Wake Electric’s 2023 Annual Meeting
Wake Electric held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Members on Friday, March 22, 2023 at the Louisburg College Auditorium. Members came together to hear business updates and a presentation from Jim Mangum, CEO and general manager and then had the chance to ask senior management questions about the co-op.
Members then voted to re-elect board members Suzy Morgan – District 3, Bob Hill – District 6 and Reuben Matthews – District 9 again to serve three-year terms. Members in attendance were entered into a drawing for $5,000 in cash prizes. The prizes are first-place grand prize of $1,000, second-place prizes of $500 each, third-place prizes of $250 and 20 fourth-place prizes of $100 each, see list below.
2023 Cash Prize Winners
| Name | City | Prize |
| 4th Place Winners | ||
| Kurt Ryerson | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Geraldine Hartsford | Louisburg | $ 100.00 |
| John Freeman | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Johnny Pender | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Barna Wilder | Zebulon | $ 100.00 |
| Grover Hobbs | Kittrel | $ 100.00 |
| Jerome Cox | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Stanley Harris | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Matilda Bullock | Henderson | $ 100.00 |
| James Batten | Middlesex | $ 100.00 |
| Roylene Wheeler | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Armenta Eaton | Louisburg | $ 100.00 |
| Ashley Peyton | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Kristal Cozart | Kittrel | $ 100.00 |
| Faye Kerrick | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Iris Robinson | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Amaury Santos | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Carol Bender | Youngsville | $ 100.00 |
| Cassandra Pettiford | Oxford | $ 100.00 |
| Donnie Tart | Kittrel | $ 100.00 |
| 3rd Place Winners | ||
| Len Hopkins | Middlesex | $ 250.00 |
| Sharon Rodgers | Youngsville | $ 250.00 |
| Ernest Perry | Franklinton | $ 250.00 |
| Kathy Wheeler | Youngsville | $ 250.00 |
| 2nd Place Winners | ||
| Richard Szulewski | Wake Forest | $ 500.00 |
| Stuart Pattison | Wake Forest | $ 500.00 |
| 1st Place Winner | ||
| David Robinson | Wake Forest | $1,000.00 |
David B. Robinson from Wake Forest was our grand prize winner this year. He is pictured here with Wake EMC board members Allen Nelson (far left) and Board President Suzy Morgan (far right).