Jerry Cline is a lifelong resident of Logan County and became a member of the   co-op 30 years ago. He enjoys sports and for over thirty years played fastpitch softball, and coached all levels of soccer, baseball, and basketball.

Jerry retired as the plant safety leader from Honda Transmission Manufacturing. During his 19 years, he was responsible for plant safety compliance and continuous improvements through business planning and budget strategies. Currently Jerry works as a safety specialist with emphasis on consulting and compliance training support.

In addition to work leadership experiences, Jerry served 2 terms on the Chamber of Commerce executive board and was board chairman. Other local community committees include serving on the Logan County Safety Council and Steering Committee.

Being from Logan County has given Jerry a belief in our community and the opportunity for its growth. “I believe  our community is stronger by active involvement. And being active with the co-op is a vital step toward maintaining high quality operations.”

Cline believes the role of a trustee will be both challenging and rewarding. He will prioritize working for the members to maintain operating cost measures and promoting new energy support systems.

Further, he believes that an important role of a trustee will be to listen to members concerns and promote a variety of communication methods to reach our large member base.

“Our community is better by being actively involved and helping to make a difference by supporting others by promoting continuous improvements for our cooperative and our members.”

Rod Hager grew up on a small farm in Logan County where he enjoyed helping his family milk cows and grow crops. After graduating from Riverside and Wilmington College with a degree in mathematics education, Rod moved back to the area and taught high school math. Hager retired after  teaching 32 years.

While teaching, Rod was a member of Pioneer Electric Cooperative in Champaign County, and has been a member of Logan County Electric Cooperative since June 2020. He was also an active member of the community coaching football and basketball on many levels.

Rod is an active member of his church and serves as the head trustee and sits on the church council. After retiring three years ago Rod also began volunteering with Mennonite Disaster Service as a crew leader.

If elected to the board, Rod does not see needs that must be immediately addressed because the co-op is doing so well. But he believes in the future the board will be forced to focus on finding alternative ways of generating electricity.

“I have always been interested in math and science, and electricity involved both. I look forward to using these interests to help the cooperative move forward.”

Rod has gained much experience through the years coaching, teaching, and working construction in different settings. He has worked with many different personalities and has been successful in team building.

“I would be honored to represent my district on the co-op board of trustees. And I look forward to working with the other board members to set the budget and regulate the electrical rates to best suit the cooperative and its individual members.”

Warren Taylor worked as a self-employed farmer for sixty-one years. He started farming his junior year of high school after his father suffered a major heart attack.

After high school, Warren worked thirty years at D.A.B. Industries in Bellefontaine before retiring to farm full-time. Today, he is fully-retired and his son has taken over the farm.

He has been a member of Logan County Electric Cooperative for fifty-four years. In 1994, Warren was elected to the co-ops board of trustees. And the past seven years he has also served on the board for Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives.

But the rural electric board is not Warrens only board experience.

“I was involved with the Logan County Farm Bureau for many years, serving three years as president, three years as membership chairman, and many years as the treasurer.”

Warren is an active member of the local community. He is involved in Habitat for Humanity, helping build houses and serving on the board. Additionally, he has been involved with the Logan Count Antique Power Tractor organization, serving 3-terms as president.

If re-elected to the board, Warren believes the co-op is very organized and running well, but will need to address the many changes in technology, especially with electric vehicles.

“But my main goal if re-elected is to continue serving the members of our rural electric co-op.”

Kevin Barth loves the outdoors and enjoys spending time with his family. He joined the co-op eleven years ago when he built their home in rural Logan County.

Kevin is employed at Honda for almost 25 years in various roles, including management of supplier selection and cost negotiation teams. In addition, he has supported capital expense and investment projects for both the engine and transmission plants.

If elected to the board, Kevin looks forward to the opportunity to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective.  One of his priorities would be a comprehensive security audit of the LCEC network, data management and overall cyber assets. This would include benchmarking other co-ops to ensure we are applying lessons learned and best practices within the industry. “I believe this is especially important considering all of the organizations that have been negatively impacted by security breaches.”

Other issues he believes the board needs to prioritize is keeping our legislators educated as the push continues for increased renewable energy. “While clean energy is important, we don’t want to forget that we have invested over $1 billion in world-class, clean technologies at our Cardinal power plant to provide stable electric generation for all electric co-ops in Ohio.”

Kevin is active in the community by serving on the Indian Lake School District Advisory Committee and has served on the LCEC nominating committee.  He also has completed the LCEC Pre-Boarding Course that was developed for prospective board candidates.

“My primary focus as a trustee will be to maintain our reliable supply of electricity at an affordable cost while we continue to provide our members with the same excellent member service that we have enjoyed for years.”