Vice-President (District #2)
John, spouse Cynthia, and family made Clallam home in 2007. John is a licensed Civil and Electrical Engineer with a 40-year power systems career in public service, consisting of 6 years active duty as an officer in the US Navy, 31 year’s employment in public power including 16 year’s engineering, operations and power management experience at Clallam PUD.
John has extensive experience in the budgeting, planning, design and operation of electric generation, transmission and distribution systems.
While at Clallam PUD, John oversaw numerous projects to improve reliability and reduce cost of service, including oversight of the long-term capital plan, rebuild and modernization of District substations, implementation of smart grid technologies and to building resilience into local electric distribution systems.
These improvements and associated programs substantially contributed to the District receiving 4 consecutive APPA awards for operational excellence and 2 awards for proficiency in energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy, and environmental initiatives.