OFFICERS
(July 2022 – June 2023)
President:
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
1st Vice President:
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
2nd Vice President:
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
Secretary:
Chris Chiles, Region 2 – KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission and Development Council
400 Third Avenue
P.O. Box 939
Huntington, WV 25712
304-529-3357 Office
cchiles@region2pdc.org
www.region2pdc.org
Counties: Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Wayne
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:
Jeanette Wierzbicki, Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association
326 Highland Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725
740-439-4471 Office
jeannettew@omegadistrict.org
www.omegadistrict.org
Counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, Tuscarawas
MEMBERS AND STATE REPRESENTED
ALABAMA
Dennis Stripling, West Alabama Regional Commission
4200 Highway 69 North, Suite 1 P.O. Box 509
Northport, AL 34576
205-333-2990 Office
dennis.stripling@westal.org
www.westal.org
Counties: Bibb, Fayette, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, (Greene)
GEORGIA
Burke Walker, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission
305 Research Drive
Athens, GA 30605
706-369-5650
bwalker@negrc.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, KY 40351
606-780-0090 Office
joshua.farrow@ky.gov
https://gwadd.org/
Counties: Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan
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
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
Chelsea Robertson, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
8 Denison Parkway East, Suite 310
Coming, NY 14830
607-962-5092
crobertson@stcplanning.org
www.stcplanning.org
Counties: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben
NORTH CAROLINA
Nathan Ramsey, Land of Sky Regional Council
339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 140
Asheville, NC 28806
828-251-6622 x105 Office
nathan@landofsky.org
http://landofsky.org/
Counties: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Transylvania
OHIO
Kathy Zook, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
100 E Federal Street. #1000
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-779-3800 x114 Office
kzook@eastgatecog.org
https://eastgatecog.org
Counties: Ashatabula, Trumbull, Mahoning
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
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
Mark Farley, Upper Cumberland Development District
1225 South Willow Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-432-4111 Office
mfarley@ucdd.org
https://ucdd.org
Counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White
VIRGINIA
Aaron Sizemore, Mount Rogers Planning District Commission
1021 Terrace Drive
Marion, VA 24354
276-783-5103 x311
asizemore@mrpdc.org
https://mrpdc.org/
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, WV 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 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