The Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) board of directors has named Mike Partin SVEC’s new president and chief executive officer. Partin succeeds Bob Matheny, who retired earlier this month after serving for more than 16 years. Partin will be the seventh manager/CEO in the SVEC’s 75-year existence.
“Mike is knowledgeable and experienced in the electric cooperative industry, having grown in responsibility and leadership over the course of his career,” said board chairman Mike Jordan. “The board has complete confidence in his ability to lead SVEC in the delivery of safe, reliable, affordable electric service to its 35,000 members.”
Partin began his career with SVEC in 1998, serving first as vice president of marketing and member services and for the past five years, as chief operating officer. He is an alumnus of Grundy County High School and Middle Tennessee State University. Partin is also a graduate of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s management program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Partin has also served in various capacities with industry-related organizations, including Touchstone Energy Cooperative, the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association and the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association.
“I am certainly humbled and honored that the board has put their trust in me to lead the cooperative,” said Partin. “I look forward to the opportunity to work with our board and the dedicated men and women serving our communities and members. Our industry is on the brink of tremendous change, and I look forward to the challenge of navigating SVEC into the future.”
Partin and his family live and farm in the Pelham Valley on the same land that has been in his family for generations. Mike and his wife, Kim, a teacher at Monteagle Elementary School, have two daughters, Macy and Maty.
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