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
J. Alex Kelly
Secretary of Commerce
Florida Department of Commerce
107 East Madison St, Tallahassee, FL 32399
(850) 245-7105
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
Mitch B. Carmichael
Cabinet Secretary
West Virginia Department of Economic Development
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
Building 3
Charleston, WV 25305
304-558-2234