Fredericksburg, Va. – Joyce Bodoh, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) Director of Energy Solutions and Clean Energy, has been elected to the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) Board of Directors for 2022.

The AESP is dedicated to improving the delivery and implementation of energy efficiency, demand-side management, distributed-energy resources and demand-response programs. The Board guides the Association’s strategy and is crucial in how it achieves its goal of creating highly educated energy-efficient and clean-energy workforces.

“Joyce Bodoh is a knowledgeable energy-services, solutions and demand-response professional,” said Peter Murhoro, Ph.D, Chief Strategy, Technology & Innovation Officer at REC. “Her election to AESP’s Board is a great recognition of all she has accomplished.”

Bodoh joins Jeff Brown of Public Service Company of Oklahoma; Art Christianson of The Home Depot; William Ellis of Pepco, an Exelon company; Laura Orfanedes of ICF; and Laura Schauer of ILLUME Advising as part of a diverse team.

“The new additions to the board will give us even more diverse industry representation, and illustrate the continued importance of diversity, equity and inclusion to our membership and our organization,” said Jennifer Szaro, President and CEO of AESP.

REC provides electric service to over 170,000 connections in parts of 22 Virginia counties. With its general office in Fredericksburg, Va., the Cooperative operates and maintains more than 17,000 miles of power lines through its service area, which ranges from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay. For more information about REC, please visit www.myrec.coop. Follow REC on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.