Our Leadership

Board of Trustees Chair
Mahesh Batavia
Owner, Rainbow Package Store

Board of Trustees Vice Chair
Dr. Andi M. Kent
Interim Provost and SVPAA

23-24 Campaign Chair
Allen Ladd
President, Thames Batre’

Secretary & Governance
Audra Harper
Operations Administrator, Harper Technologies, LLC

Community Impact Chair
Glyn Agnew
Regional Director, AT&T

Finance Chair
Anna Goldman, CPA
Warren Avertt

Labor Chair
Mark J. Burnett, Jr.
Mobile Pensacola Building & Contruction Trades Council

Co-Campaign Chair &
Immediate Past President
Robert Matthews
Partner, Burr Forman LLP

Amy Baldwin
Managing Director of Organizational Development, Gulf Distributing Company

Guillermo Belloso
Director of Operations, BLP Mobile Paint

Joe Calagaz
President, Calagaz Printing

Melissa Cross
President, McAleer’s Office Furniture 

Nicole Edwards
Senior Market Advisor, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Bob Grip
Community Volunteer 

Dr. Ritesh Gupta
President, Rihner Gupta and Grosz Cardiology

Nick Harrell
County Extension Coordinator, Choctaw County Extension / Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Bo Keahey
Partner, Williams & Keahey, LLC

Easton Lambert
President
Southwest Alabama Labor Council

Sharon Moffatt
Regional Manager, Spