Clark County Tomorrow

Over the last few years, Maddox Industrial Transformer—a high-growth manufacturer headquartered in Battle Ground, Washington—has expanded well beyond the electrical utility market. Through extensive real estate acquisitions, civic leadership appointments, and political positioning, company executives and employees have taken on prominent roles in Clark County’s civic, economic, and governmental institutions.

Investigative reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has illuminated a deliberate effort by Maddox leadership to integrate their faith, business model, and local government.

1. Company-Level & Institutional Involvement

Maddox Industrial Transformer and its corporate leadership maintain formal ties with key business and economic planning bodies across Clark County:

• Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC): Maddox participates as an active business partner in regional economic development and planning.
• Identity Clark County (ICC): Corporate leadership serves within ICC, a private sector business leader organization driving county-wide policy and economic initiatives.
• The Reflector: In June 2026, the Spiller family acquired Battle Ground’s primary local community newspaper through their investment entities, sparking regional discussion regarding media independence and community representation.

2. Key Individuals, Board Positions, and Tenure

The Spiller Family (Camden & Mac Spiller)

• Camden Spiller (CEO):
  • Identity Clark County (ICC) Board of Directors: Appointed October 2022.
  • City of Battle Ground Planning Commission (Position 1): Appointed January 2022 (Term: 2022–2025).
  • First Presbyterian Church (PCA): Elder and Board Member (Active ongoing).
  • The Reflector: Co-owner and publisher (2026).
  • American Reformer: Director (Active ongoing).

Image if from the OPB article as since this became public, they have scrubbed Camden Spiller from their website.

After the news breaking of their business in Battle Ground, numerous websites have been scrubbing their information.

• Mac Spiller (Co-Owner): Co-owner and publisher of The Reflector (2026).

Max Booth (VP of Real Estate Development & Engagement)

• Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) Board: Appointed June 2024 (Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027).
• SW Washington Chapter of the International Code Council (SWW-ICC): Board Officer/Director (Past President).
• Identity Clark County (ICC): Executive representative and business leader.
• CREDC: Maddox corporate liaison.

Eric Overholser (Maddox Employee & City Mayor)

• City of Battle Ground: Elected to City Council Position No. 7 in November 2023 (Term: 2024–2027). Selected by the council to serve a two-year term as Mayor starting January 2026.
• Governmental Boards & Regional Committees:
  • C-TRAN Board of Directors: Served as City Council representative (2024–present).
  • Urban County Policy Board: Regional representative (2024–present).
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) District #2 Board: Member (2024–present).
  • City Ethics & Legislative Committees: Council member representative (2024–present).
• Non-Profit & Community Ministries:
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) SW WA: Board Member (Active ongoing).
  • Clark County Youth Football (CCYF): Area Director & Head Coach (Active ongoing).
  • Church in the Streets: Ministry Director (Active ongoing).

3. Ideology and Quotes on Faith, Business, and Government

Reporting by OPB and GPAHE documented how Camden Spiller and affiliated pastors express a vision that merges corporate expansion, property ownership, and civil governance with explicit Christian theological goals.

On Corporate Expansion as “Colonization”

In public speeches—including an address at Doug Wilson’s Fight Laugh Feast conference—Camden Spiller framed corporate growth not merely as commercial success, but as a cultural mission:

“All corporations disciple their people in a certain worldview, and I wanted to build a company that reflected my own faith and values.”

— Camden Spiller, CEO of Maddox Industrial Transformer

Spiller described Maddox’s acquisition of over 30 real estate parcels across downtown Battle Ground and its hiring practices as a “colonization kind of approach,” adding that staying small is “treason to our time.”

On Church Influence and Governing Unbelievers

Maddox constructed a 14,000-square-foot chapel and event center in Battle Ground for Pastor C.R. Wiley’s congregation. Pastor Wiley, who works closely with Spiller and holds ties to Christian nationalist networks, outlined what the movement seeks in Battle Ground during a religious conference:

What the church wants in Battle Ground is “regime change — owned space in the town… and a decisive say in how the place is run.”

— Pastor C.R. Wiley, First Presbyterian Church (PCA)

Wiley explicitly summarized the role of the church in secular civic life, stating that the church supplies the “resources to govern unbelievers.”

Governing Principles in City Hall

These views have intersected with municipal governance in Battle Ground. Under Mayor Eric Overholser (a Maddox employee) and a council majority containing company ties, the council has:

• Introduced formal pre-meeting prayers.
• Adopted proclamations endorsing a “Traditional Nuclear Family” while scripture was read during official proceedings.
• Passed resolutions celebrating National Days of Prayer alongside proclamations on federal law enforcement.

The intersection of corporate growth, real estate expansion, and civic governance in Battle Ground represents a distinct and deliberate model of “Christian localism” in action. By unifying substantial industrial capital, strategic property acquisitions, media ownership, and active participation in local government boards, Maddox Industrial and its leadership have created an interconnected network of institutional influence. While supporters point to economic revitalization, job creation, and active civic stewardship as clear community benefits, critics and local residents express growing concern over the blur between private commercial interests, religious ideology, and public municipal authority. As Battle Ground continues to navigate this transformation, the town serves as a focal point for national conversations surrounding faith, corporate power, and the future of local civic life.