[Arrington, VA] – The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC) recently elected its new leadership team. George Goin, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative East District Director, has been elected as chairman of the VMD Association Board of Directors through July 2025. Goin joins the new vice chairman, Dr. Frank Bacon, chairman of the board of directors at Southside Electric Cooperative, based in Crewe, Va and Russell Brown, a director at Warsaw-based Northern Neck Electric Cooperative is the new secretary/treasurer.

The leaders were elected by board members on July 29 at the Association’s 80th annual meeting, held at the Oceanfront Marriott in Virginia Beach. They will be 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.

Electric cooperatives are faced with many challenges over the next few years with growing needs for more electricity and expansion of data centers throughout the region. Optimistic about the future, newly elected board chair George Goin says, “By working together, we’ll be able to accomplish goals that will benefit all our member cooperatives. We are a family.”

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 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 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. 

“We are excited to have such quality members of our board represent VMDAEC as our officers,” says VMDAEC President and CEO Brian Mosier. “We are looking forward to working with them to continue the incredible growth we’ve been experiencing. The Association was created 80 years ago to serve our members, and by working together, we will be able to meet the many challenges facing our industry.”

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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. 

Headquartered in Glen Allen, Va., the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives provides safety and training, communications, and legislative services to 16 electric cooperatives serving the three-state mid-Atlantic region. For more information on, visit vmdaec.com.