Joe Barker

Joe Barker, executive director of the Southwest Tennessee Development District (SWTDD), has been appointed by SWTDD, the West Tennessee city mayors Association, and the West Tennessee county Mayors Association to be their local government representative with the Ford Motor Company and its Blue Oval City project. Barkers role will include working with Ford officials to help locate suppliers and investment in West Tennessee communities as well as communicate with local officials with information from Ford.