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About

OUR BOARD

Governing Board

Richard Burch, BS

Senior V.P., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Retired

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Tracy Comas, BS, Special Ed.

Founder, COO TPM Research Inc. 1999-2018

Founder, COO Hygia Health Services, Inc. 1999-2018

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Jheovanny Gomez, AB

Co-owner, Jalapenos Mexican Grill 

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Stuart Hartley, BS, CPA

Morrison and Smith, LLP

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Kellie Hubbard, BS, MA

Educator and Administrator

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Charles Nash, BS, MS, Ed.D.

Senior Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Academic and Student Affairs, University of Alabama System

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Aaron Sincroft

Owner, Trick Construction Company LLC

Matthew Q. Tompkins, BA, J.D.

Shareholder Rosen Harwood

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Terry Waters

Retired, Senior VP of Marketing & Customer Service at Alabama Power 

Elizabeth Duren Childress, BS, CFO, CRPS

Financial Advisor, Pathway Financial Resources

Susan Cork

Co- Chairman of the Board, Phifer Inc.

Trustee/Manager, Reese Phifer Jr. Memorial Foundation

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Chad Gore

Owner, Mainstreet Builders

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Becci Hauser

Chief Advancement Officer,

United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama

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Tony Johnson, BS, Ed.D.

Managing Partner, Pylon Professionals

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C Randall Perkins, BA

Director, Security and External Relations, retired, The University of Alabama System

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Shayla Smith, BS, MS

Program Manager for Community Engagement & Professional Development, College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Alabama

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John O. Waits, MD, FACS

Founder, Freedom Farm 

Forty-one years private medical practice

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Weldon Cole, BS, MBA, DHL, CPA

Board Chair, Freedom Farm

Senior Vice president, Albany International, Retired

President, Beloit Corporation, Retired

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Robert "Sonny" Deason

Founder, President Emeritus, Deason, Inc. 

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Jennifer Hart, CFA, CFP

Chief Operating Officer, Paragon HM Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley

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Will Hewson, BS Finance, MAE

Chief Financial Officer, Hewson Foundation

Owner, JMDW Investments

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Jennifer Miller, MS

RN, educator, County Extension Coordinator, retired. 

Jordan Plaster, CRP, APMA

Managing Director, Plaster and Shumaker Wealth Management

Mark Sullivan Bs, MBA

Executive Vice President, Bryant Bank

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Jimmy Warren, BA, MA

Associate Vice President for Alumni Affairs, The University of Alabama

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Advisory Board

Claude Edwards

President, Bryant Bank

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Brock Jones

Founding Partner, Thornhill Capital Management, RJFS

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Tim Parker, Jr.

Chairman of the Board, Parker Towing Company

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Cathy Randall

Chairman of the Board, Pettus Randall Holdings, LLC.

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Jim I Harrison III

Board Chair, Druid City Hospital System

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Lin Moore

CEO, Pritchett-Moore Insurance, Inc.

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Malcolm Portera

Chancellor Emeritus, The University of Alabama System

President Emeritus, Mississippi State University

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Charles D. Wade

Chief Operating Officer, Argent Financial Corporation

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Fred Hahn

Founder Industrial Warehouse Services, Inc and Seapac, Inc.

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Pam Parker

Vice President of Development, The University of Alabama, Retired

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Gene Poole

Owner, Hudson-Poole Jewelers

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Fitzgerald Washington

Secretary of Labor, State of Alabama

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