The Board of Directors is responsible for the oversight of GCEA's business affairs and for setting the association's strategic direction. The Board consists of seven local resident directors elected from the members by the members. GCEA's service territory is divided into six districts with one director elected from each of the districts. The seventh director is an at-large representative. Directors are elected by the entire membership and each serves alternating three year terms.
Board members can be contacted via contact submission form found below, sending written correspondence to GCEA at PO Box 180, Gunnison, CO 81230 or by calling Executive Assistant Sherry Shelton at 970-641-3520.
The Board hires a Chief Executive Officer to oversee company operations and the current staff of 41 employees.
Greg Wiggins
District 1
Greg was elected to the GCEA Board in 2011. He currently serves as assistant secretary/treasurer and previously served as president and vice president. Greg chairs both the Scholarship and CEO Goals Committees. He also serves on the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee and the Financial Goals Committee.
Greg has earned the Credentialed Cooperative Director certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
After graduating from the University of Montana with a BA in Business, Greg moved to Crested Butte to teach skiing. He started a property management business a few years later and has been a small business owner since 1983. He has been involved in Skyland Metropolitan and East River Sanitation Districts since 1988 and is currently chairman of both. He is also the president of two local homeowner association boards. Greg is involved with the town of Crested Butte and their Climate Action Plan, has promoted community solar in Crested Butte, pushed for more use of Green Power, has been involved in many discussion on how to bring larger solar to Gunnison valley, and is an advocate to get Taylor Hydro installed and operating. This can all be done keeping fair and stable electric rates. There is still much to do. Greg and his wife Kathy live in the Crested Butte area and have twin boys who graduated from Crested Butte Community School in the spring of 2014.
Morgan Weinberg
District 2
Morgan Weinberg was elected by the current Board on August 21, 2019 to serve the previously vacant seat for district 2. Morgan serves on the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee, the Technology Committee, the Scholarship Committee, and the Board Policy, Rules and Regulations, and Bylaws Committee.
Morgan has earned the Credentialed Cooperative Director certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Morgan and his brother own Romp Skis. Morgan and his wife Heather Kelley live in the Mt. Crested Butte; he has a teenage son. Originally from New Hampshire, Morgan first came to the valley in 1996. Following a stint in Vancouver, Morgan returned to the area in 2005. Morgan previously served on the Buckhorn Ranch HOA board and was instrumental in guiding the organization through a challenging time of litigation.
Bart Laemmel
District 3
Bart was elected to the GCEA Board in 2010. He has previously served as GCEA's president, vice president and assistant secretary/treasurer. He chairs the Technology Committee and serves on Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee, the Financial Goals Committee, and the CEO Goals Committee. Additionally, Bart serves as a director for Colorado Rural Electric Association and Western United Electric Supply Co. boards.
Bart has earned both the Credentialed Cooperative Director and Board Leadership certifications from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Bart moved to the valley in 1988, graduated from Western State College, and has been a local small business owner. He has been involved in the energy field for the past several years as a home energy auditor, renovator and building science educator. Bart is currently operating the forensic carpentry consulting firm of B2 Building Science. Bart has a daughter and makes his home in Crested Butte South.
Michelle Lehmann
District 4
Michelle Lehmann was first appointed to the GCEA Board July 26, 2016 to serve the remainder of the district 4 term and was elected to the Board June 27, 2017. Michelle currently serves as secretary/treasurer. Michelle chairs both the Budget, Finance and Audit Committee and the Financial Goals Committee. She also serves on the Board Policy, Rules and Regulations, and Bylaws Committee. Additionally, Michelle serves as the delegate for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Cooperative Finance Corporation.
Michelle has earned the Credentialed Cooperative Director, Board Leadership, and Director Gold certifications from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
A fourth generation rancher from the Powderhorn Valley, Michelle earned degrees in Human Resource Management and Accounting from Colorado Mesa University (formerly Mesa State College) in Grand Junction. Michelle has been active in the Gunnison 4-H program, Gunnison Valley Cattlewomen, and the statewide group Colorado Cattlewomen. She has also been appointed to serve on the Colorado Beef Council board. Michelle and her husband Tim continue their ranching tradition, managing approximately 10,000 acres of private land in Gunnison and Saguache counties. They are parents of two young adults.
