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
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
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Jennifer Schuette - Donor Relations and Administrative Manager
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