About Mark
Mark Schwirtz served as President and CEO of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. for 12 years, from 2008 until March 2020. His career spanned 35 years of electric utility experience and included service on the boards of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc., ACES and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. His extensive work in the industry involved testifying on fuel and other utility issues before state and federal regulatory bodies. He brought experience in power supply planning, environmental permitting and electric utility operations and management, and is the author of several articles published in environmental publications. Schwirtz holds a bachelor’s degree in meteorology from Texas A&M University and was a Commissioned Officer in the United States Naval Reserve.
In his tenure at Golden Spread, Mark provided outstanding leadership as Golden Spread transformed from a utility primarily purchasing power to one directly in control of its own power supply.