[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 125 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MITCH McCUMBER RETIRES AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE

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                            HON. BILLY LONG

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 13, 2020

  Mr. LONG. Madam Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to a great man 
and citizen of Southwest Missouri, Mr. Mitch McCumber, as he celebrates 
his upcoming retirement. For the last 22 years, Mitch has served as the 
CEO and General Manager of New-Mac Electric Cooperative and will have 
the longest tenure of any CEO or General Manager in the co-op's 
history.
  New-Mac Electric Cooperative was incorporated in 1939 and serves 
nearly 18,000 member accounts primarily in Newton, McDonald, and Jasper 
counties. Under Mitch's leadership, New-Mac has enjoyed steady growth, 
and many of his colleagues contend that it would not be where it is 
today without Mitch's strong leadership.
  Mitch is a certified public accountant and worked for a number of CPA 
firms before he joined the New-Mac team. He began his career with the 
co-op in January of 1995, rising to the general manager position in 
1998.
  McCumber is also an active member of his community where he lives 
with his wife, Becky, and has served on numerous boards and civic 
organizations including KAMO Power, Association of Missouri Electric 
Cooperatives, Missouri Southern State University, Freeman Health 
Systems, Freeman Neosho Hospital, Community Bank and Trust, Consumer 
Electric Power Association, and Neosho Chamber of Commerce. He has 
served as the chairman for many of the aforementioned boards, and he is 
a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts 
and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accounts.
  I wish Mitch the very best as he embarks on this new chapter of life 
and I am grateful for his service to his community.

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