FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives

JEFFERSON, Ga.  |  Jackson Electric Membership Corporation has announced two promotions of its key staff executives.  

Cleveland

Caison

Brittany Caison, previously vice president of engineering, operations and technology, has been appointed to a new role, providing  leadership to a newly aligned group at the cooperative with similar goals and objectives.  

Meanwhile David Cleveland has been vice president of marketing, member services, and governmental affairs, Caison’s previous role.  

Led by Caison, this area is organized around three functions that plan and respond to business changes and prepare Jackson EMC for the future:   

  • Engineering, including power supply, system planning, operational technology and facilities.  
  • Operations, which includes system improvements, power distribution, vegetation maintenance, oversight of lineworker programs and our fleet.   
  • Information Technology, including cybersecurity and technology infrastructure.  

Caison began her career at Jackson EMC as a commercial/industrial engineer. She was promoted to Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analytics, where she was responsible for developing and managing the implementation of the strategic planning process and business intelligence company-wide.   

Caison currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, an Industrial Advisory Board Member for the University of Georgia’s School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering and a Board Member for Adult Literacy Jackson. Caison was named to the University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2023. 

Cleveland most recently served as the managing director of business development and government affairs, a position he held since 2022.  

Cleveland joined Jackson EMC in 2017 as director of business development. He began his business career in 2002 as a regional financial analyst with Sherwin-Williams Company, moving to BB&T in 2006 as a business services officer. In 2012, he joined Coweta-Fayette EMC, where he last served as director of community and economic development.

He received a bachelor of business administration from the University of Georgia and a master of business administration from Georgia College and State University. Cleveland is a graduate of the BB&T Banking School at Wake Forest University, the Georgia Academy for Economic Development and the NRECA Robert Kabat Management Internship Program. 

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, the largest electric cooperative in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation, is headquartered 50 miles northeast of Atlanta in Jefferson. The cooperative serves more than 265,000 meters on 15,250 miles of energized wire.

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