Wake Electric’s 2024 Annual Meeting
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).