The Empire District Electric Company Announces Retirement of Bill Gipson from Board of Directors
May 22 2015 - 10:02AM
Business Wire
The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE:EDE) today announced
Mr. William Gipson will retire from the Board of Directors on June
30, 2015, following a 34 year career with Empire.
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Bill Gipson Retires from The Empire
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In announcing Mr. Gipson’s retirement, Randy Laney, Chairman of
the Board of Directors, stated, “Bill has been an integral part of
Empire during the past three decades when the Company successfully
executed a large construction phase as it prepared to meet customer
needs and changing environmental regulations.”
Laney continued, “We appreciate Bill for his many years of
service to Empire customers, shareholders, and employees and for
his service to the Joplin community. We wish him the very
best.”
Mr. Gipson joined Empire in 1981 in the Information Technology
area and was promoted to Manager of Economic Development in 1987.
In 1995 he was promoted to Director of Commercial Operations and,
in early 1997, was named General Manager – Commercial Operations.
He was elected Vice President – Commercial Operations in April
1997, Executive Vice President in 2001 and Chief Operating Officer
later that same year. He was elected to the board of directors in
2002 and as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002, the
position he held when he retired at the end of May 2011.
Mr. Gipson is a member of the Missouri Southern State University
(MSSU) Board of Governors, He previously served as a board member
of the Missouri Energy Development Association (MEDA), the Edison
Electric Institute, the Financial Research Institute, and the
Missouri Chamber of Commerce (MCC). Mr. Gipson is past chairman of
MEDA, the MCC, and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce.
A native of Jasper County, Missouri, Gipson graduated from MSSU
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Technology.
Based in Joplin, Missouri, The Empire District Electric Company
(NYSE:EDE) is an investor-owned utility providing electric, natural
gas (through its wholly owned subsidiary The Empire District Gas
Company), and water service, with approximately 218,000 customers
in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. A subsidiary of the
Company also provides fiber optic services. For more information
regarding Empire, visit www.empiredistrict.com.
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The Empire District Electric CompanyINVESTOR
RELATIONSDale HarringtonSecretary and Director of Investor
Relations417-625-4222dharrington@empiredistrict.comorMEDIA
COMMUNICATIONSAmy BassDirector of Corporate
Communications417-625-5114abass@empiredistrict.com
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