Meet Our Staff

Outside Sales

Chip Williams

President

  • 29 years in the utility industry
  • TVE 1991-95
  • Hughes Supply 1995-96
  • Ruffin And Associates 1996-2004, 
  • TVE 2004-06
  • Ruffin and Associates 2006-present, Sales

Account responsibilities – MLG&W

Email me: chip@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (901)289-8549

**owner**

Tim Faulkner

West Tennessee, North Mississippi

  • Jackson Energy Authority 1980-2019
  • Ruffin and Associates 2019-present

Email me: tim@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (731)616-8892

Jim Ratliff

  •  39 years in the utility industry
  • Kyle Reclosers (NSM) 1981-1994
  • Wesco 1994-2002
  • Ruffin and Associates 2002-present, Sales

Middle and East Tennessee, Co-ops and, Municipalities

Email me: jim@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (865)806-3977

Aaron Duplechin

  • 21 years in the utility industry
  • SLECA Electric Co-op 1999-2001
  • National Contractors 2001-2002
  • SLECA-2002-2017
  • Ruffin and Associates 2017-present

Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Co-ops and Municipalities

Email me: aaron@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (985)709-2896

Todd Martin

  • 36 years in the utility industry
  • Teche Elec Coop 1984-1989
  • Statewide/WESCO 1989-2005
  • Ruffin and Associates 2005-present, Sales

Cleco, Entergy

Email me: todd@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (337)519-3934

**owner**

TJ Curtis

  • 25 Years in the Industry
  • South Central Electric Cooperative – Operations 1999 – 2019
  • Anixter/Wesco – Utility Sales 2019 – 2021
  • Graybar – Utility Sales 2020 – 2021
  • South Central Electric Cooperative – Engineering and Operations 2021 – 2023
  • Ruffin and Associates – Sales 2023 – Present

Arkansas Co-ops and Municipalities, Entergy support

Email me: tj@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (870)260-5669

Jonathan Childers

  • 10 Years in the Utility Industry
  • Clinton Utility Board 2014 – 2024
  • Ruffin and Associates 2025 – Present

Middle and East Tennessee – Co-ops and Municipalities

Email me: jchilders@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (865)384-9744

Inside Sales

Lindsey Hyatt

Quotations, Order Management, Expediting

Email me: lindsey@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (901)452-4313

Tonya Dawson

Inside Sales, Quotations, Order Management, Expediting

Email me: tonya@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (901)452-4313

Melissa Shehan

Technical Support

Email me: Melissa@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (901)452-4313

Doña Rogers

Quotations

Email me: drogers@ruffin-associates.com

Phone: (985)232-2331

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