2025 Annual Meeting & Election

Plans underway for 2025 Annual Meeting & Election

Chugach is preparing for the 2025 Annual Meeting & Election, where one candidate will be elected to a 4-year term on the Chugach Board of Directors. Voting in the annual election will begin in late April. The annual meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 30, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm at ChangePoint Alaska. The annual meeting will be held the same day as Chugach's Member Appreciation Event, which will run from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. More information on both events will be available in upcoming Outlets and in other Chugach communication. 

One seat open on Chugach Board of Directors

Petition candidate applications

The deadline for a candidate to be considered by the Nominating Committee was Monday, Jan. 27, but members can still run by petition. A petition candidate needs signatures from 50 Chugach members to be considered. The deadline for petition candidates is 5 p.m., Friday, Mar. 21.

For members who are interested in running as a petition candidate, the application and other forms are available below. If you’d like forms emailed or mailed to you, please call (907) 762-4489.

Nominated candidates

The process to be considered by the Nominating Committee closed on January 27.  Per Chugach’s bylaws, the Nominating Committee consists of not less than five nor more than seven members and no member of the Chugach Board may serve on the committee.

The 2025 Nominating Committee, which is comprised of seven Chugach Electric members acting independently from the Chugach Board, received three applicants for the 2025 annual election. After reviewing applications and conducting interviews with each applicant, the committee approved three candidates to appear on the 2025 annual election ballot.

A final list of all candidates for the 2025 annual election, including candidates through both the petition and Nominating Committee process, will be posted on March 25. Below are the three candidates advanced by the Nominating Committee and one cadidate running by petition:

• Katherine Jernstrom
• Burnell “Bernie” Smith
• Aaric St Michel
   

2024 Member Appreciation and Annual Meeting Highlights

2024 Annual Meeting

Reference documents:

• 2024 Election Brochure
• 2023 Annual Report
• 2023 Audited Financial Statements
• Chugach Bylaws
• Director Qualifications