AREA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
STAFF & BOARD MEMBERS
ADP STAFF
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CHAD NEWELL
President
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TODD JACKSON
Executive Vice President
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GWEN HICKS
Chief Financial Officer
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CHELSEY EVERETT
Vice President of Marketing & Research
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ADAM SCHRAEDER
Economic Development Director
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COLBY BENNETT, MSED
Community Development Manager
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KAITLYN SMITH
Community Development Coordinator
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VANESSA HENSON
Communications & Events Director
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STANCEY COLLINS
Communications & Events Manager
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ANN SCOTT MATHIS
Membership Director
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JAYCE CHAMBLISS
Investor Relations Director
BOARD MEMBERS
OFFICERS
CHAD NEWELL
President
ROMAN GALEY
Chair, SouthGroup Insurance
JOHN JOHNSON
Vice-chair, Hood Companies, Inc.
JOHN GRIFFITH
Treasurer, Cadence Bank
JEFF BOWMAN
Immediate Past Chair, Cooperative Energy
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DR. BRYAN BATSON
Member-at-Large, Hattiesburg Clinic
ANTHONY HARRIS
Economic Development Division Chair, Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association
SHEA MCNEASE
Member-at-Large, Shows, Dearman & Waits, Inc.
DAVID ROBERTS
Chamber of Commerce Division Chair, Roberts Company, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHASE BLANKENSHIP
The First Bank
DR. BEN BURNETT
William Carey University
SHANE GERMANY
Landry Lewis Germany Architects, P.A.
BERNARD GREEN
GlobalGreen Insurance Agency
NELSON HASKIN
Blu Jazz Cafe
BRANDON HUBBARD
Trustmark National Bank
CEDRICK HURD
Mississippi Power
JOSH MARS
Jones Capital
RENEE MOORE
Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC
MICHAEL ROZIER
Rozier Construction
MICHAEL SCHLOEGEL
Hancock Whitney
HALEY WHITE
Hattiesburg Coca-Cola
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
JENNIFER PAYNE
Hattiesburg Convention Commission
TED J. WEBB
Forrest County Industrial Park Commission
FRANK JAMES
Hattiesburg Tourism Commission
EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS
MAYOR TOBY BARKER
City of Hattiesburg
WARREN BYRD
Lamar County Board of Supervisors
MAYOR TONY DUCKER
City of Petal
TERRI BELL
President, Forrest County Board of Supervisors
JOE STEVENS
Board Attorney Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, PA