Board of Directors
They live in your neighborhoods, shop in your stores and—like you—receive monthly bills from CoServ. They are your CoServ Electric Board of Directors, democratically elected CoServ Members who oversee the operations of your cooperative and work collectively to represent the best interests of their fellow Members. Directors are not CoServ Electric Employees and are not part of the day-to-day business decisions. Each lives in one of the seven districts that make up CoServ's service territory, and each represents all CoServ Members.
If you have an issue with CoServ that you do not believe has been adequately resolved by CoServ Executives, you can email [email protected].

Bill Ragsdale
District 6 Director
Chairman
Current term 2020–2023
Bill Ragsdale
District 6 Director
Chairman
Current term 2020–2023
- Joined the Board in 2010
- Lifetime Denton County resident
- President/Owner—manufacturing company since 1981
- President/Owner—property management company since 1989
- Liberty Christian Board of Trustees for 7 years
- Past Board President of Denton Country Club
- Active member of Rock Pointe Church, Flower Mound
- Chair of Power Supply Committee at Brazos Electric

Chris McCraw
District 3 Director
Vice Chairman
Current term 2020–2023
Chris McCraw
District 3 Director
Vice Chairman
Current term 2020–2023
- Joined the Board in December 2015
- Born and raised in McKinney
- CoServ Member since 2003
- Owner, McCraw Properties, Inc. since 1998
- Past experience includes real estate brokerage/investments and commercial development
- Texas Christian University, BBA

Trisha Sheffield
District 5 Director
Secretary/Treasurer
Current term 2021–2025
Trisha Sheffield
District 5 Director
Secretary/Treasurer
Current term 2021–2025
- Joined the Board in 2018
- CoServ Member since 2004
- Lewisville ISD Education Foundation, Board Member
- Past Lewisville ISD Board Trustee, President (3 years)
- PediPlace Board Secretary
- BBA Marketing/Management from Texas A&M
- Active member at Park Cities Baptist Church
- Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Group Leader

Richard Muir
District 1 Director
Current term 2021–2025
Richard Muir
District 1 Director
Current term 2021–2025
- CoServ Board Member since 2010 (former Board Member 1975–1982)
- Lifetime Sanger and Krum area resident
- Active in Sanger business community over 40 years
- Past bank director for 25 years
- Past owner of local insurance agency for 32 years
- UNT graduate and LSU School of Banking graduate
- Sunday school teacher at Sanger church over 30 years
- United Way income tax service volunteer 10 years

Leon Pelzel
District 2 Director
Current term 2022–2026
Leon Pelzel
District 2 Director
Current term 2022–2026
- Joined the Board in 2001
- Lifetime Pilot Point resident
- Owned and managed a farm business since 1974
- Past American Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteer
- Active member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church

Mark Rutledge
District 4 Director
Current term 2020–2023
Mark Rutledge
District 4 Director
Current term 2020–2023
- Joined the Board in 2020
- CoServ Member and Little Elm resident since 2004
- Co-founder and Owner/Partner of Momentum Mechanical
- Over 18 years of service to Little Elm ISD
- Little Elm Civilian Police Academy/Patrol
- CEO of the Year 2020—Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)
- BSME, Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (1985)

Chance Adair
District 7 Director
Current term 2022–2026
Chance Adair
District 7 Director
Current term 2022–2026
- Appointed to the Board in 2021
- Northlake resident
- UNT Graduate and football letterwinner
- Financial Advisor at Edward Jones
- 18 years experience in the financial services industry
Board District Map and Elections
The CoServ Electric service area is divided into seven districts. Each of the seven districts will have one Director to ensure equal geographic representation. However, each Director represents all CoServ Members.
Directors go through extensive training during their time on the Board in order to gain a deeper understanding of the electric industry and electric cooperatives. In 2021, CoServ made the decision to expand terms from three years to four years to better take advantage of the knowledge gained during their tenure. As a result, CoServ will not have a Board of Directors election in 2024. Starting in 2025, there will be two board seats up for election each year and every fourth year there will be one seat up for election.
Every year, CoServ Electric conducts an Annual Meeting for Members. Before the meeting, the cooperative is required under its bylaws to notify each Member (as of the record date) residing in a district where a Director’s term is expiring that a Director for that district is to be elected at the Annual Meeting. Once a candidate is nominated, all Members, no matter which district they reside in, can (and should) cast votes in the election. Read Article IV of CoServ Electric's Bylaws for more details.

Upcoming Meetings
- June 22, 2023
- July 20, 2023
- August 17, 2023
- September 21, 2023
- October 19, 2023
- November 16, 2023
- December 14, 2023
2023 Elections: Districts 3, 4 and 6 -- Voting Closed on June 1 at 5 p.m.
Every year, a notice is mailed to all Members that reside within the districts that are up for election. 2023's District Notice for Districts 3, 4 and 6 will mail in the March 2023 edition of Texas Co-op Power magazine and will be posted below.
January 16: Record date for District Notices. (If you became a CoServ Electric Member after this date, you will not receive a District Notice.)
February 24: District Notices are mailed in the March edition of Texas Co-op Power magazine to all CoServ Electric Members residing in Districts 3, 4 and 6—the Districts from which a Board Director seat is up for election this year.
March 3: First day Director petitions are made available.
March 15: Members interested in running must schedule an orientation session by 5 p.m. CST.
March 17: Members interested in running must attend an orientation session and receive a director petition packet by 5 p.m. CST.
March 24: Director nomination petition and other required forms are due to CoServ's corporate office by 5 p.m. CST and by appointment only.
April 3: Last day for Board candidates to withdraw in writing from the election.
April 17: Record date for the Annual Meeting Notice. All CoServ Members as of the official record date can vote.
May 11: Annual Meeting Notice and ballots mails to eligible CoServ Electric Members. Paper ballots will be mailed directly to the homes of Members by the third-party election firm Survey & Ballot Systems, and will
include a link to a secure web portal where Members may choose to cast their votes digitally.
June 1: Ballots must be received by Survey & Ballot Systems by 5 p.m. CST. Members may choose to vote online or mail their completed ballot to SBS using the provided prepaid envelope.
June 6: Annual Meeting | Election results announced.