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
Vice President of Economic Development

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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
BOARD MEMBERS
OFFICERS

CHAD NEWELL
President

JOHN JOHNSON
Chair, Hood Companies, Inc.

JOHN GRIFFITH
Vice-Chair, Cadence Bank

SHEA MCNEASE
Treasurer, Shows, Dearman & Waits, Inc.

ROMAN GALEY
Immediate Past Chair, SouthGroup Insurance
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DR. BRYAN BATSON
Member-at-Large, Hattiesburg Clinic

CHASE BLANKENSHIP
Chamber of Commerce Division Chair, The First Bank

CEDRICK HURD
Economic Development Division Chair, Mississippi Power

DAVID ROBERTS
Member-at-Large, Roberts Company, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DR. BEN BURNETT
William Carey University

CHAE CARTER WOOTEN
Carter's Collective Fine Jewelry

NELSON HASKIN
Blu Jazz Cafe

BRANDON HUBBARD
Trustmark National Bank

GRACE KENT JOHNSON
BREAD/BLUE HEN

JOSH MARS
Jones Capital

DR. LANCE NAIL
University of Southern Mississippi

LEE PARISH
Parish Tractor Company

DAVID SAULTERS
RE/MAX Real Estate Partners

MICHAEL SCHLOEGEL
Hancock Whitney

ROBERT ST. JOHN
New South Restaurant Group

MATTHEW WARE
Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

JENNIFER PAYNE
Hattiesburg Convention Commission

TED J. WEBB
Forrest County Industrial Park Commission

FRANK JAMES
VisitHburg
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