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Cooperative’s CFO Wins Statewide Recognition
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Thursday, April 08 – The Alabama Rural Electric Association
of Cooperatives (AREA) today presented Leland Fuller, chief financial officer
for Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative, with the Jack Jenkins Award here.
Mr. Fuller was recognized by his peers for his tireless efforts with charitable
organizations, schools and other groups, land-improvement and beautification
projects and economic development in addition to his leadership in helping to
guide the cooperative through some of its most troubled years.
Specifically, Mr. Fuller worked to help establish and operate the Red Door Kitchen
in Talladega and has been instrumental in raising money for the ARC (Association
of Retarded Citizens) of North Talladega County by helping organize the Sunshine
Saturday event held each May.
Through his job at Coosa Valley Electric, Mr. Fuller has worked to attract new
businesses and some 1,300 jobs to the area and helped develop several industrial
parks in north Talladega County.
“Mr. Fuller is a very dedicated employee,” said Frank Kujawski, CVEC
general manager. “Despite all of his contributions and hard work, I have
witnessed him on many occasions taking the back seat when it comes to receiving
credit. And I have had people from all walks of life tell me what a good and
valued person he is. Mr. Fuller is truly a mover and a shaker with nothing but
the best intentions at heart for his community and the cooperative.”
The Jack Jenkins Cooperative Employee Citizenship Award honors and pays tribute
to a current cooperative employee who has made an outstanding contribution to
his or her cooperative, community and/or state. It is meant to honor a cooperative
employee who has gone beyond the normal call of duty. The award also seeks to
recognize an employee who has contributed in a significant way to the betterment
of his or her community or state and has made a significant improvement to the
human condition. The recipient must be an employee in good standing at an AREA
member cooperative.
The award is named after the late Jack Jenkins, a long-time employee of the Rural
Electrification Administration and the Rural Utility Services.
Coosa Valley Electric, which serves more than 15,000 consumers in Talladega,
St. Clair, Shelby, Etowah, Clay and Calhoun counties, is a Touchstone Energy® cooperative.
Nationwide, some 1,000 cooperatives provide power to rural America, and more
than 600 of those operate under the Touchstone Energy umbrella.
For more information, contact:
Jon Cullimore 362-4180 or 1-800-273-7210, ext. 225, Fax: 256-761-2615, Cell:
256-299-0551
Barbara Edmondson 1-800-273-7210, ext. 224
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