Leadership

Leadership - Officers for 2026 - 2027

Dusty Nimmo

President 2026 – 2027

Rusty Batch

First Vice President

Jacque English

Second Vice President

Layton Lively
Treasurer
Donna Ward

Secretary

Ron Burchfield

President 2025-2026

Jim Colligan

President 2024-2025

Gary Wetzel

President 2023 – 2024

Kelli Heinzerling

President 2022 – 2023

Lewis Rhoden

Past President

Julie Elliott

Past President

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Committee Chairs

  • Program – Kelli Heinzerling 
  • Golf and Venue Chair – Rick Morrison
  • Marketing – Brian Shaw
  • Elections – Donna Ward

Past USMA Presidents attending the conference in Nashville 2025

USMA Board Members

Mike Austell
Vice President, Key Accounts
Hitachi Power Grids

Rusty Batch
CEO
Tri-State Utility Products, Inc.

Sangram Bhosale
Chief Procurement Officer
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Chris Bollinger
VP Utility Sales
MacLean Power Systems

John M. Brown
General Manager, SCM Power Delivery
Southern Company

Ron Burchfield 
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Silvey Enterprises Inc.

Hans Canelo
Procurement Senior Manager
NextEra/FPL

Pjoy Chua
Assistant Director – Distribution Control Center
LADWP

Steven Coleman
VP Supply Chain
One Source

Jim Colligan
Category Sourcing Leader
Public Service Electric & Gas

Bryan DeSouza
Director, Supply Chain & Logistics
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited

Julie Elliott
Contracts Manager
Salt River Project

Jacque English
Director IT Sourcing
PPL Services Corporation

Nicole Ensinger
Sourcing Manager
Duke Energy

Suzanna Evans
Director, Supply Chain Operations
Entergy

Casey Fallon
Director of Purchasing, Warehouse, Fleet
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Andrew Goodman
Executive GM – Commercial GE Grid Solutions
GE Vernova

Patrick Gorman
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Utility
WESCO

Dwight Griffith
President
The Legacy Group LLC

Daniel Grogan
Director, Supply Chain Management
Georgia Transmission Corporation

Kelli Heinzerling
Senior Director, Strategic Growth and Development
WESCO

Michelle Hensley
National Channel Manager
ABB

Ben Hinojosa
CEO
CME Wire and Cable

Joseph J. Howard
Vice President, Utility Channel-North America
Eaton

Paul Kenney
Senior Manager, Materials Sourcing
Ameren Corporation

Layton Lively
Chief Operating Officer
TMD

David McCarthy
Regional VP, Northeast
S and C Electric Company

Norris Minnis
Deputy Sr. Director, Supply Chain
Oglethorpe Power Company

Alan Morris
Director of Business Development, Power Delivery
Kiewit Power Construction Co.

Rick Morrison
President
UAI

Dustin Nimmo
Sr. Manager of Utility Strategic Sourcing
OGE Energy Corp

Patrick Novak
Vice President-Sales, Utility
Border States

Lewis Rhoden
President
Techline

Gianmarco Russo
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Oncor

Renee Schmelzer
Category Manager
AEP

Steve Sebastopoli
Director of Supply Chain – Strategic Procurement Operations
Consolidated Edison

Brian Serati
Vice President, Sales
Hubbell Power Systems

Brian Shaw
Sr. Region Director of Marketing and Sales
Howard Industries

Dan Smith
VP of Sales, Western Region
Prysmian Group

Conrad Snover
President
ProcureAbility

Sean Stewart
VP, Fleet & Materials Management
CenterPoint Energy

Michael Tribble
Vice President of Strategic Relations
Irby Utilities

Lynnial Trusty
Director of Contracting
Bonneville Power Administration

Stephen Tuck
Manager, Strategic Procurement
Arizona Public Service

Stacy Walker
General Manager, Category Management & Transactions
Southern Company

Donna Ward
SVP, Utility & Specialty Sales
Southwire Company

Karla Warner
Director of Supply Chain Operations
Evergy

David J. Watkins
Director of Supply Chain
Alliant Energy

USMA Past Presidents

1995-1996 Alan Schoeneberg, Houston Lighting & Power

1996-1997 Jeff Beauchamp, Intermat

1997-1998 Frank Bennett, BC Hydro

1998-1999 Richard Morrison, UAI

1999-2000 Dale Wilbanks, Duke Energy

2000-2001 Jackson Ward, Howard Industries

2001-2002 Melissa Ebel, Tampa Electric Company

2002-2003 Dwight Griffith, Griffith Power Systems

2003-2004 Timothy Floyd, CenterPoint Energy

2004-2005 Patrick Avery, Cooper Power Systems

2005-2006 Carol S. Caballero, Constellation Energy

2006-2007 Brian O’Leary, Kuhlman Electric Corp.

2007-2008 Rick Harrison, Georgia Power

2008-2009 Steve Waller, Alcan Cable

2009-2010 Rick Harrison, Georgia Power

2010-2011 Tim Hein, Oncor

2011-2012 Walt Campbell, Florida Power & Light

2012-2013 Steve Maruszewski, S&C Electric Company

2013-2014 Don Heitmeier, WESCO Distribution Inc.

2014-2015 David Hess, CenterPoint Energy

2015-2016 Patrick Gorman, WESCO Distribution Inc.

2016-2017 Bryan Fox, KCP&L

2017-2018 Brian McCauley, Honeywell-Salisbury

2018-2019 Steven Coleman, PG&E

2019-2020 Brian Serati, Hubbell Power Systems

2020-2021 Julie Elliott, SRP

2021-2022 Lewis Rhoden, Techline

2022-2023 Kelli Heinzerling, Oncor / WESCO Distribution Inc.

2023-2024 Gary Wetzel, S&C Electric Company 

2024-2025 James Colligan, PSE&G

2025-2026 Ron Burchfield, Silvey Enterprises Inc.

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