Clay Electric Foundation Board of Trustees

Kathy Barrow is the Vice President of the Foundation Board. She is a retired educator from the Clay County Public Schools and has been a member of the co-op for 53 years. Kathy spent many summers on lake property in Keystone Heights growing up, and chose to raise her family there after attending Young Harris College and the University of Georgia. She earned an MS degree in counseling at the University of North Florida, and worked for many years in elementary education in Clay County.
Since retiring in 2006, Kathy has volunteered at Lake Area Ministries, a local food bank that feeds 15,000+ people annually. Kathy and her husband, Henry, have been married for 48 years, and they are charter members of the Keystone United Methodist Church. They have two children and five grandchildren.

Susan McCool is the former Putnam County Supervisor of Elections. She has been a Clay Electric member for 36 years.
Growing up, Susan attended kindergarten through 12th grade within the Putnam County school district. She went on to study business at St. Johns River Junior College.
Susan is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Palatka. Since retiring, all her time is now focused on her family: her husband, Jim; three grown children; six grandchildren; and her 92-year-old mother. She considers it a blessing from God to be able to spend so much time with all of them, and to be able to attend their sporting events. Susan and her family love to travel the U.S., and they have also become great NASCAR fans.

John Roberts of Gainesville represents District 4. He is a commercial lender at SouthState Bank and has been a member of the cooperative all his life.
John has lived most of his professional career in Alachua County working on agriculture and commercial lending with several banks. He and his wife, Nicole, have four children and are very active in their children's activities, the Gainesville community and their church.

Joe is currently a chief with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and has been in law enforcement for 19 years. He was raised in Clay County and has been involved in coaching youth sports for many years; he is currently working with Clay High School and a club wrestling program. He is a member of First Baptist Middleburg.
Joe graduated from Orange Park High School and has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has committed his life to service of others.
Joe is married to his wife Amy and has two boys. He enjoys spending time with family and hunting.

Bobbie Gaston is retired from the banking industry. She has been a member of Clay Electric for more than 10 years.
Bobbie worked as assistant branch manager for two different banks in her early career before serving as the vice president and loan operations manager at Florida Citizens Bank from 1997-2016. She spent a year as loan operations supervisor and secondary mortgage lending at Drummond Bank before retiring in 2017. Bobbie is currently a part-time bookkeeper for Kennedy Boyer SR.
Bobbie attended Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Ga. She is the treasurer of the Williston First Baptist Church, where she also sings in the choir. She is married to Levin Gaston.

Dennis is a life-long resident of Salt Springs. He will retire from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in August 2017 after 30 years of employment. In his last 12 years with the Sheriff’s Office, he has served as the District Commander of the Northeast District, which is headquartered in Salt Springs. As a District Commander, his primary duty was to establish community contacts in both the public and private sectors.
He is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Salt Springs, where he serves in numerous leadership roles. He and his wife, Kristy, have two grown children and two grandsons, and are expecting their first granddaughter in September 2017. His hobbies include hunting and fishing.