Board of Directors

Mark J. James, CEcD, EDI Dean
Vice President - Retired
Economic and Business Development
American Electric Power
Phone: (614) 716-2396
markjamesoh@gmail.com

Peter Abramo, PhD, CEcD
Director of Entrepreneurship
The College of Wooster
Gault Library
1140 Beall Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: (330) 749-4547
pabramo@gmail.com
 

Erik Collins, MA
Director
Montgomery County
Community and Economic Development
451 West Third Street, 10^th Floor
Dayton, OH 45422
Phone: (937) 901-5574
erik_collins@att.net

Kirk Garton, CMA
Director
Center for Community, Energy, and Economic Development
University of Oklahoma
1700 Asp Avenue, Suite 209
Norman, OK  73072
Phone: (405) 325-3136
kgarton@ou.edu

Robert Trey Hough, III
Senior Vice President
The First, A National Banking Association
1300 25^th Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone:  (601) 624-8652
Email:  hough@mc.edu

Barry I. Matherly, CEcD, FM
President and CEO
Hickey Global
1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (917) 410-4626
bmatherly@hickeyglobal.com

Mary Ann Moon, CEcD, FM, HLM
Executive Director
Prosper Economic Development Corporation
121 West Broadway Street
Prosper, Texas 75078
(972) 569-1170 Office
(601) 900-8066 Mobile
maryann@prosperedc.com

Sharon Younger, PhD
President
Younger Associates, LLC
97 Directors Row, Suite 100
Jackson, TN  38305
Phone: 731.668.7367
sharon@younger-associates.com

Derieth Sutton
Vice President, Economic Development and Government Relations
Niagara Bottling, LLC
7633 American Way
Groveland, FL 34736
Phone: (949) 910-3950
dsutton@niagarawater.com

Ed Nelson
Chairman and CEO
EANI Consulting, Inc.
6874 Deer Creek Trace
Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087
Phone: (770) 256-5605
eanjr@eaninternational.com