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Regional Economic Development Team

Meet Our Experienced Georgia Power Regional Economic Development Team

Because It's Our Home Too

Our experienced team of regional economic development managers live and work in regions throughout the state, working alongside state, regional and local partners to help businesses and communities thrive. Use this interactive map to find a regional economic development manager. You can also discover more about what makes our state great - from top to bottom - through our regions and communities pages.

Click here for a map of our Economic Development Regions and contacts.

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Elyse Davis, Statewide Regional Economic Development Manager

Elyse leads a team responsible for the location, expansion, and retention of companies in Georgia. Working closely with Georgia Power’s research, engineering, workforce development, and marketing teams, Elyse and her team are able to ensure Georgia businesses and communities have what they need to be successful.

Tamara Brock, Regional Economic Development Manager for Georgia Power

Tamara Brock

Tamara is currently the Regional Economic Development Manager for Northwest Georgia. Her prior experience working in local government, stateside economic development, and chambers provides her the skills required to navigate new and expanding business services and community development.

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Andrew Carnes

Andrew is the Regional Economic Development Manager for Northeast Georgia. His prior experience working in local economic development provides him the skills required to navigate new and expanding business services and community development.

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Jason Coley

Jason serves in the Coastal Region as Georgia Power’s Regional Economic Development Manager. His nearly 20-year career with Georgia Power spans customer service to engineering equipping him with an understanding of new and expanding businesses energy needs.

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Mickey Daniell

Mickey is the Regional Economic Development Manager for Central Georgia. Mickey is a native to Laurens County, Georgia and previously supported our workforce and education development initiatives. In the Energy industry, he has earned certifications as a Certified Energy Manager and Residential Energy Auditor from the Association of Energy Engineers.

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Matthew Forshee

Matthew is the Regional Economic Development Manager for Georgia's East region. Matt helps communities design and launched leadership development programs, business retention and expansion programs, and strategic economic development plans. Additionally, he leads a team of community development managers.

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Jim Lovett

Jim is the Regional Economic Development Manager for Georgia's West region. He is a certified Economic Development Finance Professional by the National Development Council and supports new and expanding businesses and community development.

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Ashley West, Regional Economic Development Manager, Georgia Power

Ashley serves as the Regional Economic Development Manager for the Metro West region. With her diverse career experience navigating several key initiatives and major industry issues such as safety and reliability, operational performance, environment and sustainability, customer experience, earnings results and more, she provides a unique perspective on the success of her communities that will deliver on the mission of preparing the region for strategic economic growth.

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Brooke Perez

Brooke is the Regional Economic Development Manager for the Metro North region. Brooke's deep passion for advocating and supporting our state’s workforce efforts drives her work in leadership development, strategic planning, job creation strategies, and assisting companies location and expand in Georgia.

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Shar'ron Russell

Shar’ron serves as the Regional Economic Development Manager, Metro South region and the City of Atlanta. Over the course of her 23 years with Georgia Power Company, she has been exposed to numerous aspects of the electric utility industry to include marketing and sales, transmission and distribution system design, construction, maintenance, and planning.

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Scott Purvis

Scott is the Regional Economic Development Manager for Georgia's South region. His passion for leadership and rural growth can be seen in programs like Cultivating Rural Entrepreneurs and Transforming Economies (CREATE) or his involvement in the Georgia Academy for Economic Development.