Our Team

Fully Qualified Electricians

 All our personnel operates within an Integrated Management System to ensure the delivery of services that are at an exceptional level of quality, reliability, and value.

James Zehnder
President

With over 30 years in the electrical industry, James leads all of the electrical and telecommunications infrastructure construction and support services. James oversees the estimating teams and has successfully estimated and managed numerous large-scale electrical projects for Northern Powerline Constructors, Inc., dba Chatham Electric.

Dawn Hess
Southeast Regional Manager

With 23 years in the construction industry, Dawn oversees all of southeast’s operations and facilities for the commercial wire and outside line divisions. Dawn coordinates and carries out all tasks related to cost management, budgeting, procurement, and project forecasting. Dawn analyzes and improves organization processes while managing office and field staff.

Alexandra Wagner
Project Coordinator

Alex has 9 years of experience in the electrical industry, Alex provides project support and prepares accurate, reliable, and timely project deliverables, helps develop, submit, track and maintain all project submittals and operations and maintenance manuals.

Jake Buck
General Foreman

Jake supervises day to day crew duties, makes sure quality standards are respected and working relations with contractors are met. Jake presents leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.

George Stevick
Service Foreman

With 40 years in the electrical industry and 20 of those years specializing in service work, George’s areas of expertise include electronics maintenance, telecommunications, troubleshooting, diagnostics and repairs.

Daryl
Hedges
Wireman Foreman

Daryl works throughout the northern southeast panhandle specializing in remote service work along with diverse and unique projects. Daryl can be found on his days off cruising the world.

Hans Hubburd
Wireman Foreman

Hans was new to the team in 2019 and has excelled quickly into operating our lower southeast division for service work and projects alike throughout Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Prince of Whales.

Wade Nicholson
Fleet Superintendent

Wade is instrumental to the Chatham team, He maintains our fleet of equipment and tools, and keeps us in compliance with DOT regulations and standards.

Daniel
Keane
SHEQ Manager

Working as a Line Technician for many years Dan has turned his focus to specializing in OSHA compliance, safety, health, environmental and quality control manager.