District 3 Directors
Harry Goff, born in Casa Grande, Arizona is a graduate of Colorado State University with a BS in Civil Engineering. Mr. Goff retired after 40 years in consulting engineering and land surveying, with 22 of those years spent in Durango as president of Goff Engineering. Prior to operating Goff Engineering, he was part owner of Durango's Ernst Engineering.
Mr. Goff was recognized as Young Engineer of the Year by the Professional Engineers of Colorado; Citizen Surveyor of the Year from Professional Surveyors of Colorado; Distinguished Service Award from National Council of Examiners for Engineering/Surveying and the Friend of Durango High School award.
He belongs to the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado and United Methodist Church of Durango. He served as a member of the Colorado Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors from 1991 to 1999.
For LPEA, Mr. Goff serves on the System’s Operations & Planning and the Budget Finance & Audit Committees. He also serves on the WESODI board.
Contact Harry Goff: 970.247.1153 or hgoff@lpea.coop.
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Jeffrey A. Berman, born in Brooklyn, New York, holds a BS with honors, in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida. A manufacturing process, monitoring and design engineer, he is currently CEO of San Juan BioEnergy LLC, a bioenergy operation, which he founded. His non-profit experience includes serving as former executive director of Colorado Wild and as a founding member of the Southwest Colorado Renewable Energy Society (now Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado).
Mr. Berman, who earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), serves on the LPEA Administration Committee and is chairman of the System's Operations & Planning Committee.
Contact Jeff Berman: 970.422.2025 or jberman@lpea.coop.
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Robert A. (Bobby) Lieb, Jr., elected onto the LPEA Board in 2009, was widely known as the executive director who handled the merger of the Durango Chamber of Commerce and La Plata Economic Development Action Partnership (LEAD), a position from which he stepped down in 2007 to head up development of the new Durango Airport Business Park.
When the Lieb family owned and operated Durango Threadworks, Mr. Lieb served as its vice president, overseeing all operations. A graduate of Arizona State University with a BS in International Marketing, he also launched Berghaus, a clothing retail store in Newport, Rhode Island.
Mr. Lieb, originally from Newport Beach, California, is a graduate of Leadership La Plata and currently sits on the Hundred Club, FastTrack Communications and Durango Youth Soccer boards of directors, the latter for which he is president.
Contact Bobby Lieb: 970.759.5064 or blieb@lpea.coop.
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