Southern Area Instructors Association

Meetings

2024 SAIA Conference

Save the Date

Hosted by: Alabama Rural Electric Cooperatives

Orange Beach, Alabama

June 24th – 27th, 2024

Registration and hotel information to follow in March.

SAIA

2018 in Savannah, GA
Hosted by: Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
Minutes

​2017 in New Orleans, LA
Hosted by: Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi & Association of Lousiana Electric Cooperatives
Minutes

2017 in Lexington, KY
Hosted by: Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
Minutes • Program Sharing

2016 in San Antonio, TX
Hosted by: Texas Electric Cooperatives and Sam Houston Electric
Minutes

2016 in Oklahoma City, OK
Hosted by: The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives
Minutes • Program Sharing

NUTSEA

2017 in New Orleans, LA
Hosted by: Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi & Association of Lousiana Electric Cooperatives

2016 in San Antonio, TX
Hosted by: Texas Electric Cooperatives and Sam Houston Electric Cooperative 

2015 in Boise, ID
Hosted by: Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association and Northwest Lineman College

2014 in Denver, CO
Hosted by: Colorado Rural Electric Association

2013 in Savannah, GA
Hosted by: Georgia Electric Membership Cooperative

2012 in Santa Fe, NM
Hosted by: New Mexico Electric Cooperatives

2011 in Indianapolis, IN
Hosted by: Indiana Statewide and Hoosier Energy

Previous Conference Locations

Year SAIA NUTSEA SAIA Chairman
1978 AZ Jesse Watson
1979 KS NM Walter Bright
1980 TX OK Ray Pantel
1981 AZ AK Ernest Friedemann
1982 KS OK Gill Stills
1983 TX OK Ross Rhodes
1984 AZ AR Johnny Waters
1985 LA MS Donald Farmer
1986 NM OK David Martin
1987 TX AR Richard Ramsey
1988 KS AR Jean Phillips
1989 LA TX Larry Baker
1990 FL NM Ron Jones
1991 OK OR Dan O’dell
1992 TX DC Steve Bounds
1993 TX NC Ken Guffey
1994 AR IN Larry Detwiler
1995 KS NM Cecil Drake
1996 LA MT Guy Thompson
1997 MS AZ Buck Theriot
1998 AZ WI Joe Johnson
1999 WS OK Stan Rucker
2000 TN SD Danny Hayes
2001 GA TX Jerry Franklin
2002 KS AZ Cameron Sheppard
2003 LA MT Norman McDugle
2004 SC GA Terry Williams
2005 KY AK Jim Wright
2006 AL OK Mike Bergeaux
2007 TX KY Clarence Greene
2008 NM AZ Doyle Totty
2009 GA MN Ron Cronan
2010 TN SC Michael Weltzheimer
2011 KS IN Glenn Cunningham
2012 AL NM Wade Hurst
2013 LA GA Jason Saunders
2014 MS CO David White
2015 SC ID Aarron Graham
2016 OK TX Greg McKoy
2017 KY LA Darren Maddox
2018 GA KY Rusty Wannamaker
2019 KS MI Wes Lee
2020 N/A N/A Robert Thornton
2021 N/A FL Robert Thornton
2022 FL KS Robert Thornton
2023 SC NC Greg Hambrick