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Management Team

Senior Management Team

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Delivering excellent service to our member-owners by providing safe and reliable energy solutions solidifies our purpose—our reason for existing.

The most critical asset of any organization is its people. Our industry requires qualified individuals with specific skills to manage the revenue and assets of a multimillion-dollar cooperative, ensure system reliability and safety, and to provide the highest quality service. Not only must cooperative management have the expertise to manage the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, they must be adept at finance, accounting, engineering, construction standards, disaster management, human resources, public relations, communications, and more.

We are not just your energy provider—we’re your neighbors who care about you and our communities. Leading in this manner gives Victory Electric the best chance to aspire to and achieve our vision of being a respected leader dedicated to implementing innovative ideas that fulfill the needs of those we serve.

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Shane Laws - Chief Executive Officer

Laws has been Chief Executive Officer for Victory Electric since 2013. He received a Master of Business Administration in management at Texas Woman’s University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in management at The University of Texas at Arlington. He also completed the NRECA's Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program. Laws previously served for 9 years at CoServ Electric and has extensive experience in management, marketing and key accounts business development.

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Angela Unruh - Chief Financial Officer

Unruh has been the Chief Financial Officer at Victory Electric since 2015. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Fort Hays State University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Formerly the Director of Accounting at FairPoint Communications, she worked in the telecommunications industry for 17 years. She represents Victory as an alternate delegate on the Sunflower Electric Board of Directors.

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Denzil McGill - Chief Information Officer

McGill has a Bachelor of Science in cartography from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He worked 19 years at a Texas electric cooperative and 5 years at an oil and gas field services company before joining Victory Electric in 2016.

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Ryan Miller - Vice President of Operations

Miller began his career at Victory Electric in 1997 as a lineman. After 12 years of field experience, he began managing operations at Victory in 2009. He received his Associate of Applied Science from Manhattan Tech and has a journeyman certification. He completed NRECA's Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program as well as Leadership Dodge.

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Amy Grasser - Vice President of Corporate Services

Grasser joined Victory Electric in 2014. She received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Bellevue University in Nebraska. She manages human resources, benefits and member services. Grasser has over 20 years’ experience in management, human resources and customer service.

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Rob Henry

Rob Henry - Vice President of Engineering

Henry has been at Victory Electric since 2007, working in metering and substations before leading the engineering team. He has an Associate of Applied Science from Northwest Kansas Technical College and was instrumental in creating Victory’s SCADA system. Before joining Victory Electric, he worked as a wind tower production technician.

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Chanda Schulte

Chanda Schulte - Vice President of Communications

Schulte has been at Victory Electric since 2021. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Fort Hays State University and has over 15 years of marketing experience. She is a Certified Cooperative Communicator and she previously served as Senior Branch Manager, Assistant Vice President at Sunflower Bank, where she worked for 8 years.

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Kyndell Penick

Kyndell Penick - Vice President of Safety & Key Accounts

Penick earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Purdue and an Associate of Applied Science in electric distribution from Dodge City Community College. He spent 9 years as a lineman at Victory Electric and joined the key accounts team in 2018. He has led the safety and key accounts team since 2022 and is a Certified Key Account Executive (CKAE).