About Us
We are a public-private industrial recruitment agency dedicated to the economic development of the Eastern North Carolina County of Edgecombe, City of Rocky Mount, Town of Tarboro, and Town of Nashville. A collaborative effort of these counties, cities, towns and municipalities, this region offers an exceptional opportunity for companies experiencing growth and expansion or desiring relocation. We work closely with a wide variety of new and existing industries to provide resources that will create new jobs and long-term investment.
Board
Officers
*E Norris Tolson, CEO/President
*Vince Andracchio, Chairman
*David W. Combs, Vice Chairman
*Robert E. Barnhill, III, Treasurer
*Eric Evans, Secretary
*Denotes Executive Committee Member
Public Directors
T. Lee Bissett, F.D. Bissett & Sons, Inc.
*W.B. Bullock, Rocky Mount City Council
*Dr. Lew Hunnicutt, Nash Community College
*Evan Duff, North Carolina Wesleyan College
Joyce Dickens, Edgecombe County Appointee
*Dr. Gregory McLeod, Edgecombe Community College
*Troy Lewis, Town of Tarboro Manager
*Chris Miller, Rocky Mount City Council
*Randy Lansing, Town of Nashville Manager
*Larry Talor, Town of Nashville
*Rochelle Small-Toney, City of Rocky Mount Manager
*Leonard Wiggins, Edgecombe County Commissioners
Barden Winstead, Jr., Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
*William B. Wooten, Edgecombe County Commissioner
Richard Joyner, Town of Tarboro Council
Valerie Bridges, Edgecombe County Public Schools
*Denotes Executive Committee Member
Private Directors
Randall Adams, Poyner & Spruill, LLP
John Judd, Cummins Engine, Rocky Mount Plant
Patrick Hein, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital
*Michael Bryant, Southern Bank
*Lee Isley, Nash Health Care Systems
Evan Covington-Chavez, Capital Broadcasting Company
*Lige Daughtridge, Daughtridge Sales Company, Inc.
Sonny Foster, Smithson, Inc
*Mike Hancock, Boddie-Noell Enterprise, Inc.
*Justin Kurkiewicz, PNC Bank
Sterrett Lloyd, Draka Elevator Products
Gail Thompson, Rocky Mount Association of Realtors
Marty Nealey, Pfizer
Walter Stallings, BB&T Bank
William Stanulis, QVC, Inc.
*Jeff Tobias, Providence Bank
Gus Tulloss, Gus Tulloss Insurance
*Jeremy Whitehurst, Barnhill Contracting Company
*David Farris, Rocky Mount Chamber
Elizabeth Burns, Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber
*Frank Harrison, Harrison & Harrison, Inc.
*Brenda Daniels, ElectriCities of NC
*Don Williams, Lewis Advertising
*Denotes Executive Committee Member