State Alternates
Alabama
Doni M. Ingram, Director
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690
email: doni.ingram@adeca.alabama.gov

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

Kentucky
Matt Sawyers, Chief of Staff
Department for Local Government
1024 Capital Center Drive
Suite 340
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-8024
email: matt.sawyers@ky.gov

Maryland
Richard E. Hall, Secretary
Maryland Department of Planning
301 West Preston Street
Room 1101
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
email: rhall@mdp.state.md.us

Mississippi
Patrick Sullivan, Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 139
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
email: PSullivan@governor.state.ms.us

New York
Lorraine A. Cortes-Vazquez, Secretary of State
Department of State
1 Commerce Plaza, Suite 1100
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12231
email: info@dos.state.ny.us

North Carolina
James McCleskey, Director
State of North Carolina's
Washington Office
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 332
Washington, D.C. 20001-1512
email: jim.mccleskey@ncmail.net

Ohio
Fred Deel, Director
Governor's Office of Appalachia
77 South High Street, 24th Floor
P.O. Box 1001
Columbus, Ohio 43216-1001
email: fdeel@odod.state.oh.us

Pennsylvania
Lisa A. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary for Administration
Department of Community and Economic Development
Commonwealth Keystone Building, Fourth Floor
400 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
email: laatkinson@state.pa.us

South Carolina
Grant Gillespie, Policy Director
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12267
Columbia, South Carolina 29211
email: ggillespie@gov.sc.gov

Tennessee
Rick Meredith, Assistant Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
Office of Program Management
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Tenth Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1102
email: rick.meredith@state.tn.us

Virginia
William Shelton, Director
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Jackson Center
501 North Second Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-1321
email: Bill.Shelton@dhcd.virginia.gov

West Virginia
Bobby Lewis, Director
Community Development Division
West Virginia Development Office
Building 6, Room 553
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0311
email: blewis@wvdo.org

States' Washington Representative
Cameron Whitman
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20009-1068
202-884-7746
email: swr@arc.gov