Amanda Fields Joins Coweta County Development Authority

The Coweta County Development Authority is pleased to welcome Amanda Fields as Existing Industries Manager. Terry Daviston, chairman of the Coweta County Development Authority, said, “We are delighted to have Amanda on our local economic development team. She has years of economic development experience at the local and state levels, and she is a great addition to our local team.”

For the past 5 years, Fields has served as administrative and marketing manager at Electric Cities of Georgia, helping with the utility’s economic and marketing efforts. Prior to joining ECG, she served for seven years at the Fayette County Development Authority.

Greg Wright, president of the Coweta County Development Authority, said, “I have had the pleasure of working with Amanda for over a decade in her roles at ECG and in Fayette County, and I could not be more pleased to have someone of her caliber helping our local economic development efforts.”

Fields will serve as the Development Authority’s primary point of contact for existing industries. Over the years, the Development Authority has built a strong existing industry visitation program to help promote job growth by local companies. In addition, the Authority is part of a local partnership that is working to promote manufacturing in the county, particularly with teachers in the Coweta County School System.