Leadership Birmingham

The Board of Trustees has general responsibility for funding and direction of the Corporation. Trustees approve the annual budget and the hiring of the Executive Director. They have the responsibility for the recruitment and selection of participants; and they review the activities of the Executive Committee. The Board members serve staggered three-year terms without compensation. Mike Warren is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Mr. Tom Angelillo President & CEO, Southern Progress Corp.
Hon. Richard Arrington, Jr. Former Mayor, City of B'ham Alamerica
Mr. Kirkwood R. Balton Chairman, L & K Electric Supply Co.
Mr. Julian W. Banton Ret’d., President and CEO, SouthTrust Bank
Jeffery Bayer President, Bayer Properties Inc.
Nelson Bean President and CEO, First Commercial Bank
Dr. Neal R. Berte President Emeritus, Birmingham-Southern College
Hon. Sharon Lovelace Blackburn U.S. District Court Judge
Hon. Houston L. Brown Judge, Circuit Division Unified Judicial System Com.
Hon. U. W. Clemon U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Alabama
Jeffrey H. Cohn, M.D. Physician, Cohn Urology
Bettye Fine Collins President – Jefferson County Commission
Dr. Robert Corley, Director- UAB Global & Community Leadership Honors Programs
Dr. Thomas E. Corts Interim Chancellor, Alabama Post-Secondary System
Catherine Sloss Crenshaw President Sloss Real Estate Group, Inc.
Judy Crittenden Attorney, The Crittenden Firm
Gayle Cunningham Executive Director, JCCEO
Mr. J. Mason Davis Partner, Sirote & Permutt, PC
Natalie Davis Professor, Birmingham Southern College
April Deal Retired, Greater Birmingham Convention and Tourist Bureau
Mr. Marvin R. Engel Community
Ms. Ann D. Florie Executive Director, Leadership Birmingham
Dr. George French President, Miles College
Dr. Carol Garrison President, University of Alabama Birmingham
Mr. Garry Gause President/CEO, Brookwood Medical Center
Mr. T. Michael Goodrich President & CEO, BE&K Birmingham, AL
Mr. M. Miller Gorrie Chairman & CEO, Brasfield & Gorrie
Herschell Hamilton, Principal & Managing Partner, Formation Methods LLC
Mr. Victor H. Hanson, III President and Publisher, The Birmingham News
Mr. Gary Hegel, CEO, Compass Bank
Mr. Donald Hess Ret. - Parisian, Inc, Southwood Partners
Mr. Walter Howlett, Jr. Chairman & CEO, Booker T. Washington Ins. Co.
Mr. Donald M. James Chairman & CEO, Vulcan Materials
Mr. John D. Johns President & CEO, Protective Life Ins.
Randy Jordan, Regional President, Wachovia
Anthony A. Joseph Partner, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.
Larry Langford President, Jefferson County Commission
Drew Langloh, President, United Way of Central Alabama
Phillippe W. Lathrop, Investment Consultant, Merrill Lynch
Hon. Helen Shores Lee Circuit Judge, Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama
Mr. James C. Lee, Jr. Chairman of the Board and CEO, Buffalo Rock Company
Mr. Don Logan Ret’d., Chairman Media/communications Group, Time Warner, Inc.
Mr. Charles D. McCrary President & CEO, Alabama Power Co.
Mr. John J. McMahon, Jr. Chairman of the Exec. Com., McWane, Inc.
James T. McManus, Chairman & CEO, Energen Corporation
Dr. Judy M. Merritt President, Jefferson State Junior College
Ms. Kate Nielsen President, The Community Foundation of Greater B'ham
Mr. Claude B. Nielsen President & COO, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United
Dr. Dannetta K. Thornton Owens President and CEO Kennon Family Investments
G. Ruffner Page, President, McWane, Inc.
Mr. Richard Pizitz President, Pizitz Management Group
Dr. G. David Pollick, President, Birmingham-Southern College
Mr. Van L. Richey President and CEO, American Cast Iron Pipe Co.
Mr. C. Dowd Ritter President, CEO & Chair, Regions Financial Corp.
Chief AC Roper, Chief, Birmingham Police Department
Mr. Joel Rotenstreich Director, Client Services, Zarzaur & Schwartz, P.C.
Mr. William J. Rushton, III Chairman Emeritus, Protective Life Corporation
Mr. Herbert A. Sklenar Chairman Emeritus, Vulcan Materials Company
Mr. William E. Smith, Jr. Chairman, Royal Cup, Inc.
James D. Sokol Retired, Robinson Humphrey Co.
Hon. Sandra H. Storm Ret., Circuit Court State of Alabama
Ms. Mimi Tynes Ret., Community Foundation of Greater B'ham
Dr. Perry Ward President, Lawson State Community College
Mr. Wm. Michael Warren, Jr. CEO, Children’s Health System
Dr. T. Andrew Westmoreland, President, Samford University
Cathy S.Wright Principal, The Clarus Consulting Group
Ms. Odessa Woolfolk Urban Programs Advisor, Woolfolk & Associates