Governors' ARC Representatives

State Alternates

Alabama
Jim Byard Jr., Director
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690
email: jim.byard@adeca.alabama.gov

Georgia
Mike Beatty, Commissioner
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
60 Executive Park South, NE
Third Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
email: mike.beatty@dca.ga.gov

Kentucky
Tony Wilder, Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Local Government
1024 Capital Center Drive
Suite 340
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
email: tony.wilder@ky.gov

Maryland
Matthew J. Power, Deputy Secretary
Maryland Department of Planning
301 West Preston Street
Suite 1101
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
email: mpower@mdp.state.md.us

Mississippi
Chris Champion, Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 139
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
email: chris.champion@governor.ms.gov

New York
Dierdre Scozzafava, Deputy Secretary for Local Government Services
New York State Department of State
1 Commerce Plaza, Suite 1015
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12231
email: dierdre.scozzafava@dos.ny.us

North Carolina
Tony Almeida, Senior Advisor
Office of the Governor
Jobs and Economy
1 East Edenton Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
email: tony.almeida@nc.gov

Ohio
Jason Wilson, Director
Governor's Office of Appalachia
77 South High Street, 29th Floor
P.O. Box 1001
Columbus, Ohio 43215
email: jason.wilson@development.ohio.gov

Pennsylvania
Richard Hudic, Executive Deputy Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Commonwealth Keystone Building, Fourth Floor
400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
email: rhudic@pa.gov

South Carolina
George Patrick, Deputy Secretary of Commerce
South Carolina Department of Commerce
1201 Main Street
Suite 1600
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
email: gpatrick@sccommerce.com

Tennessee
Ted Townsend, Assistant Commissioner of Strategy
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 27th Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
email: Ted.Townsend@tn.gov

Virginia
William Shelton, Director
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Main Street Center
600 East Main Street, Suite 300
Richmond, Virginia 23219
email: Bill.Shelton@dhcd.virginia.gov

West Virginia
Mary Jo Thompson, Director
Community Development Division
West Virginia Development Office
State Capitol Complex
Building 6, Room 553
Charleston, WV 25305
email: Mary.J.Thompson@wv.gov

States' Washington Representative

Cameron Whitman
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20009-1068
202-884-7746
email: cwhitman@appstates.org