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
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CHAD NEWELL
President
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ROMAN GALEY
Chair, SouthGroup Insurance
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JOHN JOHNSON
Vice-chair, Hood Companies, Inc.
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JOHN GRIFFITH
Treasurer, Cadence Bank
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JEFF BOWMAN
Immediate Past Chair, Cooperative Energy
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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DR. BRYAN BATSON
Member-at-Large, Hattiesburg Clinic
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ANTHONY HARRIS
Economic Development Division Chair, Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association
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SHEA MCNEASE
Member-at-Large, Shows, Dearman & Waits, Inc.
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DAVID ROBERTS
Chamber of Commerce Division Chair, Roberts Company, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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CHASE BLANKENSHIP
The First Bank
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DR. BEN BURNETT
William Carey University
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SHANE GERMANY
Landry Lewis Germany Architects, P.A.
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BERNARD GREEN
GlobalGreen Insurance Agency
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NELSON HASKIN
Blu Jazz Cafe
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BRANDON HUBBARD
Trustmark National Bank
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CEDRICK HURD
Mississippi Power
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JOSH MARS
Jones Capital
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RENEE MOORE
Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC
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MICHAEL ROZIER
Rozier Construction
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MICHAEL SCHLOEGEL
Hancock Whitney
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HALEY WHITE
Hattiesburg Coca-Cola
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
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JENNIFER PAYNE
Hattiesburg Convention Commission
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TED J. WEBB
Forrest County Industrial Park Commission
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FRANK JAMES
Hattiesburg Tourism Commission
EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS
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MAYOR TOBY BARKER
City of Hattiesburg
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WARREN BYRD
Lamar County Board of Supervisors
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MAYOR TONY DUCKER
City of Petal
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TERRI BELL
President, Forrest County Board of Supervisors
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JOE STEVENS
Board Attorney Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, PA