DISTRICTS & BOARD

IAEC's member cooperatives (excluding our four non-voting associate members) are divided into seven districts. One director from each district sits on the IAEC Board, which is comprised of seven voting directors and three ex officio members. Directors are nominated at the district meetings, elected at the IAEC Annual Meeting in December, and serve staggered three-year terms.




 

DISTRICT 1

Director: Kenny VandenBerg, Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative
Board President
Term expires 2024

• Access Energy Cooperative
• Associated Electric Cooperative
• Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative
• Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
• Farmers Electric Cooperative (Kalona)
• Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative
• Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative
   

DISTRICT 2

Director: Tony Lem, Consumers Energy
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Term expires 2024

• Central Iowa Power Cooperative
• Consumers Energy
• East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative
• Grundy County Rural Electric Cooperative
• Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
• T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative
   

DISTRICT 3

Director: Jerry Keleher, Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative
Term expires 2026

• Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative
• Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative
• Dairyland Power Cooperative
• Heartland Power Cooperative
• Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative
• MiEnergy Cooperative
   

DISTRICT 4

Director: Deena Moore, Southwest Iowa REC
Secretary-Treasurer
Term expires 2025

• Clarke Electric Cooperative
• Farmers Electric Cooperative (Greenfield)
• Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative
• Pella Cooperative Electric Association
• Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative
• United Electric Cooperative (MO)
   

DISTRICT 5

Director: Jim Miller, Calhoun County Electric Cooperative
Vice President
Term expires 2024

• Basin Electric Cooperative
• Calhoun County Electric Cooperative Association
• Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative
• Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
• Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative
• Western Iowa Power Cooperative
   

DISTRICT 6

Director: Gordon Greimann, Franklin Rural Electric Cooperative
Term expires 2026

• Boone Valley Electric Cooperative
• Corn Belt Power Cooperative
• Franklin Rural Electric Cooperative
• Midland Power Cooperative
• Pleasant Hill Community Line
• Prairie Energy Cooperative
   

DISTRICT 7

Director: Bruce Amundson, Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
Term expires 2025

• Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
• L&O Power Cooperative
• Lyon Rural Electric Cooperative
• North West Rural Electric Cooperative
• Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative
• Osceola Electric Cooperative
• Woodbury County Rural Electric Cooperative
   

Ex Officio Board Members:

• Managers' Representative: Kevin Wheeler, Access Energy Cooperative
• NRECA Director representing Iowa: Marion Denger, Director at Prairie Energy Cooperative
• IAEC Executive Vice President and General Manager: Chuck Soderberg

 

IAEC Associate Members (non-voting):

• Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative (MO)
• Grundy Electric Cooperative (MO)
• Iowa Area Development Group
• North Central Missouri Electric Cooperative
• N.W. Electric Power Cooperative (MO)

For information about the IAEC Board, director eligibility or board meeting dates, please contact Shelly York at IAEC.