Griffith awaits MEA contract

PALMER – The Matanuska Electric Association has selected an interim general manager.

At its meeting Wednesday, the association chose Joe Griffith, a former CEO of Chugach Electric Association. Griffith hasn’t quite been hired yet. First he and MEA have to hammer out a contract.

“At our meeting on the 13th, our regular meeting, we will hope that we will confirm our interim manager and go forward from there,” MEA board of directors member Janet Kincaid said.

Here’s a look at Griffith’s past:

• Griffith is currently an energy consultant, heading up Evan J. Griffith Enterprises.

• From 2002 to 2005 he headed Chugach Electric Association

• From 1989 to 2002 he headed up the association’s finance division

• From 1984 to 1989 he worked for the Municipality of Anchorage

• Prior to that, he retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force, where he’d flown fighter jets.

—Staff report