After 25 years, Linda Ray has retired from being REC’s Chief Financial Officer. 

Ray started as an independent contractor in 2001 working on REC’s subsidiaries. She then moved to working part-time for REC as the Manager of Accounting and Finance in 2002. She remained in that role until she was named the CFO in 2004. Ray also served as interim co-Chief Executive Officer with Kelli Lindsay from May through October in 2005. Ray became a full-time employee in 2016.

Ray has been married to her husband, Greg, for 40 years. They have three children: Zach, Alex and Jacque, as well as five grandsons: Luke, Daniel, Reed, Blaine and Davis. Zach and his wife Brittany and their two sons live around Durant. Alex and her husband J.R. and their three sons live in Texas. Jacque is currently in Norman finishing her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Ray has plans to spend time with her family, traveling and not getting up too early. However, she will miss seeing all her coworkers whom she has been a part of their daily lives for the past 25 years. 

Some of her greatest memories include helping man the phones during the ice storm in 2010, moving into REC’s new headquarters in 2015 and all the laughs shared with her co-workers.