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Profile: Glenn English, NRECA

Among Washington’s crop of trade group leaders and politicos, Glenn English can be disarming – folksy, down-to-earth, with a candid humor and straight talk that isn’t afraid to tell it how it is. And therein lies much of his success in winning over constituents, first in his congressional career and now, as the head of a trade association. He leads one of the biggest associations that few have heard of – the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. And to dismiss the group as just another Washington board room is a mistake – with $100 million in revenue, English quietly represents a vital corner of the country, 12 percent of the U.S. population that belongs to an… Read More