Get to Know Your Board Members Standing for Reelection during the 82nd Annual Meeting on April 30
Jeffrey D. Rathell Sr. has served on the Board of Choptank Electric Cooperative since 1998 and was elected Chairman in April of 2018. He serves on the Board as the representative of Talbot County.
Rathell is the President and General Manager of Rathell Sales and Service, LLC, a farm equipment dealership in Easton, Maryland.
John J. Burke Jr. was appointed to the Choptank Electric Cooperative Board of Directors in March of 2010 to represent Cecil County.
Burke was elected to the role of Board Secretary and Treasurer in April 2014. In April 2018, he was elected Vice-Chairman. Burke is an Associate Broker for Gunther McClary Real Estate.
Robert B. Thompson was elected to the Choptank Electric Cooperative Board of Directors in April of 2017 to represent the Ocean Pines District. Thompson is the Director of Operations for CoreLife, providing oversight and direction over all aspects of the clinics affiliated with its largest healthcare partner, Peninsula Regional Medical Center.
Craig N. Mathies Sr. was appointed to the Choptank Electric Cooperative Board of Directors in October of 2019 to represent Somerset County. Mathies had a career in the automotive business and is presently the Pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Cambridge. Mathies is also President of the Somerset County Commissioners, representing District 1.
Further information about each Director Candidate is posted at Choptank Electric headquarters in Denton and is available at https://choptankelectric.com/board-directors.
The petitions for each of the four incumbent candidates have been approved by the Credentials and Elections Committee. Because there is only one approved Director candidate for each district, the Committee has invoked Bylaws section 4.06(b).
This section states that in the event of an uncontested election, Choptank Electric may forgo the balloting process. This saves the Cooperative and its members thousands of dollars in printing and mailing of the ballots, along with other voting services.