock Electric Cooperative since March 2016, with prior roles including Training Specialist and Team Leader for Member Services. Previously, Lisa held the position of Field Office Assistant at the American Red Cross from November 2013 to May 2015, where responsibilities included budgeting, course offerings, volunteer facilitation, and emergency communications. Earlier experience includes various roles at Invacare from 1999 to June 2013, such as Customer Service Returns Supervisor and Rehab Specialist II, focusing on customer service management, Oracle system management, and quality assurance. Lisa's career began at Averitt Express as a Canadian Coordinator, overseeing freight management across Canadian borders. Lisa holds a Master of Science in Business from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Cleveland State University.
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
REC is a member-owned utility that provides electric service to nearly 170,000 connections in portions of 22 Virginia counties. The Cooperative was formed in 1980 after the consolidation of two cooperatives, Virginia Electric Cooperative in Bowling Green and Northern Piedmont Electric Cooperative in Culpeper. REC's general office is in Spotsylvania County. REC operates and maintains more than 17,000 miles of power lines through its service area, which ranges from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The Cooperative serves a variety of residential, commercial and industrial accounts. REC provides the electricity for such familiar names as Kings Dominion Amusement Park, Equinix, Inc., Merillat Industries, General Electric, Axalta, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Southeastern Container, Inc. The Cooperative is guided by a board of directors, also member-owners of REC, and who are elected by REC's other members during the annual meeting. Directors serve three-year terms.