State Economic Development Offices
Listed below is the main contact (department head) for each of the state offices responsible for economic development in our 17-state region.
Alabama
Greg Canfield
Secretary of Commerce
Alabama Department of Commerce
401 Adams Avenue, Suite 670, Montgomery, AL 36130-4106
(334) 242-0400
Arkansas
Mike Preston
Executive Director
Arkansas Economic Development Commission
900 West Capitol, Ste. 400, Little Rock, AR 72201
(800) ARKANSAS
Florida
Jamal A. Sowell
President & CEO & Florida Secretary of Commerce
Enterprise Florida, Inc.
800 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1100, Orlando, FL 32803
(407) 956-5600
Georgia
Pat Wilson
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Economic Development
75 5th Street NW, Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 962-4000
Kansas
David C. Toland
Secretary of Commerce
Kansas Department of Commerce
1000 SW Jackson Street, Ste. 100, Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 296-3481
Kentucky
Larry Hayes
Interim Secretary
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Old Capitol Annex, 300 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-7670
Fax: (502) 564-1535
Louisiana
Donald Pierson Jr.
Secretary of Economic Development
Louisiana Department of Economic Development
P.O. Box 94185, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9185
(225) 342-5388
Fax: (225) 342-9095
Maryland
Kelly Schulz
Secretary
Maryland Department of Commerce
World Trade Center, 401 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 767-6301
Mississippi
John Rounsaville
Executive Director
Mississippi Development Authority (MDA)
P.O. Box 849, Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-3449
Missouri
Rob Dixon
Director
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Box 1157, Jefferson City, MO, 65102
(573) 751-4770
North Carolina
Machelle Baker Sanders
Secretary of Commerce
North Carolina Department of Commerce
301 North Wilmington Street, 4301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4301
(919) 814-4600
Oklahoma
Scott Mueller
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
P.O. Box 26980, Oklahoma City, OK 73126
(405) 815-5148 OR (405) 815-5306
South Carolina
Robert M. “Bobby” Hitt, III
Secretary
South Carolina Department of Commerce
1201 Main Street, Suite 1600, Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 737-0450
Fax: (803) 737-0894
Tennessee
Bob Rolfe
Commissioner
TN Department of Economic and Community Development
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 27th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-1888
Texas
Adriana Cruz
Executive Director, Economic Development & Tourism
Texas Economic Development
P.O. Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711
(512)-936-0100
Virginia
Brian Ball
Secretary of Commerce and Trade
P.O. Box 1475, Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 786-7831
West Virginia
Ed Gaunch
Secretary of Commerce/Executive Director
West Virginia Development Office, State Capitol Complex, Building 6, Charleston, WV 25305-0311
(304) 558-2234
Fax: (304) 558-1189