2026 ECU Annual Meeting
ECU’s 2026 Annual Meeting has concluded.
The 91st ECU Annual Meeting was conducted in a way designed to allow members to participate by visiting our website or a branch most convenient to them. Members had the opportunity to view the 2025 Year in Review video online, as well as in branch lobbies on Friday, March 13, 2026. Members voted to approve the ECU Board of Directors candidates and the minutes of the 2025 Annual Meeting via ballots that were made available in branches and online between March 2 – March 13, 2026.
The minutes of the previous meeting and the following ECU Board members were approved by a majority vote:
Three-Year Term
Kristie J. Hammonds
- President & CEO, Frontier Health
- ECU Board Member Since 2023
- Resident of Gate City, VA
- Currently serves on ECU's Audit Committee and Compensation and Management Development Committee
Norris P. Sneed
- Retired, Eastman Chemical Company
- ECU Board Member Since 2008
- Resident of Blountville, TN
- Currently serves as ECU's Board Chair, and is on the Compensation and Management Committee (Chair) and Finance Committee
Jennifer L. Stewart
- Retired, Eastman Chemical Company
- ECU Board Member Since 2017
- Resident of Kingsport, TN
- Currently serves as ECU's Board Vice Chair, and is on esident of Kingsport, TN
Sincerely,
Norris P. Sneed
Chairman, ECU Board of Directors