Jo Anne Sanford

Jo Anne Sanford was elected to the State Employees' Credit Union Board of Directors in 2005 and is a former Chair of the Board. Ms. Sanford was Chair of the North Carolina Utilities Commission for ten of her twelve years at the Commission, and prior to that served for 20 years with the Attorney General's Office. A graduate of NC State University and the School of Law at UNC-CH, she has extensive experience in regulated utility industries— communications, energy, and water—as well as with issues at the intersection of environmental and energy law. She practices law in Sanford Law Office, PLLC in Raleigh and is a board-certified specialist in Utilities law. Formerly a Director of Piedmont Natural Gas, she is currently the Chair of the Duke Energy Community Advisory Board and is on the Board of Advisors for UNC Law School's Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (CE3). A longtime resident of Raleigh's oldest historic district, Ms. Sanford is married to Billy Brewer, Jr. and they have one daughter.