Native Wilkes Countian Randy Randall of Clinton, S.C., a board member with the Piedmont Municipal Power Association (PMPA), has been named to a three-year term on the American Public Power Association's (APPA) Policy Makers Council by APPA's board of directors.

Randall is the executive director of alumni and community relations at Presbyterian College in Clinton and is serving his second term as mayor of the City of Clinton. He is the son of Jo and Buzzy Randall of Washington-Wilkes.

APPA is the Washington, D.C., based national service organization representing more than 2,000 notfor profit, community-owned electric utilities that serve approximately 45 million consumers nationwide.

The Policy Makers Council assists APPA in promoting federal legislation that is important to public power systems like PMPA and opposing harmful legislation. It also provides advice on other issues of importance to APPA.

The council is made up of 40 members who serve on either utility boards or are elected officials in public power communities. Four members are appointed to the Council from each of the 10 geographic regions recognized by APPA.