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Our Team

Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Chair:
Jim Byard, Jr.
, Byard Associates, LLC

Chair, Governance Committee:
Nisa Miranda, Director, University of Alabama Center for Economic Development

Chair, Development Committee:
Paul Carruthers, Regional Community Affairs Manager, Regions Bank

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair:
Paul Kennedy, President, Walker Area Community Foundation


MEMBERS

Jeremy Arthur, IOM, CCE, Director, Government and Economic Development Institute, Auburn University Outreach

Brandon BiasAICP, Regional and Community Planner, Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood

Tim Blair, CCIM, CPM, Partner, Shannon Waltchack

Stephanie BryanCEO/Chair Poarch Creek 

Greg Cochran, Executive Director, Alabama League of Municipalities

Ronald W. Davis, Executive Director, Wiregrass Resource Conservation & Development 

Toni Eberhart, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton 

Dennis Fain, Retired, Jackson Thornton/Main Street Wetumpka Treasurer

Charles Goodrich, Managing Director of Timberline Venture Investments

Deon Gordon, President, TechBirmingham

Pammie Jimmar, President, Greater Limestone County Chamber of Commerce

Tina Naremore Jones, PH.D., Vice President of the Division of Economic & Workforce Development at the University of West Alabama 

Matthew McCurry, Manager of Business Development, Alabama Power 

Steve Pelham, Associate VP for Economic Development, Auburn University Research and Innovation Center

Tami Reist, President/CEO, Alabama Mountain Lakes Association

Joshua Vick, Business Development Lead, Spire 

Ex Officio Members

Kenneth Boswell, Director, Alabama Dept. of Economic & Community Affairs (ADECA)

Greg Canfield, Director, Alabama Department of Commerce Represented by Eddie Postell, Director of Small Business Advocacy

State Sen. Clyde Chambliss

State Rep. Anthony Daniels

Scott Farmer, Executive Director, Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission

Lisa Jones, Executive Director Alabama Historical Commission Represented by Clara Nobles, Legislative Liason

Connie Payton, City Clerk, City of Calera

Christian Sanford, State Representative, Office of Senator Richard Shelby

Jo Jo Terry, CTIS, IOM, Digital Marketing Director/Gulf Coast Regional Director, Alabama Tourism Department

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