Meet Your Board

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About the Board

SEMO Electric is a democratically controlled business. It doesn’t have stockholders, so the Board isn’t made up of the people who own the most shares and are looking for big returns on their investments. SEMO Electric is governed by local people with your best interest and the cooperative’s best interest at heart. These individuals are active community leaders representing the needs of their local constituents. The Board is responsible for establishing policies, seeing initiatives through, and approving items such as work plans and the financial budget. The cooperative’s Bylaws page contains exact details about director qualifications and the nomination process. Directors are elected to three-year terms, which are staggered to provide continuity. It is the Board’s duty to maintain SEMO Electric’s strategic direction of a not-for-profit operation with cost-of-service-based rates to provide safe and reliable electricity and broadband services to thousands of homes, farms, and businesses in southeast Missouri.

SEMO Electric’s Board of Directors is composed of 12 member-owners, each representing members-owners of their specific district. There are five districts – 1 New Madrid County, 2 Mississippi County, 3 Bollinger and Stoddard Counties, 4 Scott County, and 5 Cape Girardeau County. Each board member is elected by members who attend and vote at the annual meeting. A married couple or household, as a member, is entitled to one vote. The notice of election is published each year in the Rural Missouri magazine, which is provided to all members. The Official Notice for the Annual Meeting is published each year in May’s Rural Missouri. The next annual meeting is slated for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, May 16 at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds.