Board of Director Candidates

The following candidates are running for a seat on the Piedmont Electric board of directors. Once elected, these individuals will serve a three-year term helping govern the cooperative. A brief biography is included below for each candidate. Voting instructions can be found here.

DISTRICT 1

DAVID POYTHRESS (UNOPPOSED) 

David is a Town of Carrboro retiree, where he managed municipal infrastructure maintenance and planning. He is a Piedmont Electric member of 34 years, has earned Credentialed Cooperative Director and Board Leadership certifications and serves as Piedmont’s board secretary. “As a cooperative director, I believe it is essential to provide safe, affordable and reliable electric service while continually enhancing our electric grid to fulfill our member-owners’ expectations for grid resiliency, timely outage notification, outage restoration and advancing sustainability in our energy services,” David said.

DISTRICT 2

RANDY KINLEY (UNOPPOSED) 

Randy has been a member of Piedmont Electric for 35 years and has served on the board of directors for 13 years. He has earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director, Board Leadership and Director Gold education certificates. He has traveled with Piedmont Electric staff to Washington, D.C. and Raleigh to advocate issues for cost control. He and his wife Diane reside in the Hebron community of Orange County. They have four children. He retired from Honda with 29 years of service. Randy is a member of Eastside Baptist Church in Mebane where he serves as song leader and Sunday School teacher.

DISTRICT 1

STEVEN P. BAILEY (UNOPPOSED) 

Steven, a member of Piedmont Electric for 25 years, resides in the Woodsdale Community of Person County with his wife, Ashley, and their three children. He has served on the board of directors for six years and has earned a Board Leadership Certificate. Steven is a licensed professional engineer with experience designing and managing capital projects in the public and private sectors. He is a member of Long Memorial United Methodist Church where he has served in various capacities including the trustees, finance committee and administrative council.

Your Vote Matters

Remember, your vote matters, even when only one candidates has decided to run in a district because it helps us meet our bylaw’s requirements and certifies the election.