Bio

Sean Vanslyke is CEO and Head Coach of SEMO Electric Cooperative and GoSEMO Fiber. More importantly, he is a dad, a grandpa and founder of The Friday Feature. With more than 30 years of leading teams, Sean serves as a guide and mentor to individuals because he loves to see people do things they never thought was possible. Sean holds a master’s from the University of Illinois-Springfield, a bachelor’s from Missouri Southern State University and is a graduate of NRECA’s Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is board director for the Energy Education Council (SafeElectricity.org), serves on the advisory committee for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, is past president of the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives and a past board director for Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. #keeppushingforward #alwaysinterviewing #leadwithyourheart #positivityinfluencer #thefridayfeature #teamsemo #gosemo As a university dropout with a 1.8 GPA, Sean became one of the nation's youngest editor/publisher because he was an award-winning photographer. After a tough three years of managing, but not leading, he left the newspaper world to focus on becoming a better husband, father and leader. Now with more than three decades of leading large and small organizations, he is regarded as an exceptional business leader and coach. With this teams, he has rebuilt several organizations to provide untold value to employees, members and shareholders. Sean shares his stories as a keynote speaker and facilitator to help others push forward to do things they thought impossible.