Dewayne McDonald, the president and CEO of Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation in Bowling Green, Ken., has over 30 years of experience in the electric industry. He began his tenure at Warren RECC as a Western Kentucky University engineering Intern in the dispatch center in the spring of 1991. He went on to serve in several capacities including dispatch supervisor, manager of operational services, and vice president of engineering and operations. In 2019, the board of directors of Warren RECC named McDonald as its seventh president and CEO. Faced with member needs for access to rural broadband, he has led his cooperative’s effort in finding an innovative solution by collaborating with a neighboring telephone cooperative, NCTC.