OFFICERS
(July 2019 – June 2020)
President:
Rudy Johnson, Golden Triangle Planning and Development District
PO Box 828
Starkville, Mississippi 39760-0828
662-324-7860 Office
662-324-7328 Fax
rjohnson@gtpdd.com
www.gtpdd.com
Counties: Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston
1st Vice President:
Mark Farley, Upper Cumberland Development District
1225 South Willow Avenue
Cookeville, Tennessee 38501
931-432-4111 Office
mfarley@ucdd.org
www.ucdd.org
Counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Macon, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, VanBuren, Warren, White
2nd Vice President:
Jeannette Wierzbicki, Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association
326 Highland Avenue, Suite B
Cambridge, Ohio 43725
740-439-4471 Office
jeannettew@omegadistrict.org
www.omegadistrict.org
Counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, Tuscarawas
Secretary:
Jeff Box, Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance
1151 Oak Street
Pittston, PA 18640-3795
570-655-5581 Office
jbox@nepa-alliance.org
www.nepa-alliance.org
Counties: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Wayne
Treasurer:
Steve Pelissier, South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments
PO Box 6668
Greenville, South Carolina 29606
864-242-9733 Office
864-242-6957 Fax
pelissier@scacog.org
www.scacog.org
Counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg
Immediate Past President:
Jim Baldwin, Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
224 Clydesway Drive, PO Box 548
Labanon, Virginia 24266
276-889-1778 Office
276-889-5732 Fax
jimbaldwin@bvunet.net
www.cppdc.org
Counties: Buchanan, Dickenson, Russel, Tazewell
MEMBERS AND STATE REPRESENTED
ALABAMA
Jeff Pruitt, North Central Alabama Council of Local Governments
216 Jackson Street, SE, P.O. Box C
Decatur, Alabama 35601
256-355-4515 Office
pruitt@adss.alabama.gov
www.narcog.org
Counties: Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan
GEORGIA
Heather Feldman, Georgia Mountains Regional Commission
P.O. Box 1720
Gainesville, GA 30503
770-538-2606 Office
hfeldman@gmrc.ga.gov
http://www.gmrc.ga.gov/
Counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
KENTUCKY
Sherry McDavid, FIVCO Area Development District
32 FIVCO Court
Grayson, Kentucky 41143
606-929-1366 Office
sherry@fivco.org
www.fivco.org
Counties: Boyd, Caater, Elliott, Greenup, Lawrence
MARYLAND
Leanne Mazer, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, Inc.
One Technology Drive, Suite 1000
Frostburg, Maryland 21532
301-689-1300 Office
301-689-1313 Fax
leanne@tccwmd.org
www.tccwmd.org
Counties: Allegany, Garrett, Washington
MISSISSIPPI
Steve Russell, North Central Planning and Development District
28 Industrial Park Boulevard
Winona, MS 38967
662-283-2675 Office
srussell@ncpdd.org
www.ncpdd.org
Counties: Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Yalobusha
NEW YORK
Jennifer Gregory, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning Development Board
8 Denison Parkway East, Suite 310
Corning, New York 14830
607-962-5092 Office
jgregory@steny.org
www.stcplanning.org
Counties: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben
NORTH CAROLINA
Scott Dadson, Isothermal Planning & Development Commission
111 W. Court Street, PO Box 841
Rutherfordton NC 28139-0841
828-287-2281
sdadson@regionc.org
www.regionc.org
Counties: Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford
OHIO
John Hemmings, Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission
73 Progress Dr
Waverly, OH 45690-1196
(740) 947-2853 Office
jhemmings@ovrdc.org
https://www.ovrdc.org/
Counties: Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton (Fayette)
PENNSYLVANIA
Jill Foys, Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
395 Seneca Street
PO Box 1127
Oil City, PA 16301
814-677-4800 x116 Office
jillf@nwcommission.org
http://www.northwestpa.org/
Counties: Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren
SOUTH CAROLINA
Steve Pelissier, South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments
PO Box 6668
Greenville, South Carolina 29606
864-242-9733 Office
864-242-6957 Fax
pelissier@scacog.org
www.scacog.org
Counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg
TENNESSEE
Beth Jones, Southeast Tennessee Development District
1000 Riverfront Parkway/P.O. Box 4757
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
423-266-5781 Office
bjones@sedev.org
www.sedev.org
Counties: Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie
VIRGINIA
David Hoback, West Piedmont Planning District Commission
1100 Madison Street, PO Box 5268
Martinsville, VA 24115-5268
276-638-3987 Office
dhoback@wppdc.org
www.wppdc.org
Counties: Henry, Patrick; and city of Martinsville (Franklin, Pittsylvania; and city of Danville)
WEST VIRGINIA
Chris Chiles, Region 2- KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission and Development Council
400 Third Avenue, PO Box 939
Huntington, WV 25712
276-638-3987 Office
cchiles@region2pdc.org
www.wppdc.org
Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Wayne
Note: Parenthses indicate non-Appalachian counties and independent cities included with the development districts.
ARC Liaison
Karen Fabiano, POWER Initiative Manager
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-884-7759 Office
202-884-7691 Fax
kfabiano@arc.gov
www.arc.gov