IERA Directors

Position: Chairman and Director
Original Appointment: June 7, 2017
Reappointed: 2021
Expires: June 30, 2026

Mike is a licensed professional engineer with over 45 years of electrical engineering and consulting experience with national engineering and energy development firms. He has led engineering units in providing power generation, transmission, and distribution services throughout his career as a consultant. Mike has served on a variety of large projects throughout the world as a senior project manager. His expertise includes system planning, design, economic analysis, equipment selection, SCADA systems, system protection and coordination, system mapping, system stability, design, and construction management. Mike’s extensive background in Engineering makes him an expert in his field and a necessary member of the IERA board. Mike currently resides in Eagle Idaho and is a big supporter of the College of Idaho.

Position: Sec/Treasurer and Director
Original Appointment: February 18, 2016
Reappointed: 2020
Expires: June 30, 2025

Mike Mooney is an Idaho native calling Pocatello his home. Mooney began his banking career in 1974 as a management trainee for Idaho Bank and Trust and held executive management positions with increasing responsibility throughout his distinguished banking career. Mooney retired from banking in a Regional President position at Bank of the Cascades.

Over the past 42 years, Mooney has been active in leadership roles in the banking industry as well as in the communities he served. “During my career, it has been my honor to represent Idaho on the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Board, The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, the Board of the Pacific Coast Banking School, and now on the Idaho Energy Resource Authority Board.” Mooney continues to be involved in many not-for-profit organizations with a particular focus on early childhood education in Idaho as well as community health with his Board involvement at St. Luke’s and Delta Dental of Idaho.

Mooney is a graduate of Utah State University and later earned an MBA from Idaho State University. Mooney continued his lifelong learning with a degree from the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Mike has been married to Karen for 44 years and is a proud parent of two accomplished daughters, Megan and Katie. You can find Mike most days with his grandson Hank engaged in some 2.5-year-old pursuit including; golf, soccer, excavation, and gymnastics.

Position: Vice Chairman and Director
Original Appointment: August 8, 2018
Reappointed: 2023
Expires: June 30, 2028

Bear Prairie is the General Manager of Idaho Falls Power and Idaho Falls Fiber. Prior to assuming this role in 2018 he was the Assistant General Manager for eight years. Bear has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry. Starting his career at Idaho Power Company in Boise Idaho holding numerous roles in commodity trading and power supply management. After leaving Idaho Power, Bear developed and staffed a west coast-based electric and natural gas trading business for Integrys Energy, a Fortune 100 corporation, which he based in Boise. He has experience in utility executive management, commodity trading, and asset development. Bear serves on numerous boards including Public Power Council, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Idaho Consumer Owned Utilities Association, and Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee. He earned an MBA for Northwest Nazarene University and a BA in Business Administration from The College of Idaho. Bear, a born and raised Idahoan, and his wife have two children who all enjoy skiing, golfing, and fishing along with most other outdoor activities.

Position: Director
Original Appointment: March 13, 2023
Expires: June 30, 2026

Jeff Agenbroad is an Idaho native raised on a farm and ranch south of Nampa. He began his 22 year banking career in 1986 providing the foundation for subsequent entrepreneurial ventures in the financial services, real estate, natural resources, and entertainment industries.

Jeff was elected to the Idaho State Senate in 2016 where he served three terms. While in the Senate he served as the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the co-chairman of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee and the vice-chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Jeff has been active in his community serving on the boards of the Snake River Stampede, St. Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa, Your Health Idaho, Nampa Chamber of Commerce, Nampa Kiwanis Club, and the University of Idaho Alumni Association.

Jeff earned a degree in Finance from the University of Idaho and is an honors graduate of the Western Agriculture Credit School and the Pacific Coast Banking School. He lives in Nampa with his wife, Patricia, and are proud parents of two grown children.

Position: Director
Original Appointment: October 16, 2023
Expires: June 30, 2028

Jim Yost, originally from Rupert, Idaho, was elected to the Idaho State Senate at age 24, the youngest Idaho Senator/Legislator ever elected, and served two terms. He owned and operated a dairy distributorship for a number of years in Wendell, Idaho and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 10 years. In 1988 he was named Assistant Public Affairs Director for the Idaho Farm Bureau and in 1991 was promoted to Public Affairs Director. In 1995 he worked for a time for the Northwest Power and Planning Council before being appointed by Governor Phil Batt as his Natural Resources Senior Policy Advisor. He was retained in that position by Governors Kempthorne and Risch, and then appointed to the Power and Conservation Council by Governor Otter in 2007, serving in that position until 2023. Mr. Yost graduated from the College of Southern Idaho in 1968 with an Associate of Arts Degree and then from Boise State University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education.

Position: Director
Original Appointment: December 1, 2024
Expires: June 30, 2029

Scott Madison, Retired Executive Vice President, Business Development and Gas Supply for the MDU Utilities Group (Intermountain Gas Company, Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Montana Dakota Utility Company). He serves on the IDACorp, Idaho Power, University of Idaho Foundation and Idaho Governors Cup Boards of Directors. He is a member of the Idaho Judicial Council. He is the past Chairman of the Board for the Northwest Gas Association, Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau of Idaho.

Mr. Madison is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting with a minor in Economics.

Position: Director
Original Appointment: December 1, 2024
Expires: June 30, 2029

George Lynch is an attorney and currently works at the Washington State University Energy Program, where he leads transmission policy for the Washington Commerce Department, Energy Office. He was most recently a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office, where he developed and led GDO’s wholesale electricity market program, and worked on transmission policy and nuclear issues. Prior to joining DOE, he was Legal Counsel of the Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources. Before moving to Idaho, George lived in Washington, DC and was Senior Legal Editor at Bloomberg.

George has a JD from American University, Washington College of Law and a LL.M. in international law from George Washington University Law School.