EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
Dr. Carol Z. Garrison
President
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Vice Chair
Mr. Robert Aland
Banker, Community Volunteer

Treasurer
Mr. Jeff White, CPA
Partner
Bank, Finley, White & Co.

Secretary
Ms. Doris Powell
President
Fountain Heights Neighborhood Association

Immediate Past Chair 
Mr. Gerald Johnson,  
Vice President, Birmingham Division
Alabama Power Company

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ms. Tracey Morant Adams
Director, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
City of Birmingham

Ms. Gail Andrews
Director
Birmingham Museum of Art

Ms. Una S. Battles
Headmistress
Advent Episcopal School

Ms. Nolanda Bearden
President
NHB Group, Inc., Architects

Mr. Joel Blackstock
Principal
Williams-Blackstock Architects

Mr. Jay Brandrup
Principal & Founder
Kinetic Communications

Mr. HB Brantley
President
Brantley Visioneering

Ms. Joyce Brooks
Area Manager
Alabama Power Company

Ms. Sheila Chaffin
Executive Director, Campus Planning
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. Leigh Ferguson
Senior Developer
Bayer Properties

Ms. Beth Floyd
Executive Director
The Harbert Center

Mr. Robert A. Gates
Regional President – North Alabama/Birmingham
Wachovia Bank

Ms. Nancy Goedecke
Chairman of the Board
Mayer Electric Supply Company

Mr. Michael Harbin
Manager, External Affairs
AT & T Alabama

Mr. Don Henderson
President
Summit Products, LLC 

Mr. Bill Horton
North Alabama Area Executive
Regions Financial Corp.

Mr. Mike Keel
Senior Vice President
McWane, Inc

Mr. Robert Earl Kelly
President
Kelly Construction Co

Ms. Kay Kornmeier
Principal
Clarus Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. James Little
President, Five Points South Neighborhood Assoc.
Executive Director, Five Points South Merchants Assoc.

Mr. Harry Lynch
President
Harbert Realty

Mr. Buton MacDonald
City Executive - Birmingham
BB&T

Mr. Robert Nesbitt
President, Alabama Division
Citizens Trust Bank

Dr. Henry Panion, III
Distinguished Professor of Music
UAB Department of Music
President, Audiostate 55 Recording Studios

Dr. Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr.
President & CEO
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Ms. Patty A. Pilkerton
President
Central City Neighborhood Assoc.

Dr. David Pollick
President
Birmingham Southern-College

Mr. Guin Robinson
Institutional Development
Jefferson State College

Chief A.C. Roper
Chief of Police
Birmingham Police Department

Mr. Michael Ross
Alabama CEO
Renasant Bank

Mr. Robert Simon
President
Corporate Realty Associates

Mr. Lee Smith
Birmingham President
BBVA Compass Bank

Ms. Camille Spratling
Executive Assistant to the President
Birmingham-Southern College

Mr. Jeff Stone
Vice President & COO
Brasfield & Gorrie

Mr. Robert Tapscott
Shareholder
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC 

Mr. Michael Warren
CEO
Children’s Health System of Alabama

Mr. Steve Yoder
Of Council
Balch & Bingham

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Mayor of Birmingham

Councilor Roderick W. Royal  
President
Birmingham City Council

Hon. Bette Fine Collins
President
Jefferson County Commission
Represented by Commissioner Shelia Smoot

Ms. Helen Rivas
Co-Chair
Community Affairs Committee

Mr. Dalton Smith
President & CEO
Birmingham Business Alliance

Ms. Teresa Thorne
Executive Director
City Action Partnership (CAP)

Mr. Smith Williams
Co-Chair
Community Affairs Committee

PAST CHAIR ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dr. Neal Berte
President Emeritus
Birmingham-Southern College

Ms. Catherine S. Crenshaw
President
Sloss Real Estate

Mr. Russell Cunningham, III
Former President (Ret)
Greater Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Norm Davis
President
TPI Integrate Solutions, LLC.

Mr. A. Fox deFuniak, III
President, Birmingham Market
Superior Bank

Mr. Mac Moorer
Partner
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC

Mr. Alton Parker
Partner
Spain & Gillon

Mr. Gene Price
Partner
Burr & Forman, LLP

Mr. Dudley Reynolds
President & COO
Alagasco

Mr. David Sher
Co-CEO
Amsher Receivables Management