Tipmont REMC will have Ron Holcomb as its next chief executive officer. He begins working at the electric cooperative July 15.
Holcomb has nearly 30 years’ experience in the public power and communications industries in several states. He’s previously directed business development for an automated metering system vendor and led two publicly owned systems.
A graduate of Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, Holcomb also earned a master’s in business administration from Murray State University in Kentucky.
He replace Tim McCarthy who left earlier this year. McCarthy took a job a general manager and CEO of Sioux Valley Energy in South Dakota.
Tipmont REMC is a member-owned cooperative providing electric service to some 21,800 members, primarily in Tippecanoe, Fountain and Montgomery counties as well as portions of Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clinton and White counties.