Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Mr. Thomas L. Hamby, MDB Chairman, President, BellSouth-Alabama
Mr. Theodore J. vonCannon, MDB President & Secretary, President, Metropolitan Development Board
Mr. Miller Gorrie, Chairman & CEO, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Mr. John D. Johns, President & COO, Protective Life Corporation
Mr. Theodore C. Kennedy, Chairman, BE&K Construction Company
The Honorable Larry Langford, President, Jefferson County Commission
Mr. Timothy A. Lewis, President, T.A. Lewis & Associates
Mr. Charles Mayer, III, Senior Executive Vice President, General Banking Group Head, AmSouth Bank, N.A.
Mr. Charles K. "Kip" Porter, Executive Vice President, Porter White & Company
Mr. Dudley C. Reynolds, President & COO, Alabama Gas Corporation
The Honorable Carole Smitherman, President, Birmingham City Council
Mr. Steve Spencer, Executive Vice President, Alabama Power Company
Mr. Michael Thompson, President, Thompson Tractor Company
Mr. C. Reynolds Thompson, CEO, Colonial Properties Trust
Mr. Samuel E. Upchurch, Chairman, Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, Regions Bank
MDB Board Members
The Honorable Lindsey Allison, Chairwoman, Shelby County Commission
Mr. Thomas Angelillo, President & CEO, Southern Progress Corporation
Mr. Emory Anthony, Attorney at Law
Mr. Anthony Barnes, Chairman, Birmingham Water Works Board
Mr. Steve Barry, Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
The Honorable Stanley Batemon, Chairman, St. Clair Commission
The Honorable Charles E. Beasley, Chairman, Bibb County Commission
Dr. Neal Berte, Chancellor, Birmingham-Southern College
Mr. Ronald Bruno, President, Bruno Capital Management Corporation
Mr. Robert Burton, President, Hoar Construction, Inc.
Mr. John H. Cooper, Attorney, Sirote & Permutt
Mr. Russell Cunningham, President, Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mr. James Davis, Chairman, Jemison Investment Company, Inc.
Mr. Fox deFuniak, III, Birmingham Market President, Superior Bank
Mr. Felix Drennen, President & CEO, Brice Building Company
Mr. Charles Faulkner, President, Princeton Baptist
Mr. Boots Gale, Maynard Cooper & Gale
Dr. Carol Garrison, President, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mr. Garry Gause, CEO, Brookwood Medical Center
Dr. Matthew Gonda, Chairman & CEO, MG BioConsulting, LLC
Mr. Miller Gorrie, Chairman & CEO, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Mr. John B. Grenier, Chairman, Executive Committee, Bradley, Arant Rose & White, LLP
Mr. Randall Haines, Birmingham City President, Compass Bank
Mr. Thomas L. Hamby, President-Alabama, BellSouth
The Honorable Bruce Hamrick, Chairman, Walker County Commission
Mr. Victor Hanson, III, President & Publisher, The Birmingham News
Mr. Warren Hawkins, Jr., CEO, BancPartners Leasing
The Honorable Joe Headley, Chairman, Chilton County Commission
The Honorable Steven Hoyt, Economic Development Committee Chairman, Birmingham City Council
Mr. Garrett Hurley, President, USS Real Estate
Mr. Donald James, Chairman & CEO, Vulcan Materials Company
Mr. John D. Johns, Chairman, President & CEO, Protective Life Corporation
Mr. Charles W. Jones, President & CEO, O'Neal Steel, Inc.
Mr. Randall Jordan, Regional President, Wachovia Bank
Dr. Shirley Salloway Kahn, Vice President, Development, Alumni & External Relations, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mr. Theodore C. Kennedy, Founder, BE&K Construction Company
The Honorable Bernard Kincaid, Mayor, City of Birmingham
The Honorable Royce King, Chairman, Blount County Commission
Mr. William Knight, Jr., Attorney, Burr & Forman, LLP
The Honorable Larry Langford, President, Jefferson County Commission
Mr. Alex Leath, III, Attorney, Balch & Bingham, LLP
Mr. James C. Lee, Jr., Chairman, Buffalo Rock Company
Dr. Lawrence Lemak, Alabama Sports Medicine
Mr. Dennis Leonard, Vice President & General Manager, Fox 6, WBRC-TV
Mr. Timothy A. Lewis, President, T.A. Lewis & Associates
Ms. Karole Lloyd, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Mr. Charles Mayer, III, Senior Executive Vice President, General Banking Group Head, AmSouth Bank, N.A.
Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Mayor, City of Vestavia Hills
Dr. Robert McChesney, President, University of Montevallo
Mr. Charles McCrary, President & CEO, Alabama Power Company
Ms. Deborah McGill, President, NAIOP Alabama Chapter, Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority
Mr. Pete Mistrot, Ernst & Young (retired)
Mr. Jack Narramore, President, Birmingham Region, Aliant Bank
Mr. Patrick Pope, General Counsel, Southern Natural Gas Company
Mr. Phillip Pope, President & CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
Mr. Charles K. "Kip" Porter, Executive Vice President, Porter White & Company
Dr. Malcolm Portera, Chancellor, The University of Alabama System
Mr. James Rein, President, Bill Harbert Construction
Mr. Dudley Reynolds, President & COO, Alabama Gas Corporation
Mr. Van Richey, President & CEO, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Mr. Dwight Sandlin, President, Signature Homes/NSH Corporation
Mr. Rick Schostek, Senior Vice President, Business Operations, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Inc.
Mr. Maclin Smith, President, Regions Bank
The Honorable Carole Smitherman, President, Birmingham City Council
The Honorable Shelia Smoot, Commissioner of Roads & Transportation/Community Development, Jefferson County Commission
Mr. Steve Spencer, Executive Vice President, Alabama Power Company
Mr. C. Reynold Thompson, CEO, Colonial Properties Trust
Mr. Michael Thompson, President, Thompson Tractor Company
Mr. Ray Torok, President & COO, U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company
Mr. Samuel E. Upchurch, Chairman, Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, Regions Bank
Mr. Theodore J. vonCannon, President, Metropolitan Development Board
Sen. James T. "Jabo" Waggoner, Consultant
Mr. Michael Warren, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Energen Corporation