Advisory Council

The ECDI Advisory Council helps ECDI identify and understand Alabama's economic and community development needs and makes sure that ECDI's goals and activities are addressing the right issues in the right way. The members of the ECDI Advisory Council are:

Leigh Moorer Jones, State Director
Alabama Association of Regional Councils
334-277-2221
lmjones@adss.state.al.us

Nexton Marshall, Project Manager
Alabama Development Office
334-242-0439
marshaln@.ado.state.al.us

Bonnie Durham, ARC Program Director
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
256-845-3472
bdurham@wavemasters.com

Ed Castille, Director
Alabama Industrial Development Training
334-280-4411
director@aidt.edu

Perry Roquemore, Executive Director
Alabama League of Municipalities
334-262-2566
perryr@alalm.org

Bob Howard, Manager
Community Development
Alabama Power Company
205-257-3880
rhhoward@southernco.com

John Shields
Alabama Technology Network
205-943-4808
jshields@atn.org

Ted Little, Senator
Alabama State Senate
334-887-3472
tedlittle@mindspring.com

Mike Hubbard, Representative
Alabama House of Representatives
334-887-9946
hubbard@rephubbard.com

Buddy Sharpless, Executive Director
Association of County Commissions of Alabama
334-263-7594
bsharpless@acca-online.org

Nisa Miranda, Director
Center for Economic Development, University of Alabama
205-348-7048
nmiranda@aitc.ua.edu

Ralph Stacy, President
Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama
334-264-2112
lrstacy@alaweb.com

John Hansen, Executive Director
Economic Development Association of Alabama
334-262-7932
fmds44a@prodigy.net