Board Election Results 2025
Published
on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
in
Governance and Transparency
One of the guiding principles of cooperatives is democratic control. Midwest Energy & Communications is governed by a nine-member board of directors responsible for establishing corporate policy and strategic direction, hiring and evaluating the CEO, monitoring and evaluating organizational performance, and representing cooperative customers. Directors serve three-year terms and are elected by and represent customers living in their districts.
In 2025, Districts 6, 7, and 9 were up for election for three-year terms. All three board members representing those districts ran unopposed for reelection.
District 6 is represented by Jeff Diehl of Union. District 6 includes customers in the townships of Constantine, Florence, Mottville, Porter (Cass County), and White Pigeon in Michigan, as well as Washington and York in Indiana.
District 7 is represented by Gerry Bundle of Cassopolis. District 7 includes customers in the townships of Calvin, Jefferson, Mason, and Ontwa in Michigan, as well as Harris and Osolo in Indiana.
District 9 is represented by Dan Bodette of Wauseon, Ohio. District 9 includes customers in the townships of Adrian, Blissfield, Deerfield (Lenawee County), Dover, Fairfield, Hudson (Lenawee County), Madison, Medina, Ogden, Palmyra, Riga, Rollin, Rome, Seneca, and Whiteford in Michigan, as well as Amboy, Brady, Chesterfield, Dover (Fulton County), Franklin (Fulton County), German (Fulton County), Gorham, Mill Creek (Williams County), Pike (Fulton County), and Royalton in Ohio.
In 2026, Districts 1, 2, and 5 will be up for election.
District 1 is represented by Fred Turk of Decatur. District 1 includes customers in the townships of Decatur, Hamilton (Van Buren County), Penn, Porter (Van Buren County), Marcellus, and Volinia.
District 2 is represented by Jim Wiseley of Bloomingdale. District 2 includes customers in the townships of Almena, Arlington, Bainbridge, Bangor (Van Buren County), Bloomingdale, Coloma, Covert, Hartford, Keeler, Lawrence, Paw Paw, Pipestone, Silver Creek, Watervliet, and Waverly.
District 5 is represented by John Green of Dowagiac. District 5 includes customers in the townships of Howard, LaGrange, Milton, Pokagon, and Wayne.
For more information about serving on the board of directors, please call us at 800-492-5989. We will share election information in the September issue of Michigan Country Lines.