Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation is guided by a six-member board compromised of representatives who receive electric service from the cooperative. These representatives are called “Directors.” They are democratically elected to three-year terms by the members of Nolin RECC. Although each one represents a district within the Nolin RECC service area, all six directors are elected to serve the best interests of the entire membership, not just their own district within the cooperative.
The boundaries of each district are based on member service location numbers and may be obtained from the Nolin RECC office or viewed on our service area map. Director qualifications and information on member voting can be found in the Nolin RECC Bylaws. The Nolin RECC board of directors typically meets the second Thursday of every month. Members who wish to attend a meeting must submit a request in writing. Contact your director using the form below.
David P. Brown is employed at Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) in Elizabethtown and he also works on their family farm near Hodgenville. He and his wife, Michelle, have four daughters and three grandchildren. Mr. Brown began serving on the Nolin board in June 1994 and was elected chair of the board in 2003.
David P. Brown
Chair
District 4 Director
Gene Straney was elected by the members to the Nolin RECC Board of Directors in 1986, and currently serves as vice chair. He owns and operates G & P Construction located in Elizabethtown. Originally from Vine Grove, Gene and his wife, Kay, live in Elizabethtown and have two children and five grandchildren.
Gene Straney
Vice Chair
District 2 Director
Mark was born in Hardin County and is a lifetime resident of Rineyville. The son of Bill and Rosie Cochran, Mark is a third-generation farmer who raises cattle and hogs. Mark and his wife, Judy, along with son Toby, are members of St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove. Mark was elected to the Nolin board by members in June 2023.
Mark Cochran
District 1 Director
Raymond E. “Rick” Thomas is a lifelong resident of Hardin County. He and his wife, Donna live and farm on St. John Road where they operate a diversified farming operation. Rick was chosen in 2004 as a Nolin Board member. In 2020, he was selected by the Nolin Board to represent Nolin as a Director on the East Kentucky Power Cooperative Board.
Raymond E. “Rick” Thomas
Secretary-Treasurer
District 3 Director
Linda Grimes along with her husband, Coleman, and brother-in-law and his wife, own and operate Grimes Farms in LaRue County. Linda and Coleman have two children. Linda was elected by Nolin members to serve as Director of District 5 in June 2009.
Linda Grimes
District 5 Director
Lawrence Ireland was appointed to the Board in 1987 and elected to the Board by the Nolin members in 1989. Mr. Ireland owns and operates Ireland Heating & Cooling in Radcliff. He and his wife, Mayonia, have four sons, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Lawrence Ireland
District 6 Director
Around The Co-op
Honor Flight Veteran – Mr. Connie Guffey
Mr. Connie Guffey was born in 1932. His family had moved from Somerset, Kentucky to downtown Elizabethtown during the Great Depression. They lived above the E’town Café where his father owned and operated the cafe until he went work at Fort Knox.
Connie was attending Elizabethtown High School when his family bought and moved to a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. He enrolled in Howe Valley High School and joined the basketball team. It was during this time that he met his wife, Betty Lou Goldsmith, who was a cheerleader.
Connie and Betty Lou married when he was 18 and she was 17 years old. They would spend the next 72 years together until she passed away in 2023.
In 1949, while still in high school, Connie joined the Kentucky National Guard in Elizabethtown. He was called to active duty and was sent to Korea with the 5th Regimental Combat Team. At 19 years old, he was appointed First Sergent of Battery A 555 Field Artillery. It was during this conflict that he lost part of his finger.
After serving in Korea, he applied for a commission in the Kentucky National Guard. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant and given command of C Battery of the 198th Field Artillery and made 1st Lieutenant in one year. He then decided to apply for active duty in the Army in 1956 and was given a command in Fort Hood, TX.
This began his 30-year career in the United States Army.
Connie was stationed in Germany from 1957 to 1960 with his family during Cold War. In 1960, he was promoted to Captain, then Major, where he served as Inspector General of the 2nd Armored Division.
He then went to Vietnam to take command of the 1st Battalion of the 14th Artillery Regiment and later served as advisor to the Vietnamese senior artillery officer providing fire support and fire support coordination for Americans and Vietnamese.
After his time in Vietnam, Connie earned his Masters in Business Administration and then served as Professor of Military Science at Arizona State University. He was a Lieutenant Colonel during this time. He was promoted to full Colonel in this job.
He retired in Phoenix in 1979 and moved back to Kentucky.
Connie and his wife had 4 children – 3 daughters and one son (deceased).