Rooted in Service

Celebrating Jamie Williams and Her 10-Year Service Anniversary

For Jamie Williams, helping Northern Lights, Inc. members establish an electric service is about more than processing an application. It’s about helping people take an important step toward making a piece of property a home or turning plans for a new business into reality.

“I like helping people, and it’s something new every day,” Jamie says. “You get a chance to know the members, and I really like that.”

That commitment to helping others has been a constant throughout her 10 years with Northern Lights.

Jamie joined the cooperative in September 2016, beginning in member service at the front counter. About six months later, she moved into new services, where she continues to help guide members through the process of bringing power to a new property. She processes applications, works with members on property information and easements, coordinates with the cooperative’s engineering team, and helps move projects through the steps necessary to connect members to the electric system.

It’s a job that requires patience, attention to detail, and plenty of communication—qualities Jamie believes are especially important for anyone in member service.

Jamie’s roots in the Northern Lights service area run deep. She grew up north of Sandpoint, graduated from Sandpoint High School and—with the exception of a year in Coeur d’Alene while attending North Idaho College—has spent her life in the area.

Today, she lives in the same house on the farm where she grew up. Her identical twin sister lives just a driveway over. The 2 talk every day and are often mistaken for each other.

Northern Lights, which delivers power to the family farm, has always been familiar to Jamie. Family members and friends had worked for the cooperative and shared that it was a great place to work.

“I truly enjoy my job,” Jamie says. A big part of that is those working alongside her. “We spend more time here most days than we do at home,” Jamie says. “Co-workers make the day enjoyable and fun.”

Those co-workers describe Jamie as someone who wants to do her job well. She’s humble, encouraging, and hardworking. When Jamie leaves Northern Lights at the end of the day, work on the farm is waiting.

After her father passed away 15 years ago, Jamie and her husband, Brad, continued operating the family farm, an accomplishment she is especially proud of.

Now their 2 daughters make up the fifth generation on the farm, attending the same schools Jamie did. The family spends much of their free time participating in 4-H and showing livestock. Their hard work has paid off, including a Champion Market Hog and Champion Market Steer at the 2026 Bonner County Fair.

Whether she’s helping a member connect electricity with an account at a new property during the weekdays or bringing cattle home for the winter and weaning calves on the weekends, Jamie’s life is rooted in service, family, community, and lots of ’90s country music.