ASSOCIATION STAFF
Executive Department
Brian Mosier
President & CEO
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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.
Mary Soulios
Director of HR and Administration
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E. Deon Avery
Financial Analyst
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Communications
Gregg MacDonald
Executive Editor
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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
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Sonja Kinney
Advertising Account Representative
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John Grott
Creative Services Coordinator.
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Nina Jacobs
Administrative Services Coordinator
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Member & Public Affairs
Andrew Vehorn
Vice President of Member and Public Affairs
(804) 297-3486
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Sadie Gary
Director of Legislative Affairs
(804) 297-3493
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Dathie Washington
Administrative Assistant
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Tommy Campbell
Digital Producer
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Marin Sanders
Public Affairs Coordinator
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Regulatory Affairs
Sam Brumberg
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel
(804) 297-3488
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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
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Safety, Training and Education
Alan Scruggs
Vice President of Safety, Training and Education
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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.
Brandon Burton
Director of Continuing Education
(804) 297-3485
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Jim Robertson
Director, Marketing & Brand Management
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Todd Butcher
Manager of Safety Training
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Phil Jarvis
Manager of Safety Services
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Martin Donohue
Safety instructor
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Jerone Mabe
Manager, Technical Services
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Blaine Salmans
Safety Instructor
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JT Jacobs
Safety Instructor
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Dirrick Simmons
Safety Instructor
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Joe Levin
Instructor
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Bob Wilcox
Safety Instructor
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Curtis Craig
Instructor
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Ben Arthur
Mobile Electrical Technician
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Rachael Freeman
Coordinator, Safety Training
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