SMECO
Cindy Rauner currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer at SMECO, a role held since August 2008, where previous positions included Vice President of Human Resources and HR Director. Prior to this, Cindy worked at the College of Southern Maryland from March 2005 to August 2008 as the Assistant Director of Employment and Employee Relations. Cindy obtained a Master of Science in Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus between 2005 and 2008, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Frostburg State University, completed in 1997.
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.