District 3: Amity, Union, Wayne, and Concord townships and Elgin and Union City Boroughs in Erie County, and Spring Creek township in Warren County.
Northwestern REC holds nominating meetings in the early spring time. In 2023, the following Cooperative member was re-elected to fill a vacancy as District 3 director. Her term will last three years. Elections take place before and during the Annual Meeting
Candy Brundage
Candy Hendricks Brundage was born and raised in Punxatawney. After graduating from high school in 1985, she discovered her love for criminal justice while working as a legal secretary at the Law Offices of Ferraro and Young.
In 1992, she entered the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey.
Brundage enjoyed 25 1/2 years as a Pennsylvania State Trooper, First Class working in the Troop E, Erie area, which covers Franklin, Warren, Meadville, Girard and Erie. She worked several units including patrol, crime, vice and gaming enforcement. She received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Mercyhurst University, graduating summa cum laude in 2010.
During her service to the Commonwealth, Brundage spent 20 years as secretary for Swanson Memorial Lodge #48. Since retiring as a trooper, Brundage has been working part time as a library assistant for the Corry Public Library.
Brundage and her husband, Todd, live on co-op lines in the Corry area.