2026-2027 Board of Directors
President
William Dow, President, Warren Averett (Ret.)
President-Elect
Chris Kramer, President-Elect, Brasfield & Gorrie
Past President
Janet Kavinoky, Past President, Vulcan Materials Company
Treasurer
Steve Davis, Jemison Investment Co., Inc.
Secretary
Julie Metheny, Secretary, Regions Bank
Vice President Education
Eric Jack, Dean of UAB'S Collat School of Business (Ret.)
Vice President Legal
John Pickering, Balch & Bingham LLP
Vice President Marketing
Alesia Jones, AMJ HR Solutions, LLC
Board Members
Valerie Accetta, UAB
Jeffrey Bayer, Bayer Ventures
Michelle Clemon, The Clemon Consulting Group
Christy Danzy, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. UNITED
Karen Dykes, Altec Capital Services, LLC
Ruby Fenton, Wells Fargo Bank
Nancy Goedecke, Community Leader
Andrea Haines, Crowne Partners, Inc.
John Harbert, Harbert Management Corp.
April Harry, Warren Averett
Rayna Hawthorne, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Jerry Kelly, Kelly Natural Gas Pipeline LLC
Ursula Kemp, Kemp Management Solutions, LLC
Katy Killion, Community Leader
Mary Pat Lawrence, Protective Life
Rashada LeRoy, LRY
Melanie Lewis, Encompass Health
April Mason, Burr & Forman
Barbara Mulligan, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Samuetta Nesbitt, United Way of Alabama (Ret.)
Jay Nichols, Nucor Tubular (Ret.)
Katy Ottensmeyer, Maynard Nexsen PC
Kam Patton, Community Leader
Brooks Proctor, Bradley Law Firm
Anna Catherine Roberson, Alabama Power
Johnny Roberts, Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc.
Alison Schmidt, Medical Properties Trust
Mandy Schwarting, Spire
Anne Marie Seibel, Bradley Law Firm
Monique Gardner Witherspoon, Samford University
Honorary Board Members
Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-Winning Writer, Composer
Max Cooper*, Tony Award-Winning Producer
Fannie Flagg, Author
David Friedman, Composer
Gloria Moody*, Community Leader
Kim Morgan, Community Leader
Rebecca Luker*, Actor
Susan Ritter, Community Leader
Mayor Randall Woodfin
Lifetime Members of the Board
Betsy Faucette
Aubrey Garrison
Ginger Milam
Bill Mooney*
Robert Raiford
Bob Suellentrop
Sharon Suellentrop
Macky Warren*
Norma Warren*
*deceased