Board Vice Chair
Advancing economic growth through experience and collaboration.
Connie Bainbridge serves as Manager of Community and Economic Development for Central Alabama Electric Cooperative, where she leads initiatives focused on economic growth, workforce development, tourism, and regional collaboration across Central Alabama. With more than 35 years of experience in economic development, strategic planning, business management, and integrated marketing, she has played a key role in recruiting and supporting major industrial, retail, and commercial projects throughout the state.
Over the course of her career, Bainbridge has helped facilitate hundreds of millions of dollars in capital investment and the creation of significant job opportunities through projects involving advanced manufacturing, healthcare distribution, automotive suppliers, retail destinations, and energy infrastructure. Her work has also included business park development, tourism product enhancement, workforce initiatives, and community revitalization efforts across Alabama.
Prior to joining Central Alabama Electric Cooperative in 2011, Bainbridge served as President of the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce for 14 years and previously held executive leadership positions with the Chilton County and Hartselle Chambers of Commerce.
A respected leader in economic and community development, Bainbridge has served on numerous local, state, regional, and national boards and professional organizations, including the Chambers of Commerce of Alabama, the Economic Development Association of Alabama, the Southern Economic Development Council, State of Alabama WIOA Board and the National Rural Economic Development Association. She currently serves on the Alabama Main Street Board of Directors.
Bainbridge is a graduate of Faulkner University, where she earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business. She is also a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and the Institute for Organization Management at the University of Georgia.
Her honors include being named a Woman of Excellence by the Montgomery Advertiser and Baptist Health, Chilton County Citizen of the Year, Chambers of Commerce of Alabama Chamber Champion of the Year, and induction into the 2025 Southern Business and Economic Development Magazine Hall of Fame for Economic Developers of the South.
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