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About

OUR BOARD

Governing Board

Richard Burch, BS

Senior V.P., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Retired

Lynn Corder

Owner, The Builders Group and LCT Holdings

Jheovanny Gomez, AB

Co-owner, Jalapenos Mexican Grill 

Stuart Hartley, BS, CPA

Morrison and Smith, LLP

Judy Holland

Managing Director, High Socks for Hope

Teresa Johnson, BS

Owner Johnson’s Gardens, Gifts and Interiors “The Plant Lady”

C Randall Perkins, BA

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

Mark Sullivan Bs, MBA

Executive Vice President, Bryant Bank

Jimmy Warren, BA, MA

Associate Vice President for Alumni Affairs, The University of Alabama

Weldon Cole, BS, MBA, DHL, CPA

Board Chair, Freedom Farm

Senior Vice president, Albany International, Retired

President, Beloit Corporation, Retired

Susan Cork

Co- Chairman of the Board, Phifer Inc.

Trustee/Manager, Reese Phifer Jr. Memorial Foundation

Chad Gore

Owner, Mainstreet Builders

Becci Hauser

Chief Advancement Officer,

United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama

Kellie Hubbard, BS, MA

Educator and Administrator

Tony Johnson, BS, Ed.D.

Managing Partner, Pylon Professionals

Shayla Smith, BS, MS

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

Matthew Q. Tompkins, BA, J.D.

Shareholder Rosen Harwood

Cathy Wood, BS

Executive Director, Freedom Farm, Inc.

Tracy Comas, BS, Special Ed.

Founder, COO TPM Research Inc. 1999-2018

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

Ashley Gill

Owner & Operator, Chick-Fil-A Northport

 

Jennifer Hart, CFA, CFP

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

Will Hewson, BS Finance, MAE

Chief Financial Officer, Hewson Foundation

Owner, JMDW Investments

Megan Johnson, BA, J.D.

Attorney at Law, Child Advocacy

Charles Nash, BS, MS, Ed.D.

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

Andrew Snyder

Founder/Principal, Snyder & Associates Financial

John O. Waits, MD, FACS

CEO Founder, Freedom Farm 

Forty-one years private medical practice

Tony Johnson, Ed. D.

Managing Partner, Pylon Professionals

Advisory Board

Claude Edwards

President, Bryant Bank

Brock Jones

Founding Partner, Thornhill Capital Management, RJFS

Tim Parker, Jr.

Chairman of the Board, Parker Towing Company

Cathy Randall

Chairman of the Board, Pettus Randall Holdings, LLC.

Terry Waters

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

Jim I Harrison III

Board Chair, Druid City Hospital System

Lin Moore

CEO, Pritchett-Moore Insurance, Inc.

Malcolm Portera

Chancellor Emeritus, The University of Alabama System

President Emeritus, Mississippi State University

Charles D. Wade

Chief Operating Officer, Argent Financial Corporation

Fred Hahn

Founder Industrial Warehouse Services, Inc and Seapac, Inc.

Pam Parker

Vice President of Development, The University of Alabama, Retired

 

Gene Poole

Owner, Hudson-Poole Jewelers

Fitzgerald Washington

Secretary of Labor, State of Alabama

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Freedom Farm is a sanctuary for foster children, offering them a nurturing environment with loving parents to guide their emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth. 

Email cwood@freedomfarmal.org

Phone 205-736-4001

Office address

PO Box 249

Coker, AL 35452

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