--- title: Todd Whalley's Achievements --- [Skip to content](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/todd-whalleys-achievements#main-content) [![Achilles Solutions Group Logo](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Achilles%20Solutions%20Group%20Logo%20(2).png?width=1563&height=781&name=Achilles%20Solutions%20Group%20Logo%20(2).png)](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/achilles-solutions-group-trusted-business-consulting-in-mandeville-la?hsLang=en) - [Home](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/) - [About Us](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/about-us) - [Services](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/services) - [Contact](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/contact-us) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/) - [About Us](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/about-us) - [Services](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/services) - [Contact](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/contact-us) - [Schedule a Free Consultation](https://meetings.hubspot.com/todd-whalley) [Schedule a Free Consultation](https://meetings.hubspot.com/todd-whalley) ## Todd Whalley's Achievements  ### **Honors & Awards:** **2022 President’s ‘E’ Award for Export Service** Issued by U.S. Department of Commerce · July 2022 Marty Mayer, board president of St. Tammany Corporation, and Chris Masingill, the organization’s CEO, announced that St. Tammany Corporation has been awarded the President’s “E” Award for Export Service. Masingill and Todd Whalley, St. Tammany Corporation’s director of existing business and industry, accepted the award on July 13 at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Created in 1961, the President’s “E” Award is the highest recognition a U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. It is given to businesses and organizations for assisting and facilitating export activities. “It is my privilege to inform you that St. Tammany Corporation has been selected to receive the President’s ‘E’ Award for Export Service in recognition of your organization’s achievement in making significant contributions to an increase in U.S. exports. This well-deserved award is the highest honor given to providers of services to U.S. exporters,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in her congratulatory letter to the organization. “St. Tammany Corporation has demonstrated a sustained commitment to export expansion. The ‘E’ Awards Committee was very impressed with St. Tammany Corporation’s demonstration of community-wide export expansion supported by resources provided to its constituent companies. The organization’s direct outreach to more than 600 companies to provide business counseling over the past four years was also particularly notable. St. Tammany Corporation’s achievements have undoubtedly contributed to national export expansion efforts that support the U.S. economy and create American jobs.” According to the International Trade Administration’s Metropolitan Export Series, exports are vital to St. Tammany Parish’s economy and demonstrate many consecutive years of growth in goods shipped, with particularly strong results exceeding 30% in 2018 and 2020.   **2020 Gold Award--Advance St. Tammany Business Retention and Expansion Initiative** Issued by International Economic Development Council · Jan 2020 Associated with St. Tammany Corporation GOLD: Advance St. Tammany — Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Initiatives (Population 200,000 to 500,000) “St. Tammany Corporation is truly honored to be recognized by our peer economic development practitioners at the IEDC 2020 Excellence Awards,” said Chris Masingill, CEO of St. Tammany Corporation. “It is particularly special to be recognized for both our communications platforms in response to the pandemic and for Advance St. Tammany, our multi-layered business technical assistance program that is intentionally designed to support the evolving business retention and expansion needs of St. Tammany businesses.” IEDC is the largest nonprofit professional association for professional economic developers in the world, and these awards honor the world’s best economic development marketing campaigns, projects and programs, and the year’s most influential leaders. These award categories honor organizations and individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities. “St. Tammany Corporation consistently strives for excellence in our programs, services, partnerships, and engagement and I am thrilled to have the organization’s work recognized on the international stage. The leadership and staff are deeply committed to enhancing business retention and technical service offerings and responding to the advancing needs of our existing business community,” said Marty Mayer, Board of Commissioners President."   ### **Published papers:** *[“High-Speed Internet? Not So Fast.”](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/hubfs/Website%20PDFs/IEDC%20article%20TW%202023.pdf?hsLang=en)*International Economic Development Council (IEDC) ED Now 11/7/23 Volume 23 Issue 20 ### **FEMA Certifications:** **FEMA Business Continuity Planning Certification** Course: MGT 381MGT 381 **FEMA Emergency Management Institute Emergency Management for Senior Officials Certification** Course: IS-908IS-908 **FEMA Emergency Management Institute Incident Command System Certification** Course: IS-0100.cIS-0100.c **FEMA Emergency Management Institute National Incident Management System Certification** Course: IS-0700.bIS-0700.b **FEMA Emergency Management Institute National Response Framework Certification** Course: IS-0800IS-0800 ### **Economic Development:** **Business Retention & Expansion Certificate** International Economic Development Council (IEDC) **Business Retention and Expansion** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Community Development** The Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA) Certified Louisiana Economic Developer program **Community and Neighborhood Development** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Economic Development Credit Analysis** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Economic Development Ethics** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Strategies** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Incentives** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Marketing and Attraction Course Certification** The Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA) Certified Louisiana Economic Developer program **Politics in Economic Development** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Real Estate Development and Reuse** The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (EDI) **Strategic Planning Course Certification ** The Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA) Certified Louisiana Economic Developer program **True South Basic Economic Development Course Certification** The University of Southern Mississippi accredited by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)The University of Southern Mississippi accredited by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) ### **Data Management:** **Therefore™ Information Management & Workflow Software Certification** Therefore Corp. & Canon  ### **Hospitality:** **IHG Hospitality Management Training:** - Certification: True Hospitality Service Skills Certification  - Certification: IHG Way of Sales Solution Selling - Certification: Sales Onboarding Module 3 AMER Certification - Certification: RFP Business Case Training for Hotels **Hilton University Hospitality Management Training:** - Certification: Information Security and Privacy Training for Hilton - Certification: Focused Service Sales Success Training - Certification: Sales Communication Skills - Certification: Sales Communication Skills II - Certification: Understanding Revenue Management - Certification ADA Effective Communication - Certification ADA Service Animals - Certification Account Management - Certification Sales Process Overview - Certification Sales Process Overview: Advocating - Certification Sales Process Overview: Discovering - Certification Sales Process Overview: Relating - Certification: Sales Process Overview: Supporting - Certification Sales Process: Advocating - Certification: Sales Process: Discovering - Certification: Sales Process: Relating - Certification: Hilton Link Submission Process  - Certification: Sales Process: Supporting and Putting it all Together - Certification: Sales Success - Focused Service - Certification: Preparation for Negotiation - Certification: Preventing Human Trafficking - Certification: Prospecting - Certification: Prospecting eLearning - Certification: Questioning Techniques - Certification: CPR/First Aid Training  - Certification: Overcoming Objections and Negotiating facebook-f icon linkedin-in icon Twitter icon instagram icon - [Home](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com) - [About Us](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/about-us) - [Services](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/services) - [Contact](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/contact-us) --- [![Achilles Solutions Group](https://achillessolutionsgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Achilles%20Solutions%20Group%20Logo%20(2).png?width=1563&height=781&name=Achilles%20Solutions%20Group%20Logo%20(2).png "Achilles Solutions Group")](https:://www.achillessolutionsgroup.com) Copyright ©2025 Achilles Solutions Group. 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