Cathy Egolf

District 7

Cathy Egolf, a resident of northern Whitley County, has served on the board since 2017. Egolf graduated from Purdue University with two bachelor’s degrees, one in secondary education and another in sociology. She has also earned a master’s degree, one in secondary education from Indiana University and two education specialist degrees in leadership and curriculum. Egolf spent 30 years in public education, including nine years as a teacher in Whitley County. She was the high school principal at Pike Central High School and Caston Educational Center. Additionally, she served as superintendent at various schools in Indiana including the towns of Denver, Pekin, Berne, and also in Shelby County.Her career in education extended into higher education by including time as an adjunct professor at Manchester College and as associate professor at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne.  She was honored as Indiana Administrator of the Year by the Indiana Association for Educational Office Professionals in 2004. She retired in 2015. 

Outside of the five years she has spent on the Northeastern board, Egolf has volunteered and served on the board at the Adams County Girls and Boys Club, was a member of Rotary International, and is currently the president of the Crooked Lake/Eagle Glen Morning Ladies Golf League. Her volunteerism also includes participating in the Komen Indiana Race for the Cure, Walk to End Alzheimer’s, and Relay for Life. 

While serving on NREMC’s Board of Directors, Egolf has earned the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate and has begun working toward the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Board Leadership Certificate.

Egolf and her husband, Gary, have been married for 49 years, have two children, and now enjoy nine grandchildren. When asked why she likes to serve on the board, Egolf responded, “I strongly believe in the seven principles that drive all cooperatives and enjoy representing the members of District 7 of Northeastern REMC.”