DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

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Posted on Jun 11 2025 in Carroll White REMC

MEETING AGENDA

4:30 p.m.

Meeting begins for the 14th Annual Meeting at White County Fairgrounds in Reynolds.

4:30-8 p.m.

Dans Fish Fry will serve a fish and chicken dinner and Sycamore will have ice cream.

Bring the entire family, including grandkids, and enjoy great live music, bounce houses, ice cream, a petting zoo, an electric vehicle display, bucket truck rides, face painting and more! You can also mingle and talk to our directors and employees.

7 p.m.

The business meeting will be held on the outdoor stage.

Business meeting agenda

  • Call to order – Kent Zimpfer, President
  • National Anthem
  • Invocation
  • Introductions of guests and Board – Kent Zimpfer
  • Read Notice of Meeting, Proof of the Notice, 2024 Annual Meeting Minutes – Ralph Zarse, Secretary
  • Board of directors election – Pat Manahan
  • Meeting adjournment – Kent Zimpfer
  • Co-Bank Sharing Success – Cathy Raderstorf, CEO
  • Junior Board of Directors – Karley Hammond, President
  • Door prizes and thank yous – Casey Crabb, Communications Public Relations Manager

Director candidates

JEFF NEWELL, DISTRICT 2

Jeff Newell

In April 2023, the Carroll White REMC Board of Directors appointed Jeff Newell to fill the board seat vacated by Kevin Benders passing. Newell lives east of Delphi in Deer Creek Township.

As a relatively new director, Im grateful for the fellowship and the encouragement Ive received from my fellow directors and Carroll Whites executive officers, said Newell. Im impressed by the responsibilities of the director role and how well our directors work together and with the executive team to meet the challenges we face. The last two years have been a learning experience, and Im grateful for the opportunity.

Newell has a management degree from Purdue University and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University. His time is spent assisting in the management of the family- owned farm. I keep updated on current events relevant to our family farm operation, several areas of the law, and topics that impact the REMC.

Newell is engaged to Breanna Jennings, who is the human resources director at Polymer Science. He is a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church in Delphi.

If I am elected to continue to serve on the Carroll White REMC Board of Directors, said Newell, I will try to put forth the same effort as previous directors of District 2, and work with our board to meet the future challenges facing our co-op in this fast-changing environment.

MARTY COTTERMAN, DISTRICT 4

Marty Cotterman

A 32-year member of REMC, Marty Cotterman was appointed to the board of directors in 2010 and served for three years.

Cotterman works for LifeLyfts, a Wolcott, Indiana, business serving the nations farm and construction workers. They build mobility lifts, install them across the country, and ship them abroad. We provide a way of getting men and women back to doing what they love to do, said Cotterman.

He also serves as a fully sworn part-time officer on the Monticello Police Department.

He has 45 years of experience in law enforcement.

An active community member, Cotterman has served as past president of the Greater Monticello Chamber of Commerce, Extension Board president, president of the Brookston- Chalmers Rotary Club, and has served on several advisory boards and committees over the years. Since its inception, he has been a part of the Leadership White County Leadership Team. Cotterman has enjoyed being the public address announcer for Frontier High School sports for the past 22 years.

I enjoyed serving REMC through the consolidation, said Cotterman. I knew it could mean stepping aside as we reduced directors. I completed my first level of director education, the Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD) level. I hope to serve the REMC again, now or in the future.

I would like to return to the board to serve the members, and assist the coop in navigating the changes and regulations headed our way to minimize rate increases while maintaining reliable power, said Cotterman.

He and his wife, Becky, live at Beckys childhood home in Monticello. She is a tax preparer at Baker Milligan CPAs. They have five sons: Chip (Jamie), Matt (Nadia), Tyler, Trevor (Kayla), and Kirby (Ceci). They also have nine grandchildren: Kaylee, Kylee, Avery, Mason, Miles, Aidan, Beau, Lani, and Maggie.