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Business Secret #47

Through its partners such as WORKFORCE plus, the EDC is committed to encouraging regional economic development by cultivating a well-trained workforce.

Board of Directors

* Denotes a designated position

Portrait Picture of Kim Williams

Chairman

* Kim Williams
President
Hamilton Leasing Partnership/Marpan Supply Company, Inc.

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Chair-Elect

* Karen B. Moore
President
Moore Consulting Group

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Treasurer

Winston Howell
Managing Partner and Tax Director
Thomas Howell Ferguson, PA

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Executive Director

* Beth Kirkland, CEcD
Executive Director
Economic Development Council

Board Members

For information regarding eligibility for Board service, see the Investment Levels.

*Mr. Parwez Alam
County Administrator
Leon County Courthouse
*Dr. James Ammons
President
Florida A&M University
Mr. Thomas Barron
President
Capital City Bank
Ms. Karen Bass
Partner
Moore Bass Consulting
Mr. Rick Bateman
Owner
Bateman Harden
Ms. Caryn Beck-Dudley
Dean, College of Business
Florida State University
Mr. Bobby Boeneke
President
Residential Elevators
Mr. Mike Brandon
Director of Commercial Real Estate
St. Joe
Chamber Chairman
*Mr. Matt Brown
President
Premier Bank
Mr. Allen Byington
Interim President
Big Bend Regional Healthcare Information
Mr. Van Champion
President
Childers Construction Company
*Ms. Julie Conley (Regional Member)
Executive Director
Jefferson County Economic Development Council
Mr. Rob Cowan
Manager Human Resources
General Dynamics Land Systems
Designee for Commissioner Bryan Desloge
*Honorable John Dailey
County Commissioner
Leon County
*Ms. Sue Dick
President
Economic Development Council and Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Sammie Dixon
CEO
Prime Meridian Bank
Mr. Timothy Edmond
President
CNL Real Estate & Development Corporation
*Ms. Anita Favors Thompson
City Manager
City of Tallahassee
Mr. Bob Gabordi
Executive Editor
Tallahassee Democrat, Inc.
*Mr. David A. Gardner (Regional Member)
Executive Director
Gadsden County Economic Development Council/Chamber of Commerce
Mr. John Hewa
General Manager
Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.
*Mr. Woody Hildebrandt
Principal
Lively Technical Center
Mr. John Hogan
CEO
Capital Health Plan
Ms. Cecilia Homison
CEO
Florida Commerce Credit Union
Mr. Frank E. Jameson
President
Wachovia Bank, N.A., A Wells Fargo Company
Mr. Warren Jones
Vice President
Chief Communications Officer
Public Relations
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Inc.
Designee for Dr. Wetherell
Dr. Kirby Kemper
Vice President for Research
Florida State University
Ms. Patti E. Ketcham
Broker and Owner
Ketcham Realty Group
Mr. Chad Kittrell
Hunter & Harp Holdings, LLC
Mr. Daniel Langston
President
Flightline Group, Inc.
*Dr. Wiliam D. Law, Jr.
President
Tallahassee Community College
Designee for Dr. Ammons
Dr. Henry Lewis III
President
Florida A & M University
Mr. Mark T. Llewellyn, P.E.
President
Genesis Group From Vision to Reality
*Honorable John Marks
Mayor
City of Tallahassee
Ms. KC McWilliams
General Manager
Comcast Cablevision of Tallahassee, Inc.
Mr. Eric Miller
General Manager
CenturyLink
*Mr. Roger Miller (Regional Member)
Eastern Regional Representative
Florida's Great Northwest
Mr. Drew Mitchell
President
Peter Mitchell Associates
Ms. Kimberly Moore
CEO
Workforce Plus
Mr. E. Edward Murray, Jr.
President
TALCOR Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.
*Mr. John Nichols (Regional Member)
Director of Operations
St. Marks Powder
Designee for Anita Favors-Thompson
Mr. Michael Parker
Director of City Economic Development Department
City of Tallahassee
Mr. Robert Parrish
President
Parrish Group
Mr. Thomas Pennekamp
City President, Government Relations Manager
SunTrust Bank
*Mr. Ben Pingree (Regional Member)
Wakulla County Administrator
Wakulla County
*Mr. Jackie Pons
Superintendent
Leon County Schools
Mr. Samuel Rogers, Jr.
CEO
Rogers, Gunter, Vaughn Insurance
Mr. Doug Smith
President
Sonitrol
Chamber Chairman-Elect
*Mr. Todd Sperry
CFO
Oliver Renovation & Construction, Inc.
Mr. Paul Sullivan
Senior Vice President
BB&T
*Honorable Cliff Thaell
County Commissioner
Leon County
Immediate Past Chairman, EDC
*Mr. Tripp Transou
President & Owner
Tri-Eagle Sales
*Dr. T.K. Wetherell
President
Florida State University
Mr. Bud Wethington
CEO
Capital Regional Medical Center
Mr. Frank Williams
President
Florida Developer's, Inc.
*Honorable Gil Ziffer
City Commissioner
City of Tallahassee

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