KEDC Board & Staff
| 2019-2020 Board of Directors | |
| President | Bob Davis |
| Vice-President | Bobby Beane |
| Secretary | Ricardo Viloria |
| Asst. Secretary | Ruben Martin |
| Director | Mike Head |
| KEDC Staff | |
| Executive Director | Amanda Nobles |
| Assistant Director & Marketing Manager | Jana Russell |
| Business Development Manager | Sonya Waters |
| Office & Property Manager | Stephanie Moore |
| Business Retention Specialist | Austin Clark |
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Mike Head | Director |
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Staff
Amanda Nobles is the Executive Director of Economic Development of KEDC. Having served in this position since 1990, she directs all aspects of economic development for the city, including primary employer retention and expansion, marketing, property development and sales, project financing, budgeting, and the creation of incentives for job creation and investment.
Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Certified Economic Developer, Certified Economic Development Finance Professional, and graduate of both the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and the Basic Economic Course at Texas A&M. During her career she also has been an educator, a petroleum landman, and Manager of the City of Kilgore’s Main Street Project to revitalize downtown.
Amanda is an active member in many different organizations:
- Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC), Past Board Member
- TEDC Team Texas, Past Chairman
- Texas Economic Development Sales Tax Association, Past Chairman
- International Economic Development Council
- Northeast Texas Economic Developers Roundtable, Past President
- I-20 Corridor Marketing Association
- Northeast Texas Economic Alliance Marketing Association
- North Texas Small Business Development Center, Advisory Council Member
- Kilgore Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
- Leadership Kilgore Graduate and Leadership Longview Graduate
- Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation, Founding Member and Past President
- Texas Shakespeare Festival Guild, Founding Member
- Gregg County Historical Commission, Appointed Member
- Transatlantic Business Investment Council
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Jana Russell is the Assistant Director and Marketing Manager for KEDC. Having served KEDC since 2009, she assists in all aspects of economic development for the city and manages marketing and organizational development for the organization.
Jana has worked in economic and community development for more than 15 years, serving communities through strategic planning, marketing and project management. During that time she served American Electric Power Company communities as regional project manager, managing AEP prospect leads and assisting economic developers with local activities.
She earned a BFA in Journalism at Southern Methodist University. She is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and the Basic Economic Development Course at Texas A&M.
Jana is active in several organizations including:
- Texas Economic Development Council, Past Member of the Board of Directors
- TEDC Team Texas
- Southern Economic Development Council
- North East Texas Economic Developers’ Roundtable, Past President
- East Texas I-20 Corridor Marketing Organization
- Northeast Texas Economic Alliance Marketing Association
- Transatlantic Business Investment Council
Sonya Waters | 903 983 3522Sonya Waters is the Business Development Manager for KEDC. Sonya brings experience in marketing, event management and client relations to her role as well as extensive knowledge of the Kilgore community from her previous position as Community Relations Manager with the City of Kilgore.
Sonya moved to Texas in 2017 from Australia, where she worked in marketing and event positions with companies such as automotive brand Isuzu UTE Australia and the national recruiting agency for the Australian Defence Force. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Hotel, Tourism and Event Management from the University of Queensland.
She is a member of the Business Retention and Expansion International and is an active member of the community, serving on several community boards such as SAFFE and Reel East Texas FIlm Festival, where she is the current president of the board.
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Stephanie Moore brings 17 years of experience as an apartment manager to KEDC, where she is responsible for office management and staff support services as well as property management.
During the last ten years in the apartment industry, she worked with Dial Equities Inc., where her properties consistently won awards for best net operating income and best renewal program, among others. Before her career in the apartment industry, Moore worked in the plastics industry with quality control at Southern Plastics.
She attended Kilgore College and is a graduate of the Basic Economic Development Course. She is a member of the Northeast Texas Economic Developers Roundtable and the Texas Economic Development Council.
Austin Clark | 903 985 8120
Austin Clark is the Reseach Specialist for KEDC.
A graduate of UT Austin with a BA in Government and Economics, Austin is positioned to be an asset to KEDC and the Kilgore community. His college volunteer experience includes serving on the Executive Board of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity as well as membership in the Texas Advertising Group and Texas Economics Association.
He is a graduate of the Business Retention Expansion International certification course and the Basic Economic Development Course. He is a member of the Northeast Texas Economic Developers Roundatable and the Texas Economic Development Council.
He worked as a Senate Messenger in the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature.
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- Fax: 903.984.2746
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