Powerful Careers Archive

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    Powerful Careers: Cindy Musick

    Powerful Careers: Cindy Musick

    Cindy Musick earned a forestry degree and her father was in the electric utility industry. Still, she acknowledges knowing little about electric cooperatives before joining Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. “I have never felt so...

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    Powerful Careers: Ryan Barrack

    Powerful Careers: Ryan Barrack

    Just a few weeks before Christmas, on a mandatory conference call, Ryan Barrack learned that the bank he had worked at for more than a decade was being sold. “What does tomorrow hold for my family?” he thought. Later, as he and...

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    Powerful Careers: Crystal Johnson-Smith

    For Crystal Johnson-Smith, vice president of human resources at Prince George Electric Cooperative, her experience with energy commenced early in her childhood. Johnson-Smith recalls discussions with her father about the vast difference of her family’s...

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    Powerful Careers: Mike Malandro

    Powerful Careers: Mike Malandro

    For Mike Malandro, president and CEO of Choptank Electric Cooperative, it's all about having a plan. After high school, Malandro joined the Army. His rapid-deployment unit was one of the first units in Bosnia, where he spent a...

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    Powerful Careers: Andrew Cotter

    Powerful Careers: Andrew Cotter

    Despite the misconception that he needed to be an engineer, Andrew Cotter pursued his passion for the power industry and serves as a power portfolio specialist for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative in Arrington, Va. When he...

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    Powerful Careers: Brenda Mansfield

    Things have changed since Brenda Mansfield joined her Community Electric Cooperative family in 1979, including more women in leadership roles. She followed the lead of her mother, who previously worked for the co-op. Her mother’s dedication and love for the...