Mike Lamar, resident of Prattville, was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Central Alabama Electric Cooperative to fill a vacancy for District 1. Lamar filled the interim term on Sept. 16, 2020, and was appointed to a full term on August 13, 2021. He has earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director, Board Leadership, and Director Gold Program certificates from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Lamar and spouse (Melissa), along with the other CAEC Trustees, serves on the only Board in the nation to be 100 percent Board member commitment at the Leadership Circle level at the President’s Club level to the nonpartisan Political Action Committee, known as PAC.

He also served on the Board of Central Access, Inc., the broadband subsidiary of CAEC from August 2021-2024.

Lamar graduated Salutatorian from Autauga Academy and has a Bachelor of Science in Financial Management from Auburn University Montgomery, graduating Cum Laude. He has been in the banking industry since August 1993 and is currently the Autauga County Bank President/Relationship Manager for River Bank & Trust.

Lamar and his wife Melissa have two children, Amanda, and Savannah. They are members of Autaugaville Baptist Church. Lamar serves on the Prattville YMCA Board, Autauga Cattlemen’s Association, Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce board and as Chairman of the Autauga County Farm City Committee as well as the Prattville Kiwanis Club and Autaugaville Lions Club.