Wake Electric held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Members on Friday, March 22, 2024 at the Louisburg College Auditorium. Members came together to hear business updates and a presentation from Don Bowman, Assistant General Manager and VP of Engineering and Operations and then had the chance to ask senior management questions about the co-op.
Members then voted to re-elect board members Mike Dickerson – District 5, Daniel Keel – District 7 and Jackie Thompson Sr. – District 2 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 21 fourth-place prizes of $100 each, see list below.
2024 Cash Prize Winners
| Name | City | Prize |
| 4th Place Winners | ||
| Horlest E Crews | Kittrell | $ 100.00 |
| Dawn Nakash | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| William Landis | Creedmoor | $ 100.00 |
| Rebeca M Trojan | Durham | $ 100.00 |
| Rosemary Cooper | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Ponchita Cotton | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Roylene H Wheeler | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Kelly P Howell | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Sally Turner | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Stephen D Blakeman | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Dorothy J Henderson | Oxford | $ 100.00 |
| Jeffrey E Perry | Louisburg | $ 100.00 |
| Diane Pfisterer | Youngsville | $ 100.00 |
| James A Blacknall | Youngsville | $ 100.00 |
| Alvin L Carter | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Lisa Post | Franklinton | $ 100.00 |
| Barbara A Kreft | Bailey | $ 100.00 |
| Willie F Jones | Louisburg | $ 100.00 |
| Estoria Robertson | Oxford | $ 100.00 |
| Beatrice Harrison | Wake Forest | $ 100.00 |
| Pettiford Grove Baptist | Kittrell | $ 100.00 |
| 3rd Place Winners | ||
| Kathy Wheeler | Youngsville | $ 250.00 |
| Michael Tabron | Wake Forest | $ 250.00 |
| Howard Sajecki | Wake Forest | $ 250.00 |
| Rodney S Kearney | Henderson | $ 250.00 |
| 2nd Place Winners | ||
| Jewell Daniel | Oxford | $ 500.00 |
| Connie Nelson | Wake Forest | $ 500.00 |
| 1st Place Winner | ||
| John D Cheatham | Kittrell | $1,000.00 |
Jacqueline Cheatham from Kittrell was our grand prize winner this year. Pictured here with Wake EMC Board President Suzy Morgan (right).