Board of Directors | Leadership Alabama

**Executive Committee

Dr. Linda C. Young**

Chair Retired College President / Civic Leader Dothan

Mr. Michael Patterson**

Vice Chair Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Legal Officer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Birmingham

Mr. J. Kyle Buchanan**

Treasurer President Helen Keller and Red Bay Hospitals Sheffield

Mr. Robbie Baker**

Secretary President Hancock Whitney Bank Mobile

Ms. Melissa C. Morrissette**

Immediate Past Chair Vice President/Co-Owner LLB&B Real Estate, Inc. Mobile

Ms. Rosalie Allen

Civic & Community Leader Huntsville

Mr. Doug Bachuss, Jr.

Attorney Nowlin, Bachuss & Gray Decatur

Ms. Penny Billings

President/Huntsville Market Cadence Bank Huntsville

Mr. Jo Bonner

President University of South Alabama Mobile

Ms. Stephanie A. Bryan

Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore

Mr. Cedric Campbell

Regional Vice President & Board Member Goodwyn Mills Cawood Montgomery

Dr. Josh Carpenter

President and CEO Southern Research Birmingham

Mr. Matt Clegg

Principal Wilson Investment Group Auburn

Mr. Tyrone Fenderson, Jr.

Market President, Mobile and Baldwin County Synovus Mobile

Mr. Walter Hill

CEO Wiregrass United Way Dothan

Mr. Chuck Holmes

Executive Director Alabama Humanities Alliance Birmingham

Ms. Kellie Hope

Civic Leader Mobile

Mr. Horace H. Horn, Jr.

Vice President, External Affairs PowerSouth Energy Montgomery

Mr. Hank Isenberg

President IronMountain Solutions Huntsville

Dr. Tonjanita Johnson

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs The University of Alabama System Tuscaloosa

Mr. Michael Kirkpatrick

Chairman & CEO DESE Research Huntsville

Mr. Delbert Madison

Senior Vice President, Cash Management ServisFirst Bank Montgomery

Mr. Gordon G. Martin**

Kennemer Center Director University of Alabama Honors College Birmingham / Tuscaloosa

Mr. Macke Mauldin

President Bank Independent Florence

Mr. David M. Muhlendorf

President LDM Company Florence

Mr. Grits Morris

Civic Leader Montgomery

Mr. David Nast**

State President United Community Bank Huntsville

Mr. Henry O'Connor

Partner Jones Walker, LLP Mobile

Hon. Deborah Bell Paseur

Attorney/Partner Paseur, Johnson and Medley Florence

Ms. Eva Robertson

Civic & Community Leader Birmingham

Mr. James R. Seale

Shareholder Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole and Black, PC Montgomery

Mr. David Silverstein

President The Five Stone Group Birmingham

Ms. Jody Singer

Community & Civic Leader Huntsville

Mr. Richard M. Stabler

Civic Leader Fairhope

Mr. Jeff Stone

Executive Vice President Brasfield & Gorrie Birmingham

Hon. Todd Strange

Civic Leader Montgomery

Mr. David Turner, Jr.

Senior Executive Vice President & CFO Regions Financial Corporation Birmingham

Mr. James F. Watkins

Managing Partner, Mobile Maynard Nexson Mobile

Mr. Bennet Wright

Executive Director Alabama Sentencing Commission Montgomery

Ms. DeLynn M. Zell**

Founder & CEO Bridgeworth Wealth Management Birmingham

Emeritus Chairs

Ms. Lynne Berry

Planned Giving Officer Huntsville Hospital Foundation Huntsville

Mr. R. Preston Bolt, Jr.

Member Hand Arendall Harrison & Sale Mobile

Mr. Fred O. Braswell

Civic Leader Wetumpka

Mr. Mike Goodrich

Founder Timberline Holdings Birmingham

Mr. Seth Hammett

Civic Leader Andalusia

Mr. D. Mark Nix

President & CEO Infirmary Health System Mobile

Ms. Caroline Novak

Senior Advisor A+ Education Partnership Montgomery

Mr. William E. Smith, Jr.

Chairman Royal Cup Coffee and Tea Birmingham

Mr. W. Michael Warren, Jr.

Civic Leader Birmingham