SMECO
Brandie Mister has over 15 years of experience in finance and accounting, currently serving as Treasury Manager at SMECO since May 2008, where responsibilities have included roles such as Payroll Administrator and Accounting Clerk. Prior experience includes working as an Accounts Payable Associate at Choice Stairways for a brief period in 2007 and as Relationship Banker II at BB&T from March 2003 to October 2007. Brandie Mister earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus between 2011 and 2020 and an Associate of Applied Science in Accounting from the College of Southern Maryland from 2006 to 2008.
SMECO
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative was founded in 1937. Through the Rural Electrification Administration, the co-op received a loan of $165,000 to construct 175 miles of line to serve 600 customer-members. SMECO operated a generating plant at Popes Creek, Maryland, from 1938 to 1953. SMECO has had five general managers: 1938, Forrest Coakley; 1974, Walter H. Smith; 1989, I. Wayne Swann; 2003, Austin J. Slater, Jr.; and 2020, Sonja Cox. As of January 2020, SMECO served 165,000 customers and is one of the largest electric co-ops in the country. SMECO serves all of Charles and St. Mary's counties, the southern portion of Prince George's County, and all but the northeast portion of Calvert County.