Board of Directors

ColumbiaGrid operates with an independent, three-person board of directors.  Each year, the members of ColumbiaGrid elect a director to a three-year term.  The current board was seated August 17, 2006, and the directors' initial terms were staggered to accommodate the election cycle.

The current board of directors includes Lloyd Meyers, Shelly Richardson, and Ed Sienkiewicz.  All three directors have extensive backgrounds in the electric utility industry.  Shelly Richardson is the current chairman.

Shelly Richardson

Shelly Richardson

Director, Chairman of the Board

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 was elected as third Chairman of the Board in August, 2008. Her initial term as Director ends in August 2009.

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Lloyd Meyers

Lloyd Meyers

Director

Lloyd Meyers is a former vice president of Avista Corporation and was a founder and president of Avista Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corporation formed to own and build electrical generation facilities. He has served in a variety of executive and managerial positions. Mr. Meyers served as the first chairman of the board of directors, and was re-elected to the board following the expiration of his initial term in 2008. His second term ends in August 2011.

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Ed Sienkiewicz

Ed Sienkiewicz

Director

Ed Sienkiewicz is a retired federal executive. An economist, he spent 29 years working at the Bonneville Power Administration, where he developed regional transmission policies. Mr. Sienkiewicz served as the second chairman of the board of directors. His initial term as Director ends in August 2010.

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY

Member: Grant County PUD      Project: ColumbiaGrid     
Grant County PUD

As the need increases to coordinate all aspects of the various transmission systems in the Northwest, Grant County PUD is looking to ColumbiaGrid to lead that effort in many areas. Joint transmission planning and a common OASIS are just two areas where we believe ColumbiaGrid is the cost-effective solution for bringing federal, investor-owned, and public power transmission owners into a common forum.
~~ Tim Culbertson, General Manager, Grant County PUD