Leadership Team

Nate Boettcher

President & CEO

Becky Bradburn

Vice President/CFO

Becky graduated from Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and from Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Management. She earned her Certified Public Accountant license in 2010. Bradburn has worked for electric cooperatives in Minnesota, Iowa, and Texas before joining PPCS in 2024.

Scott Freier

Chief Operating Officer

Scott grew up on a dairy farm in Bay City, Wis., and attended Ellsworth Schools. He graduated from Minnesota State College in 1991 with an associate degree in HVAC. Freier owned and operated Freier Electric & Heating with his wife Betty. He has several years of project management experience and helping organizations become more effective and efficient using modern technology.

Brad Ristow

Vice President, Electric Operations

Brad is a 1987 graduate of Dakota County Technical College with a degree in Electrical Power Distribution. Ristow joined PPCS in 1991 as a 3rd year apprentice lineman and became a journeyman in 1992. He was promoted to Electric Operations Manager in 2011 and to Vice President, Electric Operations in 2015. He is also on the Wisconsin Statewide Safety Manual committee.

Charity Lubich

Vice President, Member Relations and Human Resources

Charity graduated from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She earned her Human Resource Management Certificate from Inver Hills Community College in 2008. Lubich brings 18 years of Office Management and Human Resource experience, with a manufacturing background. She joined PPCS in August 2015.

Leadership Team

Nate Boettcher

Becky Bradburn

Scott Freier

Brad Ristow

Charity Lubich

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