5
An Economic Development Tool
WTC Mississippi offers a global toolbox of technical, research, educational and
networking resources to state and local economic developers to increase their efficiency
and effectiveness. Properly used and leveraged, these tools can enhance existing
business programs, support regional tourism efforts, facilitate internationalization and
promote the continued development of an integrated, multi-modal transportation.
Economic development organizations and chambers of commerce can utilize the
services of a World Trade Center to:
• Support the bottom line of local businesses by connecting them to reciprocal
World Trade Center facilities and international business services worldwide
• Create, retain and expand jobs, and develop the local tax base by raising the
international profile of their city/region
• Cost-effectively market investment opportunities to targeted audiences by
participating in organized trade shows, trade missions and investment fairs
promoted by WTC Mississippi and its partners
HUNTER ARNOLD
MSWTC Board President
Vice President Business Development
Waggoner Engineering, Inc.
WILLIAM S. MENDENHALL
MSWTC Board Vice President
Shareholder
Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
DR. O. A. CLEVELAND
MSWTC Board Secretary/Treasurer
President
ECOIL Technologies/
UMGAS-CAITAF Group
LIZA CIRLOT LOOSER
Immediate Past Board President
Chief Executive Officer
The Cirlot Agency
LYN ARNOLD
President/CEO
Tunica County Chamber of
Commerce & EDF
CLAY B. BALDWIN
CEO
TALON Ordnance
LAMPKIN BUTTS
Chief Operating Officer
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
DAVID CAMP
Vice President, Sales Operations
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
JONATHAN DANIELS
Executive Director and CEO
Mississippi State Port Authority
DUANE DEWEY
President, Corporate Banking
Trustmark National Bank
BRANDON DUNN
Chief Financial Officer
W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company
RHONDA KEENUM
President
Keenum Company
JIM McINGVALE
Director of Government
& Community Affairs
Ingalls Shipbuilding
DAVID RUMBARGER
President/CEO
Community Development Foundation
PAT THOMASSON
President/CEO
Thomasson Company
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
14
Billion Strong and
Growing Mississippi
International Exports
45,936
Export-related
Jobs in Mississippi
185
Countries exported to
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