Leigh V. Grantham

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. engages in the provision of financing and investment. Its services include long-term shelf financing, emergency lines of credit, loan syndications and loan resales, strategic planning and financial analysis, and financial education and training. The company was founded on April 10, 1969 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit electric distribution cooperative that serves over 56,000 accounts in Walton, Okaloosa, Holmes, and Santa Rosa counties in the panhandle of Florida. The private company is based in DeFuniak Springs, FL. The company employs over 160 people and owns and maintains over 4,100 miles of line, including those on Eglin Air Force Base.

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, headquartered in Andalusia, Ala., is a generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative providing the wholesale power needs of 20 distribution members - 16 electric cooperatives and four municipal electric systems - in Alabama and northwest Florida. In 1941, PowerSouth was formed by 11 cooperatives to generate and sell electricity. First known as Alabama Electric Cooperative, its name was changed to PowerSouth Energy Cooperative in 2008 to better reflect its geographical service territory and to position the company for future growth opportunities. Today, as one of 62 G&T cooperatives in the United States, PowerSouth is a trusted energy provider for its distribution members, serving more than 1 million end-users in 39 Alabama and 10 Florida counties.