The NADO Board of Directors oversees the association’s budget and operations and develops policy on issues affecting Regional Development Organizations (RDOs). NADO’s 65-member Board includes members that represent a broad section of the United States including the Eastern, Central, Midwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western regions, as well as NADO’s affiliate membership.
View NADO’s Executive Committee here.
Tom Bliss, Executive Director, Southeast Nebraska Development District (Lincoln, NE)
Rachelle Howe, Executive Director, Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission (Decorah, IA)
Cindy Hultz, Executive Director, Mark Twain Regional Council of Governments (Perry, MO)
Laura Lewis Marchino, Executive Director, Region 9 EDD of Southwest Colorado (Durango, CO)
John McCurdy, Executive Director, Southwest Iowa Planning Council (Atlantic, IA)
Amber Metz, Executive Director, Lake Agassiz Regional Council (Fargo, ND)
Nichole Moore, Executive Director, Chariton Valley Planning & Development COG (Centerville, IA)
Paul Tuss, Executive Director, Bear Paw Development Corporation (Havre, MT)
Catherine Dimitruk, Executive Director, Northwest Regional Planning Commission (St. Albans, VT)
Jill Foys, Executive Director, Northwest Commission (Oil City, PA)
Beth Gilles, Executive Director, Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board (Lake George, NY)
Jeremy Holmes, Executive Director, Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, VA)
Amy Kessler, Director of Community Development & Reg’l Planning, North Central PA Commission (Ridgway, PA)
Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission (Rutland, VT)
Martha Shickle, Executive Director, Plan RVA (Richmond, VA)
Shane Whitehair, Executive Director, Region VII Planning & Development Council (Buckhannon, WV)
Alene Carr, Executive Director, Southeastern Illinois RPDC (Harrisburg, IL)
Jeff Hagan, Executive Director, Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional PDC (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Chasity Schmelzenbach, Executive Director, Buckeye Hills Regional Council (Marietta, OH)
Darla Waldner, Executive Director, Northwest Regional Development Commission (Warren, MN)
Boyd Austin, Executive Director, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Rome, GA)
Joe Barker, Executive Director, Southwest Tennessee Development District (Jackson, TN)
Mark Farley, Executive Director, Upper Cumberland Development District (Cookeville, TN)
Scott Farmer, Executive Director, Southeast Georgia Regional Planning & Development Commission (Dothan, AL)
Randall Imler, Executive Director, Catawba Regional Council of Governments (Rock Hill, SC)
Chris Rietow, Executive Director, Apalachee Regional Planning Council (Tallahassee, FL)
Lori Sokol, Executive Director, East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (Anniston, AL)
Danna Stansbury, Executive Director, Foothills Regional Commission (Rutherfordton, NC)
Anthony Starr, Executive Director, Western Piedmont Council of Governments (Hickory, NC)
Jason Vincent, Executive Director, Pennyrile Area Development District (Hopkinsville, KY)
Waylon Wright, Executive Director, Lake Cumberland Area Development District (Russell Springs, KY)
Rick Yakubic, Executive Director, East Tennessee Development District (Alcoa, TN)
Kevin Belanger, Executive Director, South Central Planning and Development Commission (Houma, LA)
Shanna Burke, Executive Director, Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission (Beaumont, TX)
Sandy Chancey, Executive Director, Eastern Plains Council of Governments (Clovis, NM)
Errin Clocker, Grand Gateway Economic Development Association (Big Cabin, OK)
Kelly Criswell, Executive Director, South Plains Association of Governments (Lubbock, TX)
Lonnie Hunt, Executive Director, Deep East Texas Council of Governments (Lufkin, TX)
Dwayne Pratt, Executive Director, West Central Arkansas Planning and Development District (Hot Springs, AR)
Lisa Dawson, Executive Director, Northeast Oregon EDD (Enterprise, OR)
Jeff McCurdy, Executive Director, Region IV Development Association (Twin Falls, ID)
Ryan Richardson, Executive Director, Superior California Economic Development (Redding, CA)
Pascual Maestas, Executive Director, New Mexico Association of Regional Councils (Taos, NM)
Todd McNeill, Executive Director, North Carolina Association of Regional Council of Governments (Raleigh, NC)
Toni Stinnett, Program Manager, Grow America (Seattle, WA)
Chris Brown, Board Director, Ark-Tex Council of Governments (Texarkana, TX)
Kevin Byrd, Executive Director, New River Valley Regional Commission (Radford, VA)
Chris Fetzer, Executive Director, Northern Arizona Council of Governments (Flagstaff, AZ)
Lynne Keller Forbes, Executive Director, Southeastern Council of Governments (Sioux Falls, SD)
Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission (Woodstock, VT)
Vernon (Randy) Kelley, Executive Director, Three Rivers Planning Development District (Pontotoc, MS)
Jeff Kiely, Emeritus Position, Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments (Gallup, NM)
Scott Koons, Executive Director, North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (Gainesville, FL)