PADUCAH – Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation,  announced it has named Scott Adair as Vice President of Human Resources & Communications.

Adair brings a wealth of experience and demonstrated success in human resources and communications to Jackson Purchase Energy as the co-op works to better serve both its consumer-members and its employees.

“Scott will be an asset as we work to focus on communication with our members and employees,” says Greg Grissom, Jackson Purchase Energy’s president and CEO. “These are critical functions of our electric cooperative.”

Adair joins JPEC from Briggs & Stratton, where he has led professional training activities and served in several roles over the last eight years in Public Relations, Organizational Development, Communications, and Human Resources. His career also includes ten years in the hospitality industry at Kentucky Dam Village. Since 2011, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Murray State University.

Adair is a member of the Rotary Club and serves on the United Way Board of Directors in Murray, KY. He holds multiple degrees from Murray State University, including a doctorate of education in P20 and Community Leadership. Adair and his wife, Laken, live in Calvert City with their daughter.