Mr. McKenna and members of this team of professionals are frequent speakers at educational conferences of <br />professional organizations on the subjects of community redevelopment, sustainable community design, <br />municipal economics, public relations and design regulations. <br />The firm is headquartered in Downtown Northville, Michigan (near Detroit) with branches in Downtown <br />Kalamazoo, Michigan and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. <br />David Dyer <br />David Dyer is a former executive of BellSouth Wireless and has more than thirty (30) years of corporate <br />experience in business creation, management, marketing and sales. Following his retirement as an executive <br />from BellSouth, he spent nearly a decade in higher education administration at Mercer University. He served <br />as Senior Advisor to the President of Mercer University and as a member of the Mercer University President's <br />Executive Group he provided guidance on technical and rural economic development initiatives. <br />David currently provides consulting services for Venture X Group, located in Atlanta, GA, on rural economic <br />development initiatives. David has also consulted for the Georgia Department of Economic Development on <br />projects such as the Georgia Agritourism Association, Connect One Georgia, and the Aerospace Innovation <br />Center of Excellence. David also provides consultative services for the Consortium for Internet Imaging and <br />Database Systems, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia on the Distance <br />Diagnostics through Digital Imaging initiative. He provides leadership on economic development initiatives in <br />Monticello and Jasper County, Georgia as Chair of the Technology Committee, Chair of the Agritourism <br />Committee, member of Southeast Regional Agritourism Association and Southeast Agritourism Council. David <br />is a member of the board for the Development Authority of Jasper County. He is a member of the Downtown <br />Macon Rotary Club in Macon, GA and is past-President of the Monticello/Jasper County Kiwanis Club in <br />Monticello, GA. David owns and manages Garland's Ridge Farm in Hillsboro, Ga. <br />Mignon Bowers <br />Ms. Bowers is a retired Master Municipal Clerk with 25 years experience working with the City of Athens, AL. In <br />addition to serving as City Clerk/Treasurer, she worked with the Planning Department, Planning Commission, <br />Building Department and Zoning Board of Adjustments to assure that City ordinances were enforced in a fair <br />and equitable manner. She was appointed by the City Council in 1999 to serve as the designated <br />telecommunications representative for the City. In that position she worked with the ownership of CTS in the <br />regulation of the location and co-location of telecommunication facilities. She is a strong advocate of local <br />government and its need to facilitate the provision of high quality, cost-effective telecommunications services to <br />citizens and she also understands the need for local governments to utilize their resources to maximize <br />revenue growth. Her experience in both local government and throughout the State enhances her ability to <br />provide insight and understanding to the benefit of local governments in Alabama. MS. Bowers has also held <br />numerous elected positions in a number of state-wide organizations. <br />Mel Patterson <br />Mr. Patterson has over 30 years in the telecommunications industry. He spent 17 years with a large <br />Southeastern power company building, operating, and maintaining the second largest privately owned <br />microwave network in the United States. The last 13 years were spent in the engineering, construction, and <br />operations of major fiber optic networks for large regional telecommunications companies. In this role, he <br />worked with many cities, counties, and government entities to obtain permits, construct, and operate <br />telecommunications facilities within public rights-of-way. He understands the goals and technologies of the <br />telecommunications industry. These industry experiences enhance his ability to provide insight and <br />understanding to the benefit of the public sector. Mr. Patterson graduated cum laude with a BS in Business <br />Information Systems from Samford University. <br />Dan Lang <br />Dan R. Lang is President of The Lang Gang, Inc. an urban planning consulting firm founded to assist <br />communities with planning today for a better tomorrow. He has a degree in Natural Resources from the <br />11 <br />