Employees volunteer to support the area organizations.
Jackson EMC employees participate in fundraising events such as the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and the March of Dimes Walk America and volunteer for a wide variety of area organizations. They work with students in our partner schools, including volunteering for the Read Across America Day/Dr. Seuss Day. They serve as members and officers of area Chambers of Commerce and service organizations.
Here are a few of the contributions by Jackson EMC employees:
- Jackson EMC Engineer Earns LEED AP Designation
- Discovering Jackson EMC Careers
- Cardiac Arrest: Crimes of the Heart
- Bikers Roll for Atlanta Ride for Kids
- Mark Zoller
Mark Zoller, commercial/industrial engineer at Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) designation after passing the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) examination. LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across metrics such as energy savings, water efficiency, CO˛ emission reduction, indoor air quality, and stewardship of resources. The LEED AP professional designation distinguishes building professionals with the knowledge and skill to successfully steward the LEED certification process.
“We are thrilled to have a LEED AP on our staff,” said Lee Chapman, director of commercial/industrial marketing for Jackson EMC. “In today’s environment, many new public facilities are built to LEED standards, and an increasing number of private businesses are interested in LEED and energy efficiency. Mark will help ensure that when commercial or industrial customers choose Jackson EMC, they are getting the highest level of support from the design phase on through the ongoing partnership we maintain with all our large customers,” he said.
Zoller joined the staff of Jackson EMC in 2008 and previously worked for Griffith Engineering, a licensed professional engineering design and energy analysis firm with offices in Atlanta, Kansas City and Charlotte. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Jefferson corporate journeymen linemen Daniel Wofford (left) and Chad Hemphill talk to eighth grade students about career opportunities in the electric utility industry.
Discovering Jackson EMC Careers
How many times did you change your mind about what you wanted to be when you grew up? Jackson EMC co-workers gave eighth graders a few more options to think about during the recent career fair for Commerce, Jefferson and Jackson County schools. Representing JEMC were Steve Chambers, director of job training & safety; Chad Hemphill, Jefferson corporate journeyman lineman; Kay Parks, community relations representative; Lisa Whitmire, information systems; Jeff Chandler, Jefferson corporate journeyman lineman; and Keith Johnson, director of human resources.
Cardiac Arrest: Crimes of the Heart
The arrest warrant said it all, "You are hereby commanded…to come before this court to answer to the charge of having an electrifying personality." And so Wanda S. Scott, Neese customer service representative, entered the Madison County courthouse and found herself facing Judge Heartless. True to his name, he pronounced her guilty and off to jail she went, raising $300 for the American Heart Association.
Scott actually did go to the courthouse, but it was a mock jail she entered and costume prison suit she wore to have her picture taken.
To get her out of jail, family, friends and co-workers contributed her bail funds. The American Heart Association staged the fundraiser for money that will be used for community education, service projects and research.
Bikers Roll for Atlanta Ride for Kids
JEMC motorcyclists joined more than 1,000 riders to participate in Ride for Kids®, a program to fund finding the cause of and cure for pediatric brain tumors. The riders' entry fees, sponsored by JEMC, and their individual donations helped the Atlanta event raise $209,000.
Accompanied by a police escort, the riders started at North Point Mall in Alpharetta and ended in Dawsonville. Robert Akin, Gainesville residential sales representative, Jacob Benton, lineman apprentice in Corporate E & O, Steve Chambers, Jefferson Corporate job training and safety director, Daniel Matthews, retired system control coordinator, and Stanley Morris, Jefferson Corporate right of way crew leader, took part.
"While I enjoy the camaraderie among the cyclists, we’re actually helping out the kids," said Robert Akin who rides a Harley Davidson. "It could be my kid or yours one day with this problem."
Ride for Kids was started in Atlanta in 1984 by a newspaper executive and motorcyclist in response to a friend whose child was stricken with a brain tumor, said Philip Failyer, Jefferson Corporate programmer operator and a member of the Honda Rider's Club of America, which also participated in the event.
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