Celebrate a Member Support Representative’s Retirement

by Tanya Marchun, Communications Specialist

GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - (May 13, 2024) In a quiet, timid voice, she said, “Can you hear me now?” Cindy Roling didn’t mean to sound like a Verizon Wireless commercial, but that is how she describes her first few times on the dispatch radio when she began working at Grand Valley Power in March 2006. Prior to serving as GVP’s dispatcher, Cindy was a project accountant for a pipeline production company. She had never used a dispatch radio, didn’t know anything about the electrical industry, and never imagined the deep impact that GVP would have on her life. Whether it is a service call for outages, work orders, utility locates, security lights, or trees, Cindy is the friendly, bubbly voice answering those calls and dispatching the GVP linemen — her “boys” as she fondly calls them — for more than 18 years.

Now it will be our turn to ask Cindy, “Can you hear me now?” If she is not out of cell service range on her first trip to Yellowstone National Park or exploring new camping spots, she will be in the stands cheering for her grandson at his baseball games. As Cindy prepares for retirement mid-May, she is most excited to spend more time with her children and grandchildren. “We want to pack up the camper and the dog and go for a visit,” she says with a big smile, referring to her son who lives in Arizona with his wife and two children. Cindy also has a son, daughter-in-law and grandson who live in Grand Junction.

Cindy’s contagious laugh, cheerful personality, and warm presence will be missed at GVP. However, fun and exciting opportunities await. Please join us in congratulating Cindy on her retirement after 18 years of service to Grand Valley Power.