Our Team
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Chair:
Jim Byard, Jr., Byard Associates, LLC
Immediate Past Chair:
Lisa Miller, Manager of Communications and Economic Development, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
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
Secretary:
Ernie Cowart, Business Information, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
MEMBERS
Brandon Bias, AICP, Regional and Community Planner, Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood
Stephanie Bryan, CEO/Chair Poarch Creek
Clay Carmichael, Cosby-Carmichael, Inc. & City of Selma Councilman Ward 3
Greg Cochran, Executive Director, Alabama League of Municipalities
Veronica Crock, Senior Project Manager, Alabama Department of Commerce - Business Development
Ronald W. Davis, Executive Director, Wiregrass Resource Conservation & Development
Toni Eberhart, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Alexander D. Flachsbart, Founder, Opportunity Alabama
Charles Goodrich, Managing Director of Timberline Venture Investments
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
Kay Lett, Monroeville Campus Director, Coastal Alabama Community College
Matt 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
Charles Simpson, Senior Vice President, Graham & Co.
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
Hunter Gentry, Executive Director, Historic Main Street Oxford
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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