RED SPRINGS — Steven C. Hunt has been named CEO of Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation, which provided electricity for customers in Robeson and three nearby counties.
“This has been a very thoughtful process that the board has gone through to ensure we had the right person to lead Lumbee River EMC into the future,” Roger Oxendine, chairman of the LREMC board of directors, said in a statement. “We had a very good candidate pool to choose from which made the job difficult. This is a good problem to have.
“Mr. Hunt’s experience in leading organizations at the highest levels will be a benefit to Lumbee River EMC.”
Hunt’s most recent position was operations manager with Campbell Soup in Maxton. Before that, he worked for eight years as plant manager for Tredegar Film Products in Red Springs.
Hunt has also worked at Unilever HPC and Alamac Knits, where he held various management positions. Before his corporate experience, Hunt was a captain in the U.S. Air Force.
Hunt grew up in the Fairmont area and now lives in Pembroke. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
The Robesonian was unable to reach Hunt for a comment.
In February, he was nominated by Lumbee Tribal Chairman Paul Brooks for the tribal administrator’s position. He did not get enough votes from the 21-member Tribal Council to get the position.
Hunt replaces Randall Jones, who held the CEO position for about two and a half years before leaving about 10 months ago, according to company spokesman Walter White. Perry Cummings, chief operating officer and vice president of engineering and operations for LREMC, has been interim CEO since Jones left.
LREMC serves about 50,000 customers in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties. It employs about 110 people, White said.
I wish him all the best as a human being and American and look forward to the day when the Lumbee Indian claim is downplayed and the African heritage, yes.. African American heritage is embraced and cherished from the looks of him as much or more than any fractional Indian heritage claim even if it doesn't come with a Casino or benefits... we all can be proud of Mr.Steven Hunts achievement as CEO.Lets give this brother a chance at it.Its time for the Lumbee to come out and come clean.
You are assuming all others think the same as you.
If 2 people think the same, one isn't needed....
Look that word up and reword your question and I'll answer you.
There should be a blind application process. Everything about the person on paper, except name, race, gender, and religion. Then pick and choose the one who would BE BEST for the job....simple.
This is obviously a political hire and I would not feel safe if I were Hunt.
I'm sure that there were qualified employees to choose from to fill this role.
Hunt did not make the Tredegar business viable so why would he be hired to lead this organization?