Advisory Committee Members

Ms. Deborah L. Wince-Smith (Chairperson)
President, Council on Competitiveness
Washington, DC

Mr. Richard “Casey” Hoffman (Vice Chairperson)
Deputy Attorney General of Texas for Families and Children
Austin, TX

Mr. Brian J. Aungst, Sr.
Regional Director of Public Affairs, Bright House Networks
Clearwater, FL

Hon. Alan Autry
Mayor of the City of Fresno
Fresno, CA

Ms. Wanetta Ayers
Executive Director, Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference
Anchorage, AK

Ms. Rosa E. Bruce
Director, City of Casa Grande Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization
Casa Grande, AZ

Ms. Linda Butts
Director, Economic Development and Finance Division North Dakota Department of Commerce
Bismarck, ND

Mr. Robert Michael “Mike” Duncan, Sr.
Chairman, Inez Deposit Bank, FSB and Big Sandy Regional Development Authority
Director, The Center for Rural Development
Inez, KY

Dr. Mark R. Drabenstott
Director of the Center for the Study of Rural America, and Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Kansas City,MO

Mr. Ronald C. Flanary
Executive Director of the Lenowisco Planning District Commission Duffield, VA

Mr. Matt Kramer
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
St. Paul, MN

Mr. Theodore E. Liu
Director of the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
Honolulu, HI

Mr. James T. Martin
Executive Director, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
Nashville, TN

Hon. Paul D. Pate
Mayor of the City of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA

Dr. Phillip Singerman
Executive Director, Maryland Technology Development Corporation
Columbia, MD

Ms. Dorothy A. Terrell
President and CEO, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Boston,MA

Hon. James E. West
Mayor of the City of Spokane
Spokane,WA