The Board of Directors
As a cooperative, Chugach is guided by a board of directors elected by and from its membership. The seven-member board sets policy and provides direction to Chugach's general manager. Directors are elected to staggered three-year terms in conjunction with the annual meeting each spring.
Janet Reiser is the Director of Business and Resource Development for The Aleut Corporation. She was elected to the board in 2008, and re-elected in 2011. She is currently the Chair of the Board and serves on the Governance, Operations, Audit and Finance Committees. She is currently Chair of Alaska Railbelt Cooperative Transmission and Electric Company. Janet is a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director and has earned her Board Leadership Certificate. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Susan Reeves is the managing member of Reeves Amodio LLC, where she practices law. She has been active on Alaska non-profit boards and commissions for many years. Susan was elected to the board in 2010. She is serving as the Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee. She is also Chugach's APA Representative. She is a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director.
Jim Henderson is a principal with New American Financial Group in the financial services industry. Jim specializes in asset-based finance products, reorganization, refinancing of distressed companies and assets, and accounting and disposition of capital assets. His primary emphasis is transportation, industrial machinery and aviation operations, assets and industry development. He has over 30 years of experience in consulting and analysis and finance of capital assets. Mr. Henderson has served on various committees for Chugach in the past. Mr. Henderson was elected to the board in 2011. Jim serves on the Operations and Finance Committee. He is a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director.
Sisi Cooper is a project engineer with Doyon Emerald, LLC. She specializes in process safety and risk management, energy-sector project management, and process/facility engineering and design. Sisi is a former small business owner of North Ridge Home Inspections, LLC where she was the principal inspector. She was elected to the board in 2012. She serves on the Operations, Audit and Governance Committee. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering.
Jim Nordlund is Alaska State Director of USDA-Rural Development, as well as the owner of Nordlund Carpentry, LLC. He was elected to the board in 2006 and re-elected in 2009 and 2012. Nordlund is a former legislator and State Director of Public Assistance. Jim has served as Chairman of the Board and currently serves as Chair of the Operations Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee. He is a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director.
Harry T. Crawford, Jr. is a former Alaska State Legislator, retired iron worker and a small-real estate developer. He was elected to the board in 2011. He currently serves on the Operations, Audit, and Finance Committee and is the board liaison to the Elections Committee. He is a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director.
Dave Gillespie is the CEO of the Aleut Corporation. Dave received his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, Connecticut and his BSME from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. His background includes president and chief executive officer for DAG Associates, LLC; president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels Holding, Inc.; and vice president of business development and asset management of Duke Energy Corporation.