State Economic Development Offices
Listed below is the main contact (department head) for each of the state offices responsible for economic development in our 17-state region.

Alabama - Neal Wade, Director, Alabama Development Office, 401 Adams Avenue, Suite 670, Montgomery, AL 36130-4106, Bus: (334) 353-1717, Fax: (334) 242-5669, E-Mail: waden@ado.state.al.us

Arkansas - Maria Luisa M. Haley, Executive Director, Arkansas Economic Development Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, Bus: (501) 682-7351, Fax: (501) 682-7394

Florida- John Adams, Jr., President, Enterprise Florida, 390 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 1300, Orlando, FL 32801, Bus: (407) 316-4600,E-Mail: jadams@eflorida.com

Georgia - Ken Stewart, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development, 75 5th Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30308, Bus: (404) 962-4000, E-Mail: clesser@georgia.org 

Kansas - Howard Fricke, Commerce Secretary, Kansas State Economic Development Office, Secretary of Commerce, Bus: (785) 296-2741, Fax: (785) 296-3655, E-mail: hfricke@kansascommerce.com

Kentucky - John Hindman, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Old Capitol Annex, 300 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, Bus: (502) 564-7670, Fax: (502) 564-1535, E-Mail: econdev@ky.gov

Louisiana - Stephen Moret, Secretary of Economic Development, Louisiana Department of Economic Development, P.O. Box 94185, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9185, Bus: (225) 342-5388, Fax: (225) 342-9095, E-Mail: lisa.bryant@la.gov 

Maryland - Dave Edgerley, Secretary, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 217 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-3316, Bus: (410) 767-6301, E-Mail: david.edgerley@montgomerycountymed.gov

Mississippi - Gray Swoope, Chief Operating Officer, Mississippi Development Authority, P.O. Box 849, Jackson, MS 39205, Bus: (601) 359-9388, Fax: (601) 359-3613,
E-Mail: gswoope@mississippi.org

Missouri - Greg Steinhoff, Director, Missouri Department of Economic Development, P.O. Box 1157, 301 High Street, Room 680, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Bus: (573) 751-4962, Fax: (573) 526-7700, E-Mail: greg.steinhoff@ded.mo.gov

North Carolina - Jim Fain, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Commerce, 301 North Wilmingtion Street, 4301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4301,
Bus: (919) 733-3449, Fax: (979) 715-9593, E-Mail: jfain@nccommerce.com

Oklahoma - Tom O'Neill, Chief Operating Officer, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 26980, Oklahoma City, OK 73126, Bus: (405) 815-5202, E-Mail: tom_oneill@odoc.state.ok.us

South Carolina - Joe E. Taylor, Jr., Secretary, South Carolina Department of Commerce, 1201 Main Street, Suite 1600, Columbia, SC 29201 Bus: (803) 737-0450, Fax: (803) 737-0894

Tennessee - Matt Kisber, Commissioner, TN Department of Economic and Community Development, 312 Eighth Avenue, North, TN Towers, 11th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243-0405, Bus: (615) 741-1888, Fax: (615) 741-7306, E-Mail: matt.kisber@state.tn.us

Texas- Aaron Demerson, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Economic Development & Tourism, P.O. Box 12728, Austin, TX 78711

Virginia - Jeff Anderson, Executive Director, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, P.O. Box 798, 901 East Byrd Street, Richmond, VA 23218-0798 Bus: (804) 545-5612, Fax: (804) 545-5611, E-mail: janderson@yesvirginia.org

West Virginia - Steve Spence, Executive Director, West Virginia Development Office, State Capitol Complex, Building 6, Charleston, WV 25305-0311, Bus: (304) 558-2234, Fax: (304) 558-1189, E-Mail: sspence@wvdo.org

 
 

 

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