Joe Gehrdes
Director of External Affairs, Huntsville Utilities; Board of Directors for Utility Communications
The Cost of Power: Utility and Data Center Perspectives on Rising Energy Bills
Joe Gehrdes is the Director of External Affairs for Huntsville Utilities and joined the team in 2011 as the company’s first Governmental Affairs Manager. Since then, his role has grown into oversight of community and public relations, marketing, communications, media relations, and governmental and regulatory affairs. He spent the previous 10+ years as the Governmental Affairs Liaison at the Huntsville / Madison County Builders Association, advocating for affordable housing and residential construction.
Joe currently serves on the Board of Directors for Utility Communicators International, is the immediate past chair of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and chairs the Board of Management for the Southeast Huntsville YMCA. He lives in south Huntsville with his wife of 20 years, Brandi, and his three sons: Harris, Henry, and Adam.
Huntsville Utilities provides service to more than 230,000 electric, 110,000 water, and 65,000 natural gas customers in Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama. Huntsville Utilities has also constructed a city-wide fiber-optic infrastructure used by GFiber and others to provide high-speed telecommunication services to the community.
