Rotary – December 4, 2015 – Rotarian Brian Newton – “An Update on the Fremont Department of Utilities.”


President Gary Bolton will be today’s host:

Brian Newton 2011

Brian, who joined our club in July of  this year is the General Manager of the Fremont Department of Utilities.

On the way to Fremont, Brian has spent more than 30 years managing public power and cooperative utilities.

He started his career in Seward and since then he has managed North Central PPD in Creighton; Consolidated Electric in Mt. Gilead, Ohio; Golden valley Electric in Fairbanks, Alaska; and Boone REMC in Lebanon, Indiana

Brian is a Nebraska native and graduated from Wakefield High School.  He earned his Bachelor’s degree in business from Concordia University, an MBA form Ashland University in Ohio, and a Doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Brian has been married to his wife, Michell, for 37 years.  They have 3 grown children, who live in Illinois, Ohio and Nebraska.  A grandson lives in North Platte.   Brian joined Rotary in 2007 and has been a member of Fairbanks Downtown and Lebanon, Indiana clubs