Board of Directors

ColumbiaGrid operates with an independent, three-person Board of Directors.  The Board was originally seated August 16, 2006, with initial terms staggered to accommodate the election cycle. Following the initial seating, ColumbiaGrid Directors are elected for a three-year term.
 
The current board includes Board Chair, Lloyd Meyers, and Directors Shelly Richardson and
Ed Sienkiewicz.  All three have extensive backgrounds in the electric utility industry. 
 
Lloyd Meyers

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.

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Ed Sienkiewicz

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.

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Shelly Richardson

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.

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY

Member: Tacoma Power      Project: ColumbiaGrid     
Tacoma Power

"Since the early 1990s, Tacoma Power has participated in the Pacific Northwest’s search for an appropriate regional transmission oversight scheme. We have determined that regional interests and Tacoma Power’s customers are best served by ColumbiaGrid, which fosters collaboration and flexibility, is tailored to the needs of this region, and takes an incremental approach to creating real solutions to real problems."
~~ William A. Gaines, Director of Utilities, Tacoma Public Utilities