About ARED and its editorial board

Chair
Larry Henson, CCR
Business Intelligence Officer
Tampa Bay Partnership

Chair-Elect
Marlena Bandurski
Manager of Economic Research
Greater Des Moines Partnership

Vice-Chair
Bob Isaacson, CCR
Director, Information and Marketing
Minnesota Dept of Employment and Econ. Dev.

Senior Advisor
Garrett Harper, CCR, J.D., Ph.D.
Research Director
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Secretary-Treasurer
Tom Tveidt
Director of Research & Information
Asheville Chamber of Commerce

Immediate Past Chair
Melissa J. Armstrong, CCR
Senior Director, Research
Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce.

 

C2ER Executive Staff

Executive Director
Kenneth E. Poole, Ph.D.

Administrative Director
Sean McNamara

Chief Economist/Director of Data Products
Erol Yildirim

Marketing Director
Denise M. Bosmans

Cost of Living Index Project Manager
Dean Frutiger

Research Project Manager
Mark White, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow
Pofen Salem, Ph.D.

Research Assistant
Wen Sun

 

The mission of C2ER—The Council for Community and Economic Research—is to promote excellence in community and economic research techniques by working to improve data quality and availability.  We accomplish our mission through professional development and training, advocacy, and the development and delivery of products and services.

2007-2008 ARED Editorial Board

Dan Berglund            
President and CEO, State Science & Technology Institute (OH)

Jeff Blodgett, CCR                 
Vice President, Research, Connecticut Economic Resource Center    

Harrison Campbell, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Terry Clower, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Economic Development & Research,             
University of North Texas

Drew Conrad, CEcD
Program Manager, Institute for Decision Making, University of Northern Iowa

Edward Feser, Ph.D.             
Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois          

Mary Graham, CCR, CCE                
Senior Vice President, Public Policy/Regional Advancement, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce (SC)

Garrett Harper, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., CCR; Research Director, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (TN)

James Held, Ph.D., CCR                    
Senior Economist, New York State Department of Economic Development

Phyllis Isley, Ph.D.                 
Director, Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development,
Georgia Southern University

James Kurre, Ph.D.   
Associate Professor of Economics and
Director, Economic Research Institute of Erie, Penn State University Erie

John R. Lombard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration and
Director, E. V. Williams Center for Real Estate and Economic Development
Old Dominion University (VA)

Scott Moody
Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist, Maine Heritage Policy Center

Erik Pages, Ph.D.                  
President, EntreWorks (VA)

Dan Ripke      
Director, Center for Economic Development, California State University at Chico

Martin Romitti, Ph.D.                       
Director, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, Missouri Department of Economic Development

Gene A. Stinson, CEcD, CAE
President, Southern Economic Development Council (GA)

Graham Toft, Ph.D.              
Principle, GrowthEconomics, Inc. (FL)

Tom Tveidt                
Director of Research & Information, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce  (NC); President, SYNEVA Economics LLC

Robert M. Van Geons, CEcD
Executive Director, Stanly County EDC (NC)