OFFICERS
(July 2025 – June 2026)
President:
Dennis Stripling, West Alabama Regional Commission
4200 Highway 69 North, Suite 1 P.O. Box 509
Northport, Alabama 34576
205-333-2990 Office
dennis.stripling@westal.org
www.westal.org
Counties: Bibb, Fayette, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, (Greene)
1st Vice President:
Chelsea Robertson, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
8 Denison Parkway East, Suite 310
Coming, New York 14830
607-962-5092
crobertson@stcplanning.org
www.stcplanning.org
Counties: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben
Secretary:
Nathan Ramsey, Land of Sky Regional Council
339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 140
Asheville, North Carolina 28806
828-251-6622 x105 Office
nathan@landofsky.org
http://landofsky.org/
Counties: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania
Treasurer:
Steve Pelissier, South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments
P.O. Drawer 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:
Chris Chiles, Region 2 Planning and Development Council
400 Third Avenue
P.O. Box 939
Huntington, West Virginia 25712
304-529-3357 Office
cchiles@region2pdc.org
www.region2pdc.org
Counties: Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Wayne
MEMBERS AND STATE REPRESENTED
ALABAMA
Michelle Gilliam Jordan, Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
5075 Research Drive NW
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
256-716-2444 Office
michelle.jordan@tarcog.us
https://tarcog.us/
Counties: DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall
GEORGIA
Boyd Austin, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission
1 Jackson Hill Drive
PO Box 1798
Rome, Georgia 30162
706 295-6485
baustin@nwgrc.org
www.negrc.org
Counties: Barrow, Elbert, Jackson, Madison, (Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton)
KENTUCKY
Joshua Farrow, Gateway Area Development District
110 Lake Park Drive
Morehead, Kentucky 40351
606-780-0090 Office
joshua.farrow@ky.gov
https://gwadd.org/
Counties: Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan
MARYLAND
Elizabeth Stahlman, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, Inc.
One Technology Drive, Suite 1000
Frostburg, Maryland 21532
301-689-1300 Office
301-689-1313 Fax
elizabeth@tccwmd.org
www.tccwmd.org
Counties: Allegany, Garrett, Washington
MISSISSIPPI
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
NEW YORK
Jen Gregory, Southern Tier West LDD
49 Court Street, Suite 222 Metrocenter
Binghamton, New York 13901
607-287-9536
jgregory@southerntier8.org
https://www.southerntier8.org/
Counties: Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins
NORTH CAROLINA
Danna Stansbury, Foothills Regional Commission
111 W. Court Street PO Box 841
Rutherfordton NC 28139-0841
828-351-2373
dstansbury@foothillsregion.org
https://frcnc.gov/
Counties: McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, (Cleveland)
OHIO
Kathy Zook, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
100 E Federal Street. #1000
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
330-779-3800 x114 Office
kzook@eastgatecog.org
https://eastgatecog.org
Counties: Ashatabula, Trumbull, Mahoning
PENNSYLVANIA
Jim Chorney, North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
49 Ridgmont Drive
Ridgway, Pennsylvania 15853
814-773-3162 Office
jchorney@ncentral.com
http://www.ncentral.com/
Counties: Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren
SOUTH CAROLINA
Randy Imler, Catawba Regional Council of Governments
215 Hampton Street #200
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730
803-327-9041 Office
rimler@catawbacog.org
http://catabacog.org
Counties: Chester, Lancaster, Union, York
TENNESSEE
Chuck Hammonds, Southeast Tennessee Development District
1000 Riverfront Pkwy
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
423-424-4264 Office
chammonds@sedev.org
https://www.sedev.org/
Counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White
VIRGINIA
Scotty Wampler, Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
224 Clydesway Drive
Lebanon, Virginia 24266
276-889-1778
swampler@cppdc.org
https://cppdc.com/
Counties: Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe, Cities of Bristol & Galax
WEST VIRGINIA
John Tuggle, Region 4 Planning and Development Council
885 Broad Street #100
Summersville, West Virginia 26651
304-872-4970 x307 Office
jtuggle@reg4wv.org
https://reg4wv.org
Counties: Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster
Note: Parentheses indicate non-Appalachian counties and independent cities included with the development districts.
ARC Liaisons
Karen Fabiano, POWER Initiative Manager
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
202-884-7759 Office
202-884-7691 Fax
kfabiano@arc.gov
www.arc.gov
Jaclyn Courter, Program Analyst
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
jcourter@arc.gov
www.arc.gov