Board Chair

Vice President of Business Development, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama

Bakari Miller

Senior Vice President and General Counsel Alabama Power

Houston Smith

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Montevallo

Courtney Bentley

Attorney Butler Snow LLP

Jesse H. Blount

Greater New Orleans

12

Director of Business Development Christian & Small LLP

Julie M. Ellis

Managing Director Timberline Holdings

Braxton Goodrich

Chief Executive Officer Trillion Communications

Brian Hamilton

Vice President Protective Life

Earlisha Williams

Director STEM Education Outreach, Southern Research

Kathryn Lanier

Executive Director Breakthrough Birmingham

Mariohn Michel

Alabama

11

Director of Community Outreach and Development Avadian Credit Union

Victoria Eligwe

Executive Director The Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. Institute

Thomas Rains

Mississippi Delta

05

Executive Vice President Regions Bank Corporation

Tom Speir

President Village Creek Development

Tom Walker