Board of Directors

Cass County Electric Cooperative's Directors serve as liaisons between fellow members and the co-op executive staff, providing guidance and oversight on co-op operations. Directors provide the vital service of voicing the membership's needs and upholding the cooperative value of democratic member control.

To connect with a Cass County Electric Cooperative director, please contact our executive assistant at 701-356-4400.

How to run for the board

How to vote in board elections

Glenn Mitzel

Board Chair

District 6, West Fargo

Credentialed Cooperative Director designation

Terry Kraft

Vice Chair

District At-large, West Fargo

Credentialed Cooperative Director designation

Kalvin Hoff

Treasurer

District 8, Fargo

Credentialed Cooperative Director designation

Doug Anderson

District 2, Arthur

Credentialed Cooperative Director designation

Vanessa Kummer

District 3, Colfax

Wendy Loucks

District 7, Fargo

Board Leadership certification

Tom Seymour

District 5, West Fargo

Director Gold credential

Paul White

Secretary

District 1, Stirum

Credentialed Cooperative Director designation

Stacey Ackerman

District 4, Reiles Acres

Paul Matthys

President / CEO

Sarah Rhea

Executive Assistant

In 2020, the Board of Directors revised director district boundaries, split district 5 into three separate districts, enlarged district 4, and former district 6 was renumbered to district 8. To view the enlarged map of districts 5, 6, and 7 see the button below.

District 5, 6, 7 Enlarged

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Being a cooperative means being transparent.

Click the links below to view a PDF, download or print copies of our bylaws and articles of incorporation. Paper copies can be acquired by contacting the executive assistant at (701) 356-4405.

Members can obtain a copy of the Cooperative's Form 990 upon written request by contacting our executive assistant at (701) 356-4405.

Articles of Incorporation Bylaws District Map

Map Closeup Annual Report

The Cass County Electric Cooperative Board of Directors meets on the last Tuesday of every month. For more information on board meetings, contact our executive assistant at 701-356-4405.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Person with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800)877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (AD-3027) found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_ filing_cust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Board members spend significant time and energy serving as a board member in a highly complex and rapidly changing industry. They have a fiduciary duty to the electric co-op and face potential personal liability for breaching that duty. Electric co-op boards may be compensated for their leadership role in guiding the co-op's direction. Several variables affect co-op directors’ compensation, including the number of meetings and other director events each year, travel for board meetings and other co-op functions, nature of the industry, and size and structure of the business. CCEC board members receive a per diem each month for their service, as well as mileage and travel expense reimbursement of approved expenses. 2022 director expenses totaled $216,600.97, or $4.29 per member.

Cass County Electric Cooperative respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information that you share with us. Generally, you can browse through our website without giving us any information about yourself. When we do need your personal information to provide services that you request or when you choose to provide us with your personal information, this policy describes how we collect and use your personal information.

Online Personal Information is information about you that we collect in connection with providing a service to you, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, other contact information, title, gender, occupation, industry, personal interests or other information. When you visit our website, information about your visit is automatically collected, including:

• The name of the Internet Service Provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to access our website

• The date and time you accessed our website

• The pages you accessed while at our website

• The IP address of the web site from which you linked to our website

• The type of internet browser and operating system used to access our website

We will not disclose Online Personal Information about you except to:

• Comply with applicable law or legal process, or as otherwise required by our articles of incorporation, bylaws or governing law.

• Protect or defend the legal rights or property of Cass County Electric Cooperative.

• Act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety or property of users of Cass County Electric Cooperative services or members of the public.

Cass County Electric Cooperative collects Online Personal Information for purposes suitable or required for the carrying out of its business. Information about your visit to our website that is automatically collected is used to help improve the site, analyze trends, and administer the site. Without your consent, Cass County Electric Cooperative will not sell, rent, loan, exchange your Online Personal Information or, except as otherwise authorized, release your Online Personal Information to non-affiliated third parties without your consent.

"Cookies" can be used to automatically log you into your account information. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web server that issued the cookie to you. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

We may use cookies to store your preferences and other information on your computer in order to save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.

Your Cass County Electric Cooperative account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. Cass County Electric Cooperative safeguards the security of your data with technical, physical and administrative safeguards. In certain areas of our websites, Cass County Electric Cooperative uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to enhance the security of data transmissions. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Cass County Electric Cooperative's website may contain links to other sites. Cass County Electric Cooperative does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our site. Once you have left our website, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

We encourage members to contact us with any questions or concerns.

The mission of Cass County Electric Cooperative is to serve our members’ energy needs with affordable and reliable electricity.

The cooperative has always made an effort to be completely open and transparent at all times with our consumer-members and to be sensitive and responsive to their needs and concerns. Board policies covering requests for cooperative information (Policy 113) and requests for an audience with the board of directors (Policy 114).

Members will be readily provided information which directly affects their involvement in and patronage of the cooperative such as rate schedules, service rules and regulations, Articles of Incorporation, the bylaws, published policies, operating statistics, member publications, their billing history, etc. If they have questions about any of this, they will be promptly answered.
Other information will be provided except that which is confidential or private information concerning the individuals employed by the cooperative.
Information which is of a confidential corporate nature will not be provided to the membership.
The members will be afforded every opportunity to meet with the President/CEO and/or his/her staff or other employees to resolve any concerns or problems.
If the member or members feel after such a meeting they would like to meet with the board of directors to discuss such concerns or problems, they will be provided the opportunity to do so, after which the board will proceed with its meeting agenda. If the group is large, they may be requested to limit the group to a representative number.
Either the President/CEO or the board chairman will advise the member or members of the decision or action of the board if the matter requires this.

RESPONSIBILITY: The President/CEO shall see that every effort is made to satisfy the needs and concerns of the members. After that, if a meeting with the board is requested, it shall be scheduled at the beginning of the next board meeting.