Staff Directory

Executive Office

Fax: 334.242.5669

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Title
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Ellen McNair
Secretary of Commerce
334.242.0475

Ellen McNair began her tenure as Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce on Jan. 1, 2024, having been appointed by Governor Kay Ivey.

McNair formerly served as the chief economic development officer for the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, where she was a member of the negotiating team that brought Hyundai Motors Corp. to Montgomery. While at the Chamber, she successfully located 600 national and international projects with a combined capital investment exceeding $8 billion, resulting in the creation of almost 30,000 new jobs for the community. The Montgomery Chamber’s Corporate Development Division was named a Top 20 Economic Development Organizations in the U.S. by “Site Selection” magazine four times during her tenure.

She holds the designation of Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) by the International Economic Development Council, making her one of a handful of economic development professionals in Alabama with this designation. McNair has previously worked for the Alabama Department of Commerce as project manager and as director of research. She is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma. Earlier, McNair had worked in television news in Huntsville. She is a graduate of Auburn University and a native of Boston.

McNair is a past president of the Economic Development Association of Alabama (EDAA) and an active member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). She is a recipient of the David R. Echols Distinguished Service Award for exemplary achievement in economic development in Alabama. She is active in her church and many civic organizations.

McNair is the first woman to be named as Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the first woman CEcD in Alabama, the first woman president of EDAA and the first woman to lead a major metro area’s economic development effort in Alabama.

She is married to Joe McNair, and they have two children and six grandchildren.

 

 

 

Angela Till
Deputy Secretary, Business Development Division
334.353.0221

Angela Till serves as the Deputy Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, Business Development Division. Till joined Commerce in July 2014 after a lengthy tenure at the Alabama Department of Revenue, where she worked in the Office of Economic Development managing tax incentive programs.

Till is active in many economic development and industry organizations. She serves on the advisory board for the Alabama Communities of Excellence and the steering committee for Alabama EPSCoR. She previously served as a board member of the Automotive Manufacturers Association of Alabama and the advisory board for the Alabama Department of Tourism. 

As deputy secretary, Till has played an integral role in crafting and implementing incentive legislation, including the Alabama Jobs Act, the Growing Alabama Act and the SEEDS site development program. 

Till holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Auburn University at Montgomery. 

Ed Castile
Deputy Secretary, Workforce Development Division, Director of AIDT
334.280.4400

Ed Castile was appointed Director of Alabama Industrial Development Training on August 16, 1993. He is a former director of the State of Tennessee Industrial Training Service.

He currently serves on the Governor’s College and Career Ready Task Force, the State Workforce Investment Act Board, the Board of Directors for the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation, the Economic Development Association of Alabama Board of Directors, the Alabama Career/Technical Education Advisory Council, the Commission on Manufacturing, the UAB Biotechnology Advisory Board, and the Governor’s Economic Alliance. He is the in-coming president of the National Association of Industry Specific Training Directors.

Mr. Castile earned a Masters of Vocational Technical Education degree and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Studies Education degree from the Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Brandi Boswell
Executive Assistant
334.242.0475
Nona Johnson
Confidential Executive Assistant, AIDT
334.280.4425

Office of Governmental Relations and Marketing

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Title
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Stefania Jones
Manager
334.328.8403
Rosalyn Frank
Administrative Assistant
334.242.0400
Carissa Crayton
Governmental Affairs and Public Relations Liaison
334.353.2851

Legal

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Title
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Erika McKay
General Counsel
334.819.6250
Lauren Rowland
Paralegal
334.414.3375
Hunter Talley
Attorney
334.840.0625

Workforce Development

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Title
Phone
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Tammy Wilkinson
Director, Workforce Development
334.242.5154
Patricia Hill
Assistant
334.242.5300
Chrissie Boyd
Assistant
334.242.5846

Recruitment and Retention

Fax: 334.242.0415

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Title
Phone
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Rachel Madore
Senior Project Manager of Business Intelligence and Resources
334.557.3431
Ted Clem
Senior Project Manager
334.467.0969
Bob Smith
Assistant Director
European Strategy
334.324.7508
Hollie Pegg
Assistant Director
Asian Strategy
334.649.0722
Christoph Doerr
Director, European Office, Stuttgart, Germany
+49 (0)7154.96.5710
Brenda Tuck
Rural Development Manager
334.273.6714
April Gray
Senior Project Manager
334.451.0306
Veronica Crock
Senior Project Manager
334.652.8802
Gary Walton
Senior Project Manager
334.242.1455
Angela Smith
Senior Project Manager
334.353.8113
Angela McNeil
Research Analyst
334.242.0483
Cassandra Hawthorne
Administrative Assistant
334.242.0456
Nick Shaver
Business Development Specialist
334.865.6849
Nick Hadley
Business Development Specialist
334.546.7023

Incentives

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Shelley Shores
Compliance Manager
334.242.0473

Office of International Trade

Fax: 334.242.0415

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Title
Phone
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Christina Stimpson
Director
334.549.7955
Beau Lore
Senior International Trade Manager
334.324.7525
David Sides
International Trade Manager
334.990.6498
Allison Walker
Administrative Assistant
334.242.7982

Small Business Advocacy

Fax: 334.242.0415

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Title
Phone
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Eddie Postell
Manager
334.242.0485

Eddie Postell and the Small Business Office of Advocacy foster the growth of Alabama’s small operations by giving them a variety of assistance. The office provides information to businesses, and the needs and concerns of small-business owners are regularly addressed. Working closely with the Small Business Development Consortium, the agency’s Small Business Office is working in coordination with the consortium’s 11 Small Business Development Centers at universities throughout the state and jointly publishes Alabamas Answers, a guide to doing business in Alabama.

The department also participates in joint efforts with ADECA’s Office of Minority Business Enterprise, as well as other groups around the state involved in the development of small business.

Alabama Film Office

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Title
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Kathy Faulk
Manager
334.242.7127

Ms. Faulk and her staff in the Alabama Film Office are tasked with recruiting film, television and entertainment production to the State of Alabama. This office has seen tremendous growth since the passage of the “Entertainment Incentives Act” by the legislature in 2009.

Ms. Faulk was instrumental in passage of this legislation and was appointed to lead the Film Office. She spent over twenty years working in the Governor’s Office under four Governors. Ms. Faulk said that working for the Film Office has been the biggest and most rewarding challenge of her 38 years of state service.

Since joining the staff, the Alabama Film Office has implemented a successful incentives program that is gathering national attention. In April 2013, two feature films were released in the same month; a first for the Film Office. Numerous feature films such as “October Baby”, “42”, “Space Warriors” have filmed in Alabama, along with countless commercials, reality shows, documentaries and music videos.

Prior to working in the Film Office and the Governor’s Office, Ms. Faulk also worked in the state departments of Finance and Human Resources.

Brenda Hobbie
Incentives Coordinator
334.242.4195
Brian Jones
Media & Location Coordinator
334.242.3991
Courtney Murphy
Community Liaison
334.242.3989

Administrative/IT

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Title
Phone
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Christy Knight
Director
334.242.0446
Amanda Rollan
Accounting Manager
334.753.4948
Chris Ray
Senior Accountant
334.353.1264
Jeff Dorman
Administrative Assistant
334.242.0448
Derek Bennett
Desktop Support
334.353.0808

Human Resources

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Title
Phone
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Candice Sudduth
Manager
334.242.5673