Jim served as both a Board member and Executive Committee member of EDAA. He currently serves on the ATN Advisory Council, the Alabama Productivity Center Advisory Board, the Alabama Workforce Development Board and holds Board positions in several other economic development related organizations.
Jim has a Bachelors Degree in Public Administration from Auburn University and holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Auburn University Montgomery.
Sheri is married to David Fowler and has three daughters, Brandi, Heather and Whitney.
Officers
President
Angela Smith
Senior Project Manager
Alabama Department of Commerce
First Vice President
Jamie Troutman
Gov. Affairs & Community Dev.
Cullman Economic Development Agency
Second Vice President
Melody Whitten
Economic Development Coordinator
Alabama Community College Systems
Secretary/Treasurer
Shane Kearney
Director – Economic & Community Development
Alabama Power Company
Immediate Past President
Taylor Williams
Governmental Affairs & Economic Development Director
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Board of Directors
Cary Cox
Workforce Development – BR&E
Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
Nathan Lee
President/CEO
Jackson County Economic Development Authority
Allison Brantley
Director, Economic Development
The University of West Alabama
Chris Busby
Executive Director
Chambers County Development Authority
Lee Johnson
Executive Vice President
Baldwin County EDA
Lisa Miller
Manager of External Affairs
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
Vince Perez
Director of Economic Development
Southeast Gas
David Padgett
Economic Developer
Bullock County Development Authority
Kevin Jackson
President
Shoals Economic Development Authority
Ex-Officios
Ed Castile
Executive Director
Alabama Industrial Development Training
Lee D. Sentell
Kenneth Boswell
Greg Barker
Ellen McNair
Past Presidents
Taylor Williams 2023-2024
Brooks Kracke 2022-2023
Megan McGowen Crouch 2020 – 2022
David Knight 2019 – 2020
Patrick Murphy 2018 – 2019
Lee Lawson 2017 – 2018
Greg Knighton 2016 – 2017
Lori Huguley 2015 – 2016
Hollie Pegg 2014 – 2015
Jeremy Nails 2013 – 2014
Valerie Gray 2012 – 2013
Ken Novak 2011 – 2012
Tate Godfrey 2010 – 2011
Troy Wayman 2009 – 2010
Calvin Miller 2008 – 2009
Brian Hilson 2007 – 2008
Phillis Belcher 2006 – 2007
Don Hopper 2005 – 2006
Louis Lockhart 2004 – 2005
Lamar Smith 2003 – 2004
Dale Greer 2002 – 2003
Greg Barker 2001 – 2002
Alfred Cook 2000 – 2001
Dara Longgrear 1999 – 2000
Griffin Lassiter 1998 – 1999
Forrest Wright 1997 – 1998
David Roberts 1996 – 1997
Michael Harbin 1995 – 1996
Theodore VonCannon 1994 – 1995
Peggy Smith 1993 – 1994
Tucson Roberts/ Ellen McNair 1992 – 1993
Newell Baker 1991 – 1992
Victor Wyatt 1990 – 1991
David Hutchison 1989 – 1990
Ted Levi 1988 – 1989
Mike Gayman 1987 – 1988
Tommy Ed Roberts 1986 – 1987
Dale Hubbard 1985 – 1986
Larry Merihew 1984 – 1985
Michael B. McCain 1983 – 1984
Ed Pitchford 1982 – 1983
David Gladney 1981 – 1982
Randall George 1980 – 1981
Ted Hackney 1979 – 1980
Mike Roberts 1978 – 1979
Fred Denton 1977 – 1978
Glenn Taylor 1976 – 1977
Stanley E. Ship 1975 – 1976
John Hawthorne 1974 – 1975
Guy Nerren 1973 – 1974
George Wurtel 1972 – 1973
Jim Chenery 1971 – 1972
Richard S. Reid 1970 – 1971
John Washburn 1969 – 1970
Sheldon Morgan 1968 – 1969
T. Nelson 1967 – 1968