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 Bias, AICP, Regional and Community Planner, Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood
Tim Blair, CCIM, CPM, Partner, Shannon Waltchack
Stephanie Bryan, CEO/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
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
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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