Search My Account MENU About Us Community Electric Services Member Services Safety News & Outage Center Contact Us BOARD OF DIRECTORS LPEA Board of Directors' Strategic Intent As we look towards the future of the co-op, the Board commits to actively honoring our mission to provide safe, reliable, environmentally responsible power while achieving the lowest reasonable cost to our members. In doing so, we will explore and carefully vet a holistic suite of options to increase LPEA’s value to the membership. We will pursue our mission with transparency, community engagement, acknowledgment of risk, the trust of our members by performing our fiduciary responsibility. Electric cooperatives, such as La Plata Electric Association, Inc. (LPEA), are private, independent electric utilities owned by and operated for the benefit of the members they serve. Everyone who pays their electric bill to LPEA is eligible to be a member of the cooperative, and as such has the right to both vote for the directors who represent them on the board, and run for a seat on that board. The Board of Directors determines the policies and overall directives of the cooperative, plus provides the LPEA staff with goals and objectives for the business. LPEA is governed by a board of 12 directors, three of whom reside in District 1 - Archuleta County, three live in District 2 – South and West La Plata County, three reside in District 3 – City of Durango, and three live in District 4 – North and East La Plata County. Four directors are elected each year at the LPEA Annual Meeting. Directors serve three-year terms and are welcome to run as incumbents once that term is up. Communicating with the Board LPEA members may contact their board representatives directly via the contact details provided below. Individual directors cannot speak on behalf of the full board. If you wish to receive an official response from the board, you should direct your questions and comments to the Board President. Directors can only answer questions related to board-level strategic matters. Questions of an operational nature will be redirected to LPEA staff for a response. When warranted, Q & As will also be added to LPEA's Fact Checker. Letters and emails to the board and to individual directors are not published or otherwise made public. If you wish to have a summary of your correspondence read aloud during the public comment period at a Board of Directors' meeting, you must explicitly request this in your correspondence. The Board President will use his/her discretion in managing member comments to ensure the public has sufficient time to address the board, while not impacting meeting efficiency and scheduling. LPEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS - DISTRICT ONE Archuleta County Bob Lynch Treasurer Elected on May 22, 2014 Phone: (970) 749-4957 blynch@lpea.coop Archuleta County Kirsten Skeehan LPEA Board Director Western United Representative Elected on May 12,2018 Phone: (970) 426-1047 kskeehan@lpea.coop Archuleta County Holly Metzler LPEA Board Director CREA Representative Elected on May 2, 2019 Phone: (970) 946-0037 hmetzler@lpea.coop LPEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS - DISTRICT TWO South & West La Plata County Kohler McInnis LPEA Board Director Tri-State G&T Representative Elected on May 16, 2015 Phone: (970) 749-6739 kmcinnis@lpea.coop South & West La Plata County Dan Huntington LPEA Board Secretary Elected on May 7, 2016 Phone: (970) 749-8612 dhuntington@lpea.coop South & West La Plata County John Lee Jr. LPEA Board Director Elected on May 16, 2020 Phone: (970) 375-7805 jlee@lpea.coop LPEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS - DISTRICT THREE City of Durango Rachel Landis Round Up Foundation Representative Elected on May 13, 2017 Phone: (815) 762-2890 rlandis@lpea.coop City of Durango Joe Lewandowski LPEA Board Director Elected on May 2, 2019 Phone: (970) 799-4011 jlewandowski@lpea.coop City of Durango Ted Compton Round Up Foundation Representative Elected on June 17, 2021 Phone: (970) 946-2001 tcompton@lpea.coop LPEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS - DISTRICT FOUR North & East La Plata County Tim Wheeler Board Vice President FastTrack Representative Elected on May 12, 2018 Phone: (970) 247-2131 twheeler@lpea.coop North & East La Plata County Sue McWilliams LPEA Board Director Elected on May 16, 2020 Phone: (970) 749-5663 smcwilliams@lpea.coop North & East La Plata County John Witchel Board President Elected on September 16, 2020 Phone: (970) 759-1403 jwitchel@lpea.coop Back to Top Customer Service 970.247.5786 or 888.839.5732 Business Hours Durango: Mon – Thu, 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pagosa Springs: Mon – Thu, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., closed 1:30-2:30 Social Media ©2021 La Plata Electric Association. A Touchstone Energy Cooperative