PLYMOUTH – Members of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (Co-op) voted to return four incumbents and added one new member to the Co-op’s board of directors. The winners of the recent board election were announced at the Co-op’s Annual Meeting of members on Tuesday, June 17, at Owl’s Nest Resort in Thornton.

A total of seven candidates ran to fill five seats on the 11-member board. Five candidates ran for election to four, 3-year terms, while two candidates ran for election to one, 1-year term. Re-elected to three-year terms on the board were Alana Albee of Tuftonboro, John Goodrich of Littleton, Peter Laufenberg of Thornton and Thomas Mongeon of Rumney. Elected to a one-year term on the board was Robert MacLeod of Thornton.

The Co-op is a member-owned company that relies on the active participation of its members to govern and sustain the business. The Co-op wishes to thank all members who voted or stood for election. Below are the full results of the 2025 board of directors election:

Three-Year Term (*elected)

*John Goodrich               4,882

*Peter Laufenberg          4,723

*Thomas Mongeon        4,706

*Alana Albee                     4,489

Jonathan Nelson             2,618

One-Year Term (*elected)

*Robert MacLeod           3,137

Thomas Randell              2,713

At the Co-op board’s organizational meeting also on Tuesday, the Board of Directors elected the following officers to serve one-year terms:

William Darcy – Chair of the Board

Alana Albee – Vice Chair of the Board

Jerry Stringham – Treasurer 

Leo Dwyer – Assistant Treasurer 

Jeffrey Morrill – Secretary