Powerful Careers: Cindy Musick

Cindy Musick earned a forestry degree and her father was in the electric utility industry. Still, she acknowledges knowing little about electric cooperatives before joining Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. “I have never felt so valued, and listened to, and had the...

Powerful Careers: Ryan Barrack

Just a few weeks before Christmas, on a mandatory conference call, Ryan Barrack learned that the bank he had worked at for more than a decade was being sold. “What does tomorrow hold for my family?” he thought. Later, as he and his wife pulled into a retail parking...

Powerful Careers: Crystal Johnson-Smith

For Crystal Johnson-Smith, vice president of human resources at Prince George Electric Cooperative, her experience with energy commenced early in her childhood.  Johnson-Smith recalls discussions with her father about the vast difference of her family’s energy...

Powerful Careers: Mike Malandro

For Mike Malandro, president and CEO of Choptank Electric Cooperative, it’s all about having a plan. After high school, Malandro joined the Army. His rapid-deployment unit was one of the first units in Bosnia, where he spent a year. “I learned a lot about...