Victor R. Jury Jr.

Victor R. Jury Jr. co-founded Summit Electric Supply with his late father Victor Jury Sr. and business partner David Meredith. They launched the company on August 15, 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico with an SBA guaranteed loan, a single service location, and five employees (counting the three founders).

Jury served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to 2019. He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jury is a Gold Level graduate of the National Association of Electrical Distributor's (NAED) Electrical Products Education Course known as EPEC and is strongly committed to the growth of the electrical distribution industry.

He serves as a leader in various professional and community organizations, including IMARK Group, a marketing group of independently owned electrical distributors in the U.S., and 16:15, a nondenominational Christian ministry, of which he’s also a co-founder. In 2016, Jury was elected to a four-year term on the board of directors for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) Institute for Distribution Excellence. As a committed evangelical Christian, he is also a lifetime member of The Gideons International.

Jury was chairman of the board for IMARK Group from October 2004 to October 2006 and has served on its board and executive committee since 2001. IMARK Group is an organization comprised of more than 900 independently owned U.S. electrical distributors, making it the largest member-owned, member-governed cooperative in the U.S. electrical industry.

Jury also supported the efforts of NAED by chairing the organization's Education and Research Foundation. He served on the board of directors for the Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA), as well as numerous other committees and electrical manufacturer advisory boards.

Jury’s industry efforts earned him recognition as a “Gem Rising Star” award winner by Electrical Wholesaling Magazine in 1992. He was also a three-time finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award – a 2019 and 2016 finalist in the Mountain Desert Region, and a 2007 finalist in the Utah Region. EY's Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award is one of the world's most prestigious business awards for entrepreneurs. In 2012, Jury was also named a Top Performing CEO by the local business publication, Albuquerque Business First.

As an active member of the community, Jury has served on numerous boards and committees to support and further the efforts of cause organizations, including the Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross, Accion New Mexico, March of Dimes, and many others. Jury and his wife, Mary, are members of the National Leadership Council of World Vision, the largest faith-based NGO in the world.

Jury maintains a personal philosophy of philanthropy and advocates that actively serving community organizations, both financially and through good works, contributes to the quality of life in our communities, builds stronger relationships in the workplace, and offers balance between work and life.