Carrie Banks, President & Chair
Alabama League of Municipalities
Jim Byard, Vice President
Byard Associates, LLC
Bevin Tomlin, Secretary
Alabama Power Company
Derek Johnson, Treasurer
Regions Bank
Mary Shell, Executive Director
Sidney Hoover, Director Emeritus
Jeremy Arthur
Auburn University-Government and Economic Development Institute
Brandon Bias
Goodwyn Mills & Cawood, Inc.
Kenneth Boswell
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Cristin Brawner
David Mathews Center for Civic Life
Karen Braxton
The University of West Alabama
Brian Davis
Alabama Small Business Development Center Network
Lisa Miller
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
Nisa Miranda
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development
Tami Reist
Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association
Mike Swinson
Spire
Angela Till
Alabama Department of Commerce
Brian Rushing, Associate Council Liaison to Board
University of Alabama Center for Economic Development
Guadalupe Kirby, Liaison to Board
USDA Rural Development
Learn more about our Partners:
Alabama Department of Commerce, Angela Till
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Kenneth Boswell
Alabama League of Municipalities, Carrie Banks
Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, Tami Reist
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, Lisa M. Miller
Alabama Power Company, Bevin Tomlin
Alabama Small Business Development Center Network (Alabama SBDC Network), Brian Davis
Auburn University Government and Economic Development Institute (GEDI), Jeremy Arthur
Byard Associates, LLC, Jim Byard
David Mathews Center for Civic Life, Cristin Brawner
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc., Brandon Bias
Regions Bank, Derek Johnson
SPIRE, Mike Swinson
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, Nisa Miranda
United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA), Guadalupe Kirby
University of West Alabama, Aliquippa Allen