David “Mark” McClain, EWC ’12, a longtime leader with Jackson EMC’s Gainesville District, was named general manager of Big Country Electric Cooperative in Roby, Texas. McClain began working at Jackson as a field service representative in 1993 and completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration at North Georgia College & State University, according to a news release. He was promoted in 1996 to district warehouse coordinator before being promoted to his most recent position in 1998. He also went on to earn a master’s degree in management from Brenau University, with help from the cooperative’s education assistance program, graduate from the National Rural Electric Corporation Association’s Management Intern Program and also has completed 76 hours toward a master’s degree in divinity from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.