The waterway's membership voice.
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Council is the corridor's member organization: the businesses, ports, agencies, communities, and individuals who advocate for the waterway and invest in its future, working hand in hand with the Authority.
Strength in numbers, up and down the corridor.
Where the Authority is the four-state compact, the Council is the coalition: a 24-member board of directors, an executive committee, and a membership that spans the corridor.
Board of Directors
A 24-member Board of Directors representing regional interests across all four states.
Ex-officio members
Representing the governors, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, and regional water management districts.
Members
A membership of companies, ports, communities, and individuals who believe in the corridor.
The Tenn-Tom Conference
Co-host of the annual Tenn-Tom Conference, where the whole corridor comes together.
Add your voice to the corridor.
Council membership connects you to the people moving the waterway forward, and puts your organization behind the advocacy that keeps the corridor competitive.
- First-to-know corridor news, data, and opportunities
- Council member recognition at the annual Tenn-Tom Conference, the corridor's premier networking event
- A seat at the table with ports, shippers, developers, and policy leaders
- Listing in the member directory
Join the Council
New members may pay online or request an invoice and pay by check.
Renewing your membership?
Pay or renew online or contact TTWDA with questions about your renewal.
Council leadership.
The officers, executive committee, and Board of Directors for 2026–2027.
Officers
Will Sanders
Chairman
Matt Arnold
Vice Chairman
Phillis Belcher
Treasurer
Jason Colburn
Secretary
Mitch Mays
President
Mike Williams
Immediate Past Chairman
Executive Committee
The officers, plus:
- Ron Coles
- Charlie Haun
- Josh Tubbs
Ex-officio members
- Alabama Governor's Representative
- Denson Clark
- Kentucky Governor's Representative
- John McConnell
- Mississippi Governor's Representative
- Mike Armour
- Tennessee Governor's Representative
- Dan Pallme
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Andrea Rose
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Capt. Mike Vega
- Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District
- Drew Robertson
- Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association
- Wynne Fuller
- USACE Mobile District
- Col. Kelcey Shaw
- USACE Nashville District
- Lt. Col. Guillermo Guandique
Board of Directors
- David Abbott
- Chuck Arnold
- Matt Arnold
- Chelsea Baulch
- Phillis Belcher
- Gary Chandler
- Jason Colburn
- Ron Coles
- Robert Dexter
- Jimmy Garrett
- Charlie Haun
- Tom Leatherbury
- Lucian Lott
- Johnny Murray
- Alan Peeples
- Tami Reist
- Chad Robertson
- Will Sanders
- Kevin Stafford
- John Stokes
- Trung Trinh
- Josh Tubbs
- Gina Walker
- Mike Williams
Our member organizations.
Businesses, ports, communities, and public agencies supporting the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway through Council membership.
- 4-County Electric Power Association
- Alabama Department of Economic & Community Affairs
- Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association
- Alabama Pulp & Paper Council
- Alcorn County Board of Supervisors
- Anvil Innovations, LLC
- Balch & Bingham, LLP
- BankFirst Financial Services
- Boh Bros. Construction Co., L.L.C.
- Boise Paper, Packaging Corporation of America
- Cadence Bank
- City and Port of Aberdeen
- City of Aliceville
- City of Amory
- City of Amory Utilities
- City of Columbus
- City of Demopolis
- City of Thomasville
- Columbus Marina
- Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc.
- Cooper Marine
- Couch Aggregates
- Decatur/Morgan County Port Authority
- Domtar Paper Company, LLC
- E-Crane International USA, Inc.
- Florence/Lauderdale County Authority
- Greene County Industrial Development Authority
- Hardin County Executive
- International Paper
- Itawamba County Board of Supervisors
- Itawamba County Chancery Clerk
- J. F. Brennan Company, Inc.
- Kirby Corporation
- Lowndes County Administrator
- Lowndes County Chancery Clerk
- Lowndes County Port Authority
- Marengo County Development Authority
- Marquette Transportation Company
- Marshall County Economic Development Council
- MDOT Ports & Waterways Division
- Mississippi Development Authority
- Monroe County Chamber of Commerce
- Neel-Schaffer, Inc.
- Olin Chlor Alkali Logistics, Inc.
- Paducah/McCracken County Riverport
- Pickens County Commission
- Port of Pascagoula
- PowerSouth Energy
- R&D Maintenance Services, Inc.
- Southern Ionics
- SSA Gulf
- SSA Logistic Services, Inc.
- SSA Marine
- Steel Dynamics of Columbus
- T.E. Lott and Company
- Taylor Machine Works, Inc.
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Tennessee Valley Towing
- The Shoals EDA
- The Westervelt Company
- Thompson Engineering
- Thompson Tractor Company
- Three Rivers Planning & Development District
- Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors
- Tishomingo County Development Foundation
- Tom Soya Grain Company
- Tronox
- Watco
- West Point/Clay County Community Growth Alliance
- Yellow Creek Port Authority
Join the waterway's champions.
Put your organization behind the advocacy that keeps the corridor competitive.