2021 Associates Council Officers
Chair | Brian Rushing, The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development |
Vice Chair | Allison Brantley, The University of West Alabama |
Secretary | Taylor Stewart, City of Prattville |
Associates Council
Aliquippa Allen | The University of West Alabama |
Alan Axford | Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission |
Charles Ball | Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham |
Carrie Banks | Alabama League of Municipalities |
Toby Bennington | City of Anniston |
Carolyn Bern | Bureau of Professional and Support Services |
Brandon Bias | Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc. |
Lucas Blankenship | Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments |
Wendi Boyen | Regions Bank |
Deborah Boykin | Alabama State Council on the Arts |
Allison Brantley | University of West Alabama |
Cristin Brawner | David Mathews Center for Civic Life |
Liz Burgess | Alabama Dept. of Commerce |
Diane Burnett | South Alabama Regional Planning Commission |
Kenneth Boswell | ADECA |
Sara Byard | Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission |
John Chamberlain | Primary Care Direct |
Rebecca Cleveland | David Mathews Center for Civic Life |
Gina Clifford | Design Alabama |
Liz Cochran | ADECA |
Shanda Davidson | TerraXplorations |
Brian Davis | Alabama Small Business Development Center Network |
Tracy Delaney | Delaney Consultant Services, Inc. |
Jessica Dent | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Dale Dickens | Alabama Forestry Commission |
Barbara Edwards | Alabama State Council on the Arts |
Benjamin Farmer | Farmer | Morgan L.L.C. |
Marshall Farmer | Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham |
Scott Farmer | Southeast Regional Planning Commission |
Donna Fathke | East AL Regional Planning Commission |
Jennifer Felder | ADECA |
Alex Flachsbart | Balch & Bingham LLP |
Jason Fondren | KPS Group |
Roger Fortner | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Melissa Galvin | UAB |
Hannah Garmon | Alabama Historical Commission |
Diane Glenn | East AL Regional Planning Commission |
Caleb Goodwyn | PowerSouth Energy Cooperative |
Albertha Grant | East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission |
Jennifer Green | Center for Econ Dev & Bus Research – JSU |
Sheena Quizon Gregg | The University of Alabama, Department of Health Promotion and Wellness |
Scott Griess | Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments |
Jessica Hardy | ADPH |
Alan Head | Alabama State Council on the Arts |
Mary Helmer | Main Street Alabama |
Beverly Helton | USDA Rural Development |
Warren Hicks | Tennessee Valley Authority |
William Hodge | Alabama Association of RC&D Councils |
Ken Hollingsworth | ADECA |
Sidney Hoover | Alabama Communities of Excellence |
Angela Howard | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Tyson Howard | South Central AL Development Commission |
Jan Hume | Alabama School Readiness Alliance |
Candace C. Johnson | UA Center for Economic Development |
Cory Johnson | West Alabama Regional Commission |
Eugene Johnson | Alabama Department of Commerce |
John Johnson | Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance |
Yolanda Johnson | Alabama Small Business Development Center |
Kellie Johnston | Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. |
Keith Jones | Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments |
Ryan Kallem | East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission |
Chuck Kelly | Kelly Landscape Architects, LLC |
Paul Kennedy | Walker Area Community Foundation |
Jane Knight | Alabama Hospital Association |
Dawn Landholm | East AL Regional Planning Commission |
David Langham | INTL FCStone |
Will Liner | Alabama Forestry Commission |
Jose Llanes | Auburn University |
Wiley Lott | Southeast Alabama Gas District |
Justin Lutz | David Mathews Center for Civic Life |
Stephen McNair | McNair Historic Preservation, Inc. |
Steve Meany | Information Transport Solutions, Inc. |
Arturo Menefee | The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development |
Chris Miller | South Alabama Regional Planning Commission |
Lisa Miller | Alabama Municipal Electric Authority |
Michael Mills | North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments |
Nisa Miranda | The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development |
Mike Oakley | Alabama Power Company |
John Olsen | FDIC |
Eddie Postell | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Jeff Pruitt | North-Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments |
Dale Quinney | AL Rural Health Association |
Tami Reist | Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association |
John Clyde Riggs | Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission |
Nancy Robertson | Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments |
Brian Rushing | The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development |
Will Ruzic | Coastal Gateway |
Jim Searcy | Economic Development Association of Alabama |
Mary Shell | Alabama Historical Commission |
Carrie Shepherd | Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, Alabama Department of Public Health |
Ken Smith | Alabama League of Municipalities |
Thomas Solomon | Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission |
Julia Sosa | Alabama Department of Public Health |
Ephraim Stockdale | Alabama Power Company, Economic & Community Development |
Joe Sumners | Government and Economic Development Institute – Auburn University |
Tommie Syx | Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute |
Nicole Taylor | South Alabama Regional Planning Commission in Mobile |
Darlene Thompson | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Sanquenetta Thompson | Division of Economic and Community Outreach University of West Alabama |
Angela Till | Alabama Department of Commerce |
Scott Tillman | Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham |
Larry Watts | Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Inc. |
Lauren Vandiver | TVA |
Ben Wieseman | REV Birmingham |
Nathan Willingham | Northwest AL Council of Local Governments |
Lee Anne Wofford | Alabama Historical Commission |