The Board of Directors of the Southwestern Power Resources Association (SPRA) seeks a visionary leader with a demonstrated commitment to protecting the federal hydropower system, and who possesses strong interpersonal skills to become the next Executive Director. About Southwestern Power Resources Association SPRA is a membership organization that was formed in 1957 by rural electric cooperatives and public power systems in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas to represent their interests and to provide advocacy for the federal hydropower program in these states.  The federal hydropower program in these states is marketed by the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), one of four power marketing administrations of the DOE; and is