Leadership

WFEC Board of Trustee officers elected for the upcoming year are pictured with outgoing Board President Donnie Bidegain (left), who serves on the board of Farmers’ Electric Cooperative in Clovis, N.M. New officers include (from left) Jeff Willingham, president; John Graham, vice president; King Martin, secretary-treasurer; and Clint Pack, assistant secretary-treasurer. This slate of Board of Trustee officers will serve throughout 2026 and a portion of 2027 (through April).

Officers Elected for 2026 – 2027

Board of Trustees

Officers for Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s (WFEC) Board of Trustees were elected during an Organizational Meeting, hosted Thursday, April 16 at the cooperative’s Moore Office. This meeting followed the Annual Meeting of Members, which was preceded by the regular monthly Board of Trustee meeting.

WFEC Board of Trustee officers elected for the upcoming year, include Jeff Willingham, a trustee from Southeastern Electric Cooperative in Durant, who was elected as president for the current year. John Graham, representing Lea County Electric Cooperative in Lovington, N.M., was elected as vice president, with King Martin, a trustee from Red River Valley Rural Electric Association in Marietta, re-elected as secretary-treasurer and Clint Pack, who represents CKenergy Electric Cooperative in Binger, re-elected as assistant secretary-treasurer. This slate of Board of Trustee officers will serve throughout 2026 and a portion of 2027 (through April), at which time WFEC will have their Annual Meeting and Organizational Meeting once again.

Board Members

Board of Trustees Alternates

Mark Angle, Alfalfa Electric Cooperative
Josh Holt, Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative
Michael Bennett, Central Valley Electric Cooperative (N.M.)
Kooney Duncan, Choctaw Electric Cooperative
Aaron Roark, Cimarron Electric Cooperative
John Schaufele, CKenergy Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Tony High, Cotton Electric Cooperative
Dwayne Elam, East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
Antonio Sanchez, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative (N.M.)
Aaron Paxton, Harmon Electric Association, Inc.
Doug Worley, Kay Electric Cooperative

Mark Ichord, Kiamichi Electric Cooperative
Bobby Ferris, Lea County Electric Cooperative (N.M.)
Chad Smith, Northfork Electric Cooperative
Gil Perkins, Northwestern Electric Cooperative
Debbie Frazier, Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
Mike Mathis, Red River Valley Rural Electric Association
Kendall Terry, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative (N.M.)
Scott Christian, Rural Electric Cooperative
James Fox, Southeastern Electric Cooperative
Dan Elsner, Southwest Rural Electric Association, Inc.
Bron Howard, Altus Air Force Base