La Plata Electric Association recently hired two to its team.
Shea Rivers joined the finance and accounting team as an accounting clerk. Rivers is from Seattle, moved to Durango as a teenager and served five years in the U.S. Army, where he achieved the rank of E-5 sergeant. He returned to school after military service and graduated with an accounting degree from Fort Lewis College.
Jodi Patcheck was hired as a customer service representative. Patcheck is from Chicago, grew up in Durango and graduated with a business administration degree from Fort Lewis College. She has worked at Tamarron Resort, now called the Glacier Club, and the American Automobile Association most recently.
For more information, visit www.lpea.coop.