[Palmyra, VA] – George Goin, Fluvanna native and Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) Director, received the prestigious Tom Downing Fellow award from the Fluvanna Ruritan Club for demonstrating unselfish personal effort to the club and to the community. The Tom Downing Award, the highest award given to a Ruritan, is given to fewer than 1% of all Ruritans. Ruritan is a national organization dedicated to improving communities and building a better America through Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service. Tom Downing, for whom the award was named, co-developed the idea of the service-oriented organization and was an exemplary Ruritan leader.

Mr. Goin has served his community for over half a century and was recently elected as chairman of the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association Board of Directors. As chairman, he is responsible for helping to guide the direction of the Association, which includes 16-member electric cooperatives from the Cumberland Gap to Delaware, serving more than 1 million meters and greater than 2 million people.  

A Vietnam-era veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1972, Goin has served as a director for Central Virginia Electric Cooperative since 1993 and has been a CVEC member since 1972. He has served as treasurer and chairman of the CVEC Board and earned his certification as a Rural Electric Board Director from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) as well as Director Gold Certification. Mr. Goin is also active in his community with the Fluvanna Farm Bureau Board, USDA Farm Service Agency, Fluvanna County Fair Board, Ruritan, American Legion, and the Fluvanna Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Council (EDTAC).

Mr. Goin and his wife, Claudia, live outside Scottsville on Modesto Farms and Greenhouses. They have two sons and two granddaughters. Goin retired from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the U.S. Postal Service and has farmed Modesto Farms since 1974. 

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Central Virginia Electric Cooperative is a member-owned, not-for-profit, electric utility serving 39,000 homes, farms and businesses in the rural portions of 14 Virginia counties. CVEC connects its members and communities through reliable power and broadband services, delivering world-class, high-speed internet service through its subsidiary, Firefly Fiber Broadband. CVEC and its subsidiary are equal opportunity providers and employers. For more information, visit www.mycvec.com.

George Goin (left), CVEC Board of Director, receives Tom Downing Fellow Award from representative of the Fluvanna Ruritan Club.

George Goin, chairman of the VMDAEC Board of Directors and CVEC East District Director