2025 Board Candidates

Listed below by District are the candidates for the 2025 Election of Directors for the Access Energy Cooperative Board. Candidates have recorded a brief bio and answered two questions for members to hear:

1) Why do you think you could make a positive impact on the cooperative by serving on the board of directors?

2) What do you feel are the prominent issues facing rural electric cooperatives?

District 1 Candidates

Joseph “Joe” Heckethorn video https://youtu.be/IK9TlndBK7I

Virgil Symmonds video https://youtu.be/XfZmM6R6-MQ

District 2 Candidates

Robert “Bob” Breazeale video https://youtu.be/kIw82pCrcqQ

Mitch Yaley video https://youtu.be/AXzdn_UUA0s

District 3 Candidates

Shirley Deck video https://youtu.be/mA_6a4ltkHY

Marvin Newton video https://youtu.be/Ff5isaF9RRQ