Anita Cochran / 25 years

Anita Cochran recently celebrated 25 years of service here at Greenville Utilities. As a Revenue Protection Specialist, Anita collects revenue and bad debt along with other employees in the Credit Revenue Protection Department. She also investigates reports of meter tampering and goes to criminal court for metering tampering and utility theft, as well as worthless check cases. Anita has been teaching the very popular customer service class, "Meter Tampering," the last few years. In addition, she's also been working with the Navigate Team. She is married to Todd and they have three children, Ethan, Grace and Gibbs. In her free time, Anita enjoys attending her children's sporting events.

15 Years

JASON CYPHERS, Gas Engineering Coordinator

CONNIE MCGOWAN, Tree Trimmer Crew Leader

ROBIN NICHOLS, Systems Analyst IV

WILL PRESCOTT, Chief Utility Locator

5 Years

CARRIE PEED, IT Support Specialist Supervisor

JOEL WETHERINGTON, Stores Warehouse Technician I

PROMOTIONS

Teresa Taylor, Customer Contact Representative II

Ron Cullipher, Gas Systems Technician I

Jonah Waterman, GIS Technician II

Alan Payne, Distribution Water Quality Technician II

SYMPATHIES

Our deepest sympathies are extended to LouAnne Baker, Water Resources Administrative Assistant, on the death of her mother-in-law, Ms. Pauline Baker.

Our condolences go to Tony Godwin, IT Infrastructure Manager, on the death of his father, Asber C. Godwin, Jr.

Our condolences also go to the family of retiree Belva Mizell on her recent passing.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Please remember to notify HR if you change your address or telephone number. You can also change your address on MyGUC using Employee Self-Service. Please remember that in order to add dependents to your insurance or make changes as a result of a life event, you must inform HR within 30 days of event. Proof of the change will be required (i.e. marriage license, birth certificate). If you don't notify HR within 30 days, you will have to wait until the next annual open enrollment period to make benefit changes, unless you have another life event.

Life events include:

• Marriage
• Divorce, legal separation, or annulment
• Birth or adoption of child
• A change in work schedule or status that causes you to
  gain or lose eligibility

THANK YOU'S

Kate Teel, Director of Member Relations and Programs for the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce, wrote a thank you note to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Staff. "Thank you so much for hosting our Leadership group for the Business and Industry session," Ms. Teel wrote. "I heard so much feedback from our group on how much they loved the tour! We really appreciate all GUC does for our community, and the Chamber of Commerce."

Julia Cavalier with the NC Department of Environmental Quality sent a thank you note to Public Information Specialist Emily Barnes regarding a crisis communications seminar Emily did for a water treatment operator certification school. "One of our regional supervisors was there and said it was one of the best seminars he'd been to in a couple of years and that the topics were really what the operators needed to know," wrote Julia.