EnergyUnited Leadership

THOMAS GOLDEN is the Chief Executive Officer at EnergyUnited EMC. Thomas provides the day-to-day leadership, management, and strategic implementation to achieve EnergyUnited’s vision of transitioning to a best-in-class Energy Services Cooperative. He has direct oversight and responsibility for creating and driving engagement across the organization in alignment with the strategic plan along with partnering with the rest of the senior leadership team to identify and develop growth opportunities, improve member value, enhance operations, and maintain superior safety and reliability performance.

Thomas’s experience as Program Manager of Technology Innovation at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Manager of Energy Market Design at the New York Independent System Operator; Senior Reactor Operator of Initial Licensing Program at Duke Energy's Catawba Nuclear Station; and 12 years on active duty in the US Navy have all shaped Thomas into the leader he is today.

Throughout his impressive career, Thomas has helped shape company strategy and vision toward big thinking and embracing emerging energy trends. Thomas has been a speaker at numerous national conferences and Universities where he delivered a message of thought leadership and change management related to emerging technologies. He was honored as one of the fifty Smart Grid Pioneers of 2015.

Thomas continues to serve today in the Navy Reserve as a Supply Corps Officer