Vice Chairman
Jace Goodling has served as a Director for CVEC since May 2003. He and his wife Louise have 2 grown sons, Atlee and Clarke, and live on a 25-acre farm in Afton. He is a lifelong resident of Albemarle and Nelson Counties, graduate of Washington and Lee University, and has been residing in Afton for the last 45 years
Working in the residential housing industry since 1987, he is the owner of Goodling Enterprises, LLC, providing general contracting and project management and oversight services for residential construction and renovation projects. Mr. Goodling also operates “Goat Busters,” a green, environmentally sensitive brush clearing business utilizing his herds of Kiko goats.
Mr. Goodling served as President of the Nelson County Home Builders #39 Association for many years, and has served as a Nelson County representative on the Board of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Housing Improvement Corporation (now the Piedmont Housing Coalition).
Mr. Goodling earned his certification as a Rural Electric Board Director from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).