Rowan Economic Development Council
Contact Information
- Email Council primary contact(s)
- Contact
-
Rod Crider, President and CEO
- Contact Phone
- 704-637-5526
Basic Information
- Type
- Council
- Creating Authority
Board of Commissioners, City of Salisbury, Municipalities, EDC Board of Directors.
- Total Vacancies
- 0
- Expiring Soon
- 0
Description
The EDC Board of Directors shall be comprised of fifteen (15) members, and are appointed as follows:
a. Seven (7) members shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Rowan County.
b. Two (2) members shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Salisbury.
c. One (1) member shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the other municipalities of Rowan County that are Funding Partners.
d. Up to five (5) members are appointed by the Board of Directors of the EDC from among its private and other non-profit funders.
e. The Chairman of the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce shall be designated as the Ex-Officio member of the EDC. If such Ex-Officio member shall resign or otherwise be unable to serve, the vacancy shall be filled by the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce.
Members serve for two (2) 3-year terms, beginning January 1st. Generally meets monthly.
Purpose
To pursue and encourage economic growth throughout the County through aggressive marketing, industrial surveys, and economic projects.
Contact Information
- Email Council primary contact(s)
- Contact
-
Rod Crider, President and CEO
- Contact Phone
- 704-637-5526
Council Seats top
| Member Name | Appointed By | Seat Name | Status | Start Date | Calculated Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starling Johnson Kaklamanos | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 |
| Don Ruddy | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Monica Cowart | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 7/1/2025 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Greg Alcorn | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Lawrence Roth, Mr. | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Ashley Stewart | Municipalities | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Karla C Foster | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Anthony Davis | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Cynthia Mynatt | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Cliff Ritchie | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/13/2026 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Luke Carroll Fisher, Mr | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Robert Victor Wallace | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 2/16/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Timothy Malcolm Proper | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Gary Alan Blabon | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Member Name | Appointed By | Seat Name | Status | Start Date | Calculated Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starling Johnson Kaklamanos | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 |
| Don Ruddy | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Monica Cowart | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 7/1/2025 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Greg Alcorn | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Lawrence Roth, Mr. | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Ashley Stewart | Municipalities | Municipal | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Karla C Foster | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Anthony Davis | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Cynthia Mynatt | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Cliff Ritchie | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/13/2026 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Luke Carroll Fisher, Mr | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Robert Victor Wallace | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 2/16/2026 | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 |
| Timothy Malcolm Proper | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2025 | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 |
| Gary Alan Blabon | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | Active | 1/1/2024 | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 |
| Seat Name | Term | Member Name | Appointed By | Seat Name | Actual Start | Actual End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2026 | Starling Johnson Kaklamanos | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2026 | |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2025 | Steve Fisher | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2025 | 12/31/2025 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024 | Terry Osborne | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2024 | 12/31/2024 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023 | Elaine Holden | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2023 | 12/31/2023 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022 | Brad Walser | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2022 | 12/31/2022 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021 | Bob Honeycutt | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2021 | 12/31/2021 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020 | Gary Blabon | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2020 | 12/31/2020 |
| Ex-Officio | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019 | Nicole Matangira Holmes | Chamber Chair | Ex-Officio | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2019 |
| EDC Board | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Don Ruddy | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | 1/1/2025 | |
| EDC Board | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 | Monica Cowart | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | 7/1/2025 | |
| Municipal | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Greg Alcorn | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2025 | |
| Municipal | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Greg Alcorn | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 4/2/2022 | 12/31/2024 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Breck Dorton | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2022 | 4/1/2022 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021 | Breck Dorton | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2021 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 | Lawrence Roth, Mr. | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2024 | |
| Municipal | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2023 | Lawrence Roth, Mr. | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 8/1/2022 | 12/31/2023 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2023 | Kristen Dillard | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2021 | 10/14/2021 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020 | Matt Barr | Salisbuy City Cou... | Municipal | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2020 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Ashley Stewart | Municipalities | Municipal | 1/1/2025 | |
| Municipal | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Ashley Stewart | Municipalities | Municipal | 1/1/2022 | 12/31/2024 |
| Municipal | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021 | Daniel Willis Peters | Municipalities | Municipal | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2021 |
| EDC Board | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Karla C Foster | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | 1/1/2025 | |
| EDC Board | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Karla C Foster | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | 1/1/2024 | 12/31/2024 |
| EDC Board | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Gary Hamblin | EDC Appointment | EDC Board | 1/1/2022 | 9/26/2023 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 | Anthony Davis | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2026 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025 | Nicole Holmes Matangira | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2023 | 12/31/2025 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 | Nicole Holmes Matangira | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 4/6/2020 | 12/31/2022 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2017 - 12/31/2019 | Rick Hudson | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2019 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 | Cynthia Mynatt | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2026 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025 | Anthony Jerome Davis | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2023 | 12/31/2025 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 | Gregory Mark Anderson | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 4/16/2022 | 12/31/2022 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 | Tony B Watlington, Sr | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 12/10/2021 | 4/15/2022 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 | Darise Daves Caldwell | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2020 | 12/9/2021 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2017 - 12/31/2019 | Darise Daves Caldwell | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2019 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Cliff Ritchie | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/13/2026 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Robert Victor Wallace | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2025 | 1/12/2026 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Robert Victor Wallace | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2022 | 12/31/2024 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021 | Gregory Mark Anderson | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2021 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 | Luke Carroll Fisher, Mr | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2024 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2023 | Luke Carroll Fisher, Mr | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2021 | 12/31/2023 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020 | Bryan Michael Overcash | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2020 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 | Robert Victor Wallace | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 2/16/2026 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025 | Cynthia Mynatt | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2023 | 12/31/2025 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2022 | Denise Agner Hallett | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2020 | 12/31/2022 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2017 - 12/31/2019 | Denise Agner Hallett | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2019 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2025 - 12/31/2027 | Timothy Malcolm Proper | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2025 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2024 | Timothy Malcolm Proper | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2022 | 12/31/2024 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2021 | Timothy Malcolm Proper | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2019 | 12/31/2021 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 | Gary Alan Blabon | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2024 | |
| County Seat | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2023 | Gary Alan Blabon | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2021 | 12/31/2023 |
| County Seat | 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020 | Lynn P Moody | Board of Commissi... | County Seat | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2020 |