Holy Cross Energy held its annual meeting and Board of Directors election on June 5 at Buttermilk Mountain Lodge. Three candidates ran for one seat in the cooperative’s Southern District, and two candidates ran for one seat in the cooperative’s Northern District.
The Board of Directors consists of seven members elected to four-year terms, representing three geographic districts: the Western District, with one director, the Northern District, with four directors, and the Southern District, with two directors.
With 4,171 votes cast, Robert Gardner has been elected to represent the Southern District and Kimbely Schlaepfer has been elected to represent the Northern District.
Robert Gardner has served on the HCE Board of Directors since 2012. He is a lifelong resident of Colorado, having attended school in Carbondale and graduating from Colorado State University. He raised his family here and spent most of his working career employed by HCE.
“I will continue to dedicate my experience, knowledge, institutional memory, and understanding of Holy Cross’ consumer-members and service territory to cost-competitive rates, reliability, and reaching 100% clean energy,” Mr. Gardner said as part of his candidacy.
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Kimberley Schlaepfer is new to the Holy Cross Energy Board of Directors, replacing incumbent Kristen Bertuglia, who did not seek re-election. Schlaepfer has lived in the Eagle River Valley for 8 years as an energy and climate planner. She is currently leading the State Energy Code Board in developing sustainable building codes that will impact millions of Coloradans.
“My focus as a board member will be to utilize my experience to ensure our electricity remains affordable and reliable as we achieve HCE’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2030,” Schlaepfer said in her candidate materials.
For more information on the HCE Board of Directors, including a district map, please visit HolyCross.com/board.