Board Candidates - Northwest Area

Mitch Peiffer, Incumbent

Bynumville Exchange

Nominated by Committee

PROFILE:

Mitch Peiffer has lived in the Chariton Valley service area for 30 years. He is currently an agriculture salesman for Syngenta, serves on the St. Joseph Catholic School Advisory Board in Salisbury, and has been a youth coach for over 20 years. Mitch has four children and is married to Patty Peiffer. He has a master’s degree in administration and spent 24 years managing sales territories for American Cyanamid and Syngenta. He has served on the Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation Board of Directors for the past six years.

Message to the Members:

I appreciate the opportunity to shape the mission and vision of Chariton Valley. Over the past few years, we have become more focused on our co-op’s long-term goals and developed a fiscally responsible yet aggressive path towards those goals. We have also accelerated the timeline to bring each of our members best-in-class communications options with our fiber installations. Thank you for your consideration and vote.

Jay Shepley

Ethel Exchange

Nominated by Committee

PROFILE:

Jay Shepley has resided in the Chariton Valley service area for 12 years. He is currently retired after working as a manager for a manufacturing company for several years, owning a race car steering parts company for ten years and serving in the US Marine Corps. Jay is married to Cynthia Shepley, and they have one son and two grandsons. Jay has served as an Ethel city council member for several years.

Message to the Members:

I feel like I would be a good candidate for the Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation Board of Directors. My goal as a board member would be to support an open dialogue between the shareholders, board members, employees and customers. I would introduce ideas as well as listen to others to provide customers with the best products and build a strong customer base for Chariton Valley to continue to be a premier telecommunications service provider in the future. I appreciate your vote in the upcoming director elections.