Advisory Board

James E. Rotch, Chairman
Partner
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

Dave Adkisson
President & CEO
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Richard Anthony
CEO & President
Synovus

Lynne Berry
Executive Director
Historic Huntsville Times

Dr. Neal R. Berte
Chancellor
Birmingham-Southern College

Stephen Black
Attorney
Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Judge Houston L. Brown,
Jefferson County Civil Court of Appeals

Russell G. Brown
President & CEO
D P Associates

Bishop Anthony Burton
Diocese of Saskatchewan
The Angelican Church of Canada

Michael A. Calvert
Executive Director
Operation New Birmingham

Thomas N. Carruthers
Partner
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

William D. Coleman
Attorney
Chappell & Howard, P.C.

Wm. Michael Coppage
Alabama Director of Public Safety

Catherine S. Crenshaw
President
Sloss Development Group, Inc.

J. Mason Davis
Partner
Sirote & Permutt, P.C.

Norman B. Davis, Jr.
Executive Vice President
First American Bank

Deidre Downs
Miss America 2005

Marsha Folsom
Civic Volunteer
Cullman, AL

Cathy O. Friedman
City Ad Specialists

A. H. Gaede, Jr.
Partner
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

Carol Z. Garrison
President
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thom Gossom, Jr.
Actor, Writer & Consultant

Iris L. Gross
Executive Director
Birmingham International Festival

Rev. Christopher M. Hamlin
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Donald E. Hess
CEO
Southwood Partners

Rev. Dr. R. Lawton Higgs, Sr.
Pastor
Church of the Reconciller, UMC

David D. Hood
President
Induron Coatings, Inc.

Kate Jackson
Actress

C. Douglas Jones
Attorney
Whatley, Drake, L.L.C.

Dr. Ed LaMonte
Howell Heflin Professor of Political Science
Birmingham Southern College

Dr. Larry Lemak
Alabama Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center

Dr. Jesse J. Lewis
President & CEO (Retired)
The Birmingham Times

Joseph R. Lewis
Special Agent in Charge (Ret.)
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Don Logan
Chairman, Media & Communication
Group AOL Time Warner

Robert D. Ludwig
Publisher
The Huntsville Times

Lia Macko
Television Producer
New York, NY

Susan W. Matlock
President
Entrepreneurial Center, Inc.

Rodney A. Max
Attorney
Upchurch, Watson, White and Max

Charles D. McCrary
President & CEO
Alabama Power Company

George D.H. McMillian, Jr.
President
McMillian & Associates

Chris McNair
Retired Jefferson County Commissioner

Judy Merritt
President
Jefferson State Community College

Rabbi Jonathan A. Miller
Temple Emanu-El

Drayton Nabers, Jr.
Chief Justice
Alabama Supreme Court

Lori Nelson
Former Executive Director
Birmingham Pledge Foundation

Kate Nielsen
Chairman
Community Foundation

J. Mervyn Nabors
Retired Aircraft Industry Executive

Alton B. Parker, Jr.
Partner
Spain & Gillon, L.L.C.

Else M. Penfield
Executive Director (Retired)
Leadership Birmingham

George Perdue
Alabama State Representative
District 54

Hon. James Perkins
Mayor
Selma, AL

Kim Phuc
Founder, KIM International
Kim Phuc Foundation

John D. Saxon
Attorney
John D. Saxon, P.C.

David R. Sher
President
AmSher Receivables Management

Herbert A. Sklenar
Chairman of the Board Emeritus
Vulcan Materials Company

William E. Smith, Jr.
Chairman
A Plus & Royal Cup, Inc.

Hon. Loretta Spencer
Mayor
Huntsville, AL

Patrick C. Stacker
Attorney
Long Beach, CA

Bill Taylor
President & CEO
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International

Frances V. Verstandig
Retired Executive Director
Alabama School of Fine Arts

Wm. Michael Warren
Chairman & CEO
Energen Corporation

Lemarse Washington
NCCJ Executive Director

Louis J. Willie III
Attorney & Co-Chair
Birmingham Pledge Task Force

Jim Willis
Editor & President
Birmingham Post Herald

Governor William F. Winter
Fifty-eighth Governor of Mississippi, 1980 - 1984

Odessa Woolfolk
Urban Programs Advisor
Woolfolk & Associates