File photo / Vicky GreggVicky Gregg, the former CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee who has served on the EPB board since 2006, was elected chair of the city-owned utility Friday.
Gregg becomes the 12th chair of EPB in its 82-year history and the first female chair ever of the utility’s board. She succeeds the late Warren Logan Jr., the former president of the Chattanooga Area Urban League who died in January after serving as EPB’s first Black chairman.
Gregg was previously vice chair of the 5-member Electric Power Board and has served on the EPB board as the electric utility has diversified to also become the first provider of citywide high-speed broadband service in the country.
“I’ve been privileged to be on their board and to see EPB become the great company that it is today,” Gregg said after being unanimously picked to head the EPB board. “I’ve really come to love this company and its people and their dedication to this community. I think we’ve really seen the benefit of the Electric Power Board over the past couple of years, particularly during this COVID-19 pandemic, to reach out and work with the schools and others to make sure we had the connections we need.”
With the aid of the city, Hamilton County schools and local foundations, EPB is providing free high-speed broadband service to all public school students in Hamilton County whose household incomes qualify the students for free- or reduced-price lunches.