YEC trustee Poston retires

For 39 years, Paul David Pos­ton has served the mem­bers of York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive. He’s seen your co-op grow and adapt to con­tin­ue serv­ing mem­bers with excel­lence. His love of peo­ple and this com­mu­ni­ty have been invalu­able to your co-op. Most impor­tant­ly, he has ded­i­cat­ed his time to ensur­ing the voic­es of mem­bers and excep­tion­al ser­vice con­tin­ue to be at the heart of coop­er­a­tive busi­ness deci­sions.

Although serv­ing on your board of trustees has­n’t been his only job, serv­ing you, he says, has been a great hon­or. The hon­or, though, is real­ly ours. Mr. Pos­ton’s wis­dom, lead­er­ship, vision and grace have been inte­gral parts of your coop­er­a­tive’s suc­cess. He was nev­er afraid to dis­agree with the crowd, but always exhib­it­ed coura­geous seren­i­ty when mak­ing his point. He brought bal­ance to the table, want­i­ng more for your co-op while encour­ag­ing con­ser­v­a­tive approach­es to spend­ing mon­ey and new tech­nolo­gies to keep rates low.

I have been blessed to learn from him both pro­fes­sion­al­ly and per­son­al­ly. After los­ing my mom at a very young age and my father halfway through my career, Mr. Pos­ton has been like a father to me, as well as a grand­fa­ther fig­ure to my three kids. He has always stressed the impor­tance of fam­i­ly, some­thing that res­onates deeply with me, our YEC employ­ees and this coop­er­a­tive. He has nev­er pushed an agen­da on me or any­one else. Rather, his insti­tu­tion­al wis­dom, calm spir­it and gen­tle­man­ly char­ac­ter make it easy to fol­low his lead. Like him, I try to fol­low Matthew 7:12, treat­ing oth­ers as I wish to be treat­ed.

A well-known local farmer, Mr. Pos­ton con­tin­ues to spend a great deal of time out­doors, grow­ing veg­eta­bles and flow­ers. Don’t be alarmed if you hear gun­fire com­ing from his liv­ing room after dark. It’s like­ly John Wayne star­ring in one of his favorite old west­erns on TCM. At 94, he has seen many things, includ­ing serv­ing his coun­try as a Marine at the very end of World War II, work­ing as a brick mason, devel­op­ing land, grow­ing and sell­ing fresh veg­eta­bles at his road­side stand and con­tribut­ing to a brighter future for our com­mu­ni­ty.

Thank you, Mr. Pos­ton, for a job well done.

Sin­cere­ly,

 

 

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer