Chairman, Governor Mike Beebe

Board of Directors

Chairman
Governor Mike Beebe, Arkansas

Treasurer
Scott Meacham, Oklahoma

Secretary
Jim Clinton, North Carolina

Governor Steve Beshear, Kentucky
Governor Matt Blunt, Missouri
Representative Alice Bordsen, North Carolina
Representative Cecil C. Brown, Mississippi
Nancy Cobb, Georgia
Matthew Kisber, Tennessee
Governor Joe Manchin, III, West Virginia
Governor Bob Riley, Alabama
Governor Mark Sanford, South Carolina
John (Jack) F. Sharp, Louisiana

Trustees

Alabama
Governor Bob Riley
Representative H. Mac Gipson, Jr., Alabama House of Representatives
Bill Johnson, Alabama Department of Economic & Community Affairs
Senator Arthur Orr, Alabama Senate
Dr. Sandra H. Sims-deGraffenried

Arkansas
Governor Mike Beebe
Thomas H. Deweese, AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company
Don A. Tilton, The Capitol Group, LLC

Georgia
Governor Sonny Perdue
Representative David Casas, Georgia House of Representatives
Chris Clark, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
Nancy C. Cobb, OneGeorgia Authority
O.B. McCorkle, Warren County Chamber of Commerce
Senator Jeff E. Mullis, Georgia Senate

Kentucky
Governor Steve Beshear
Frank Jemley, III, Atticus Ventures LLC
Representative Harry Moberly, Jr., Kentucky House of Representatives
Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo, Office of Lieutenant Governor
Ellen C. Williams
Senator Ed Worley, Kentucky Senate

Louisiana
Governor Bobby Jindal
Representative Austin J. Badon, Jr., Louisiana House of Representatives
Senator Willie L. Mount, Louisiana Senate
John (Jack) F. Sharp, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest LA
Harold L. Suire, Norco Community Economic Development Foundation

Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour
Representative Cecil C. Brown, Mississippi House of Representatives
Senator Terry C. Burton, Mississippi Senate
Dr. Robert C. Khayat, University of Mississippi
Patricia Nichols, DuPont
Charlie Williams, Office of the Governor

Missouri
Governor Matt Blunt
Senator John E. Griesheimer, Missouri Senate
Byron Hill, ABC Laboratories, Inc.
Charles Kruse, Missouri Farm Bureau
Gregory A. Steinhoff, Missouri Department of Economic Development

North Carolina
Governor Mike Easley
Leslie N. Boney, III, The University of North Carolina
Representative Alice L. Bordsen, North Carolina House of Representatives
Thomas W. Bradshaw, Jr., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Dan Gerlach, Office of the Governor

Oklahoma
Governor Brad Henry
Gerald Adams, Office of the Governor
Dennis Johnson, Oklahoma House of Representatives
Scott Meacham, Oklahoma Office of State Treasurer
Valerie Thompson, Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City, Inc.

South Carolina
Governor Mark Sanford
Jack L. Cook, Contractor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant Gillespie, Office of the Governor
Elizabeth I. (Sis) Marshall, Consultant
Senator J. Yancey McGill, South Carolina Senate

Tennessee
Governor Phil Bredesen
Stuart Brunson, Office of the Governor
Senator Joe M. Haynes, Tennessee Senate
Matthew Kisber, Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
Representative James O. Naifeh, Tennessee House of Representatives
William S. (Sam) Stuard, Jr., Farmers and Merchants Bank

Virginia
Governor Tim Kaine
The Honorable Aneesh P. Chopra, Governor's Office of Technology
Franklin P. Hall, Virginia House of Delegates
Michael J. Schewel, McGuireWoods

West Virginia
Governor Joe Manchin, III
Kelley Goes, West Virginia Department of Commerce
Judge Daniel P. O'Hanlon, West Virginia Supreme Court
Senator Earl Ray Tomblin, West Virginia Senate