Jim Morriss is the retired former president/CEO of the Association of Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., the trade association and service organization of the 85 rural electric cooperatives in the state. Prior to being named CEO in 1977, he managed activities in communications, training and public relations.
He has been recognized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) with the International Award for 15 years of consulting and training work with their International Programs Division in Central and South America, Bangladesh and South Sudan, Africa. After retirement, Jim was presented the NRECA President’s Award for special contributions and the NRECA Clyde T. Ellis Award in recognition of distinguished service to rural electrification in the United States and internationally.
Jim is a native Texan, a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and a lifelong United Methodist. He and his wife, Annette, are active members of Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin which they joined in 1952 soon after marrying. In 1968, Jim and Annette were commissioned as lay missionaries of the General Board of Global Ministries and served four years in Bolivia.
Jim currently is a member of the Hispanic Ministries Commission of the Southwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. He continues to be active in mission work, having made 25 trips to Honduras since retirement. He is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Wesley Foundation at The University of Texas/Austin and secretary/treasurer of the board of Austin Helps Honduras as well a former board member of Honduras Outreach, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. |