Our Leadership
2020-2021 Board of Directors
Executive Committee:
Board Chairman
J. Guy Helmsing
Senior Vice President & Market President, Hancock Whitney Bank
Vice Chair/Campaign Chairman
Brent Barkin
President, Shoe Station, Inc,
Secretary/Governance Chair
Karl Ficken
General Manager, Spire Gulf & Spire Mississippi
Treasurer/Finance Chair
Walter Brand
Senior Vice President, ServisFirst Bank
Audit Chair
Erin S. Jones
CPA, Wilkins Miller, LLC
Labor Chair
Rick Lambert
Southwest Alabama Labor Council
Community Impact Chair
Glyn Agnew
Regional Director, AT&T
Immediate Past Chair
Dr. Tony Waldrop
President, University of South Alabama
Community Impact Chair
Glyn Agnew
Regional Director, AT&T
Vice Chair/Campaign Chairman
Brent Barkin
President, Shoe Station, Inc,
Treasurer/Finance Chair
Walter Brand
Senior Vice President, ServisFirst Bank
Secretary/Governance Chair
Karl Ficken
General Manager, Spire Gulf & Spire Mississippi
Board Chairman
J. Guy Helmsing
Senior Vice President & Market President, Hancock Whitney Bank
Audit Chair
Erin S. Jones
CPA, Wilkins Miller, LLC
Labor Chair
Rick Lambert
Southwest Alabama Labor Council
Immediate Past Chair
Dr. Tony Waldrop
President, University of South Alabama
Elected Trustees:
Mahesh Batavia, Southeast Asian Store Owners Association
Joe L. Bedwell – Community Volunteer
Mark J. Burnett, Jr. – Training Coordinator, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 119
Mark Bush – General Manager Mobile Operations, SSAB
Bob Grip – Retired
Corey Hanson – Vice President & General Manager, WALA Fox 10 TV
Audra Harper – Operations Administrator, Haper Technologies
Nick Harrell – Executive Director & CIDO, Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce
Michelle Hurdle – Director of Economic & Community Development, Airbus Americas
Dr. Leida Javier-Ferrell
Dr. Andi M. Kent – Interm Provost and SVPAA
Bo Mattei – President, Thames Batre Insurance
Robert Matthews – Partner, Burr & Forman, LLP
Bud McCrory – Assistant Director of Administration, Mobile Area Water & Sewer System
Sharon Moffatt – Regional Manager of Spire Gulf & Spire Mississippi, Spire Inc.
Keith Randle – Human Resources Manager, Austal USA
H. Rudd Schultze – Division Marketing Manager, Alabama Power
Jeff St. Clair – President, Springhill Medical Center
Dr. Reginald Sykes – President, Bishop State Community College
Michael Toomey – Division Superintendent, Thompson Gas
Tonie Ann Torrens – Executive Director, Penelope House
Christian White – Market Executive, Regions Financial
Kelly C. Woodford – Associate Dean of Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama
Mahesh Batavia
Southeast Asian Store Owners Association
Joe L. Bedwell
Community Volunteer
Mark J. Burnett, Jr.
Training Coordinator
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 119
Mark Bush
General Manager Mobile Operations
SSAB
Bob Grip
Retired
Corey Hanson
Vice President & General Manager, WALA Fox 10 TV
Audra Harper
Operations Administrator,
Haper Technologies
Dr. Leida Javier-Ferrell
Dr. Andi M. Kent
Interm Provost and SVPAA
Bo Mattei
President
Thames Batre Insurance
Bud McCrory
Assistant Director of Administration, Mobile Area Water & Sewer System
Christian White
Market Executive, Regions Financial
Kelly C. Woodford
Associate Dean of Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama
Emeritus Trustees:
Sarah L. Damson
Tom Hinds
G. Russell Ladd, III
Ronald B. Melton
James T. Robson
Robert J. Williams