ASSOCIATION STAFF
Executive Department
Brian Mosier
President & CEO
bmosier@vmdaec.com
Brian Mosier serves as the CEO of VMDAEC. Mosier has been with the VMDAEC since 2013, originally serving as vice president of government affairs, and later was promoted to vice president of member and government relations. In 2019, he was promoted to chief operating officer. His 25-year career with electric cooperatives began in 1995 with Union Power Cooperative and continued with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative as vice president of business development. A native of Wilmington, Del., Mosier is a 1989 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he graduated with a business degree and economics minor and played varsity soccer.
E. Deon Avery
Financial Controller
davery@vmdaec.com
Mary Soulios
Director, Executive Services
msoulios@vmdaec.com
Jim Robertson
Manager, Member Services
jrobertson@vmdaec.com
Brandon Burton
Director, Education
bburton@vmdaec.com
Chloe Hodges
Director, Legislative Affairs
chodges@vmdaec.com
Tommy Campbell
Digital Producer
tcampbell@vmdaec.com
Dathie Washington
Administrative Assistant
dwashington@vmdaec.com
Communications
Gregg MacDonald
Executive Editor
gmacdonald@vmdaec.com
Gregg MacDonald joined the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives in 2020 as a Senior Writer-Editor for Cooperative Living magazine.
Gregg MacDonald grew up in Ohio and Georgia. He has worked for the Savannah Morning News, as a founding member and Managing Editor of the Volunteer Times in East Tennessee; a writer for the Washington Post and as Executive Editor of the Fairfax County Times. He is an animal rights advocate and lives in Glen Allen, Va. with his wife Andrea, and his dog Logan.
Laura Emery
Deputy Editor
lemery@vmdaec.com
Sonja Kinney
Advertising Account Representative
skinney@vmdaec.com
John Grott
Creative Services Coordinator
jgrott@vmdaec.com
Nina Jacobs
Administrative Services Coordinator
njacobs@vmdaec.com
Regulatory & Legal Affairs
Sam Brumberg
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel
(804) 297-3459
sbrumberg@vmdaec.com
Sam Brumberg serves as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel. His practice on behalf of rural communities spans over a decade and a half across the fields of energy, environmental protection, broadband and utilities. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond. He received his law degree from William and Mary, where he was the managing editor of the Environmental Law and Policy Review. In 2020, he was nominated and qualified as a candidate for a judgeship on the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
Jacob Newton
Director of Regulatory Affairs & Counsel
jnewton@vmdaec.com
Safety & Training Services
Alan Scruggs
Vice President, Safety & Training Services
ascruggs@vmdaec.com
Alan began his cooperative career with Central Virginia Electric Cooperative in 1991 as an apprentice lineman and worked his way through the ranks from apprentice to journeyman lineman. He accepted the position of Division Superintendent in 2002 and was promoted to Manager of Operations in 2010. He began his career with VMDAEC in September 2016 as Vice President of Safety and Training Services. Alan completed the NRECA-Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program in 2010.
JT Jacobs
Manager, Safety Training
jjacobs@vmdaec.com
Phil Jarvis
Manager, Safety Services
pjarvis@vmdaec.com
Jerone Mabe
Manager, Technical Services
jmabe@vmdaec.com
Rachael Freeman
Director, Safety Training
rfreeman@vmdaec.com
Matt Hathaway
Safety Trainer
mhathaway@vmdaec.com
Wayne Shrader
Safety Trainer
wshrader@vmdaec.com
Jordan Morgan
Safety Trainer
jmorgan@vmdaec.com
Ben Arthur
Lead Mobile Electrical Technician
barthur@vmdaec.com
Aiden Truslow
Lead Mobile Electrical Technician
atruslow@vmdaec.com
James Thompson
Mobile Electrical Technician
jthompson@vmdaec.com
Cody Chappell
Mobile Electrical Technician
cchappell@vmdaec.com