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Barry Hart returns to AMEC as CEO
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Barry Hart |
Barry Hart, a 25-year veteran of the rural electric program, took the helm June 21 at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives in Jefferson City as executive vice president and CEO. He replaces Frank Stork, who worked for the association for 32 years.
The new CEO returns to his native Missouri from Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., where he served as that organization's chief executive.
He brings with him a wealth of experience working with state legislatures, the U.S. Congress, plus state and federal agencies. He also has broad experience in community and rural economic development and worked at the local level with Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative in Kearney, Mo.
Hart got his start at the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives in 1977 after he graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in business management. At AMEC he was the director of governmental affairs, managing a staff of three that kept tabs on legislative issues at the state Capitol.
He proved himself as a jack of all trades during his earlier career at AMEC. Besides lobbying for the association he also coordinated the Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., and assisted with the job training and safety program.
In 1987 he left AMEC to work for Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, near where he attended high school. At Platte-Clay, Hart was manager of marketing and customer service and also community and industrial development.
He left Platte-Clay in 1998 to work in the telecommunications industry. He also worked for the city of Nevada, Mo., as assistant city manager and executive director of the Nevada Area Economic Development Commission.
He became Kansas Electric Cooperatives CEO in June 2001. Like AMEC, that organization provides services for the state's electric co-ops such as job training and safety programs, printing, communications and legislative services.
Hart and his wife, Laura, live at St. Martins near the state capital. They have two sons, Phillip, a sophomore at Fort Hays State, and Ryan, who will be a freshman at Truman State University this fall.
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