Our Team

Board of Directors

OFFICERS

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

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

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

Co-Chair, Governance Committee:
Brandon Bias, AICP, Regional and Community Planner, Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood Landscape Architecture and Community Planning

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

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair:
Dennis Fain, Retired, Jackson Thornton/Main Street Wetumpka Treasurer

Secretary:
Tina Naremore Jones, Development, University of West Alabama

MEMBERS

Tim Blair, CCIM, CPM, Partner, Shannon Waltchack

Stephanie Bryan, CEO/Chair Poarch Creek represented by Amy Gantt, Treasurer, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribal Council

Greg Cochran, Executive Director, Alabama League of Municipalities

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

Toni Eberhart, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Charles Goodrich, Managing Director of Timberline Venture Investments

Deon Gordon, President, TechBirmingham

Pammie Jimmar, President, Greater Limestone County Chamber of Commerce

Paul Kennedy, President, Walker Area Community Foundation

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

David Walker, Chief Financial Officer, Graham & Co.

Ex Officio Members

Courtney Bennett, Director Liason, Montevallo Main Street Executive Director

Kenneth Boswell, Director, Alabama Dept. of Economic & Community Affairs (ADECA), represented by Elaine Fincannon, Deputy Director, 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 Paige Thomas, Certified Local Government (CLG) Coordinator/Community Preservation Grants Coordinator/Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, Alabama Historical Commission

Connie Payton, City Clerk, City of Calera

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

Staff

Mary Helmer Wirth - President/State Coordinator
Trisha Black - Assistant State Coordinator
Tanya Maloney - Field Services Specialist
Jennifer Schuette - Donor Relations and Administrative Manager

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Quick Facts

Main Street is a powerful network of linked communities.

Main Street is a proven strategy for revitalization.

Main Streets are prominent employment centers

Main Streets help keep profits in town

Our Main Streets tell us who we are, who we were and how the past has shaped us.

Main Street Alabama was launched in 2013.

Our Main Streets are places of shared memory where people still come together to live, work and play.

Main Street is a unique preservation based economic development program.