The board of directors at North Star Electric Cooperative has selected Josh Compton to succeed Ann
Ellis as general manager and CEO following Ellis’s recent retirement. Compton brings great management skills and national cooperative experience to his new job, having recently served as manager of regulatory affairs at the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) in Dulles, Va., and prior to that as a regulatory affairs analyst at Pepco Holdings, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

In his role at CFC, Compton had the opportunity to work with a vast number of electric cooperatives across the United States to provide numerous financial and utility ratemaking consulting services. Along with his professional career, Compton has served as a county commissioner in his rural West Virginia county for a number of years and has a strong background in community relations, working with local, state and federal representatives and maintains a track record of creating positive changes.

“I’m extremely honored to have been selected as the next general manager of North Star Electric
Cooperative. I’ll be joining a very forward thinking organization with top-notch employees who are absolutely dedicated to ensuring our member-owners are provided with the best possible service.
We will continue putting our member-owners first and I will look for new opportunities that benefit them as we move North Star Electric Cooperative into the future,” said Compton.

Compton is in the process of relocating to the Baudette area in the coming months with his wife
Michelle, son Zach and dog Yager.