Tom Carl
District 5
Tom was elected to the GCEA board in 2017 after retiring from GCEA. Tom currently serves as our president and previously served as our vice president. As president, Tom serves as an ex officio member to all Board committees. He is also our alternate representative for Colorado Rural Electric Association and Western United Electric Supply Co.
Tom has earned both the Credentialed Cooperative Director and Board Leadership certifications from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
For thirty-seven years, Tom was the go-to guy when the lights went out in Lake City. As a skilled lineman, Tom helped with teaching at Mesa Hotline School, a two-week program for persons wishing to pursue the electrical line worker profession. Tom was born in Durango but has lived in Lake City ever since grade school. He is a widower and has two sons: Ron, who lives in Rifle, and Duane, who lives in Glenwood Springs with his son, Coulter. Tom resides in Lake City where he continues long-serving civic activities in the community including Reserve Deputy for the Hinsdale Sheriff’s Office, Chair of the Lake City Snowmobilers Club, and a volunteer with the Hinsdale County Search and Rescue.
Polly Oberosler
District 6
Polly was elected to the GCEA Board June 26, 2018. Polly currently serves as our vice president. She serves on the Budget, Finance and Audit Committee, the Technology Committee, the Board Policy, Rules and Regulations, and Bylaws Committee, and the Scholarship Committee. Polly is the alternate representative for GCEA at Basin Electric Power Cooperative and also serves as the alternate delegate for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Cooperative Finance Corporation.
Polly has earned the Credentialed Cooperative Director certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Polly was born in Gunnison and raised in Almont on her mother's family's resort established around 1910. Growing up she worked at the resort as well as putting up hay, irrigating, and outfitting. She has served the community as a member of the Gunnison Valley Health Board of Trustees and on the Gunnison Sage-grouse strategic committee. She was the Sponsorship Chair on the Cattlemen’s Days committee for 12 years. Polly has also served in a cooperative community manner on the Mountain Roots Board and the Gunnison County Trails Commission.
After attending Western and UNC, Polly worked as a ski lift mechanic at CBMR and then a ski and bike mechanic at Crested Butte Sports for 20 years. After 30 years in Mt. Crested Butte, she and Dave moved to Doyleville where they raise horses, pigs, and hay. Polly worked and volunteered for the US Forest Service as a Wilderness Ranger for over 20 years. She also writes for the Crested Butte Magazine and has a column, “Grazing the Tomichi” in the Crested Butte News.
Mark Daily
District 7
Mark Daily was elected to the GCEA Board in 2015. He previously served as assistant secretary/treasurer and currently chairs the Board Policy, Rules and Regulations, and Bylaws Committee. He also serves on the Budget, Finance and Audit Committee. Mark is a director on the Tri-State Generation and Transmission board and our representative for Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Mark has earned the Credentialed Cooperative Director certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Mark’s previous experience serving ours and the Larimer and Weld County communities include his roles as City Planner, City of Gunnison from 1979 to 1989; Energy Use Advisor, Manager of Member Services, Gunnison County Electric Association, 1990 to 2008; Member Services Representative, Poudre Valley REA, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2009 to August 2014; and Legislative Policy Committee member, Colorado Renewable Energy Society, 2010 to the present. Mark and his wife Lynn Cudlip make their home in the Ohio Creek area. He has two grown daughters and five grandsons.
Elected Officers
Elected Officers
President - Tom Carl
Vice President - Polly Oberosler
Secretary/Treasurer - Michelle Lehmann
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer - Greg Wiggins
Elected Delegates
Elected Directors & Delegates
Tri-State Director - Mark Daily
CREA Director - Tom Carl
WUE Director - Bart Laemmel
NRECA Delegate - Michelle Lehmann