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Chuck MacFarlane joined Otter Tail Power Company in 2001 as Director of Financial Analysis and Planning. He was named Vice President of Finance and Business Planning in May 2002, interim President in August 2002, and President in May 2003.
Before joining Otter Tail Power Company, MacFarlane served as director of electric distribution planning and engineering for Xcel Energy's entire service territory. Previously, he was director of delivery construction and field operations for Northern States Power Company.
MacFarlane was born at Garrison, North Dakota. He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1987 from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and his master's degree in business administration in 1994 from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. He also is a graduate of the Minnesota Executive Program at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. | 