Chairman, Governor Steve Beshear

Board of Directors

Chairman
Governor Steve Beshear, Kentucky

Vice Chairman
Representative Alice Bordsen, North Carolina

Past Chairman
Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi

Treasurer
Scott Meacham, Oklahoma

Secretary
Ted Abernathy, North Carolina


Representative H. Mac Gipson, Jr., Alabama
Governor Brad Henry, Oklahoma
Byron Hill, Missouri
Governor Tim Kaine, Virginia
Matthew Kisber, Tennessee
Governor Joe Manchin, III, West Virginia
Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo, Kentucky
Governor Sonny Perdue, Georgia
Governor Mark Sanford, South Carolina
John (Jack) F. Sharp, Louisiana

Trustees

Alabama
Governor Bob Riley
Representative H. Mac Gipson, Jr., Alabama House of Representatives
Senator Arthur Orr, Alabama Senate
Dr. Sandra H. Sims-deGraffenried

Arkansas
Governor Mike Beebe
Senator Steve Faris, Arkansas Senate
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 Department of Natural Resouces
Nancy C. Cobb, OneGeorgia Authority
O.B. McCorkle, Warren County Chamber of Commerce
Senator Jeff E. Mullis, Georgia Senate

Kentucky
Governor Steve Beshear
Dr. John Allen Bonaguro, Western Kentucky University
Larry Hayes, Secretary of the Executive Cabinet
Representative Harry Moberly, Jr., Kentucky House of Representatives
Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo, Office of Lieutenant Governor
Dr. Bonnie O. Tanner
Senator Ed Worley, Kentucky Senate

Louisiana
Governor Bobby Jindal
Representative Austin J. Badon, Jr., Louisiana House of Representatives
Cherreen Gegenheimer, Jefferson Parish Government Economic Development Liaison
Stephen Moret, Secretary of LA Department of Economic Development
Senator Willie L. Mount, Louisiana Senate
John (Jack) F. Sharp, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest LA

Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour
Representative Cecil C. Brown, Mississippi House of Representatives
Senator Billy Hewes, Mississippi Senate
Patricia Nichols, DuPont

Missouri
Governor Jay Nixon
Senator John E. Griesheimer, Missouri Senate
Byron Hill, ABC Laboratories, Inc.
Charles Kruse, Missouri Farm Bureau

North Carolina
Governor Beverly Perdue
Leslie N. Boney, III, The University of North Carolina
Representative Alice L. Bordsen, North Carolina House of Representatives
Thomas W. Bradshaw, Jr., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Oklahoma
Governor Brad Henry
Gerald Adams, Office of the Governor
President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, Oklahoma State Senate
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
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
Mr. Aneesh Chopra, Governor’s Office of Technology
C. Todd Gilbert, Virginia House of Delegates
Commissioner Franklin P. Hall, Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Senator J. Chapman (Chap) Petersen, Virginia Senate
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