Ed Sienkiewicz. All three have extensive backgrounds in the electric utility industry.
Lloyd Meyers
Board Chair
Lloyd Meyers is a former vice president of Avista Corporation. He was a founder and president of Avista Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corporation which was formed to own and build electrical generation facilities. He has served in a variety of executive and managerial positions. Mr. Meyers is serving his second term as Board Chair. Re-elected as Director in 2008, his second term expires in August 2011.
Ed Sienkiewicz
Director
Ed Sienkiewicz is a retired federal executive and economist, spending 29 years at the Bonneville Power Administration, where he developed regional transmission policies. Mr. Sienkiewicz served as the second Board Chair. His initial three-year term as Director expires in August 2010.
Shelly Richardson
Director
Shelly Richardson is a lawyer and university educator who formerly represented consumer-owned electric utilities on bulk power and transmission access, supply, and rate issues related to the Federal Columbia River Power System and bulk power transmission in the Western Interconnection. She negotiated transmission and wholesale electricity contracts, rates and policies, and litigated related disputes in federal and state trial, appellate, and administrative forums. Ms. Richardson served as ColumbiaGrid's third Board Chair. Re-elected as Director in 2009, her second term expires in 2012.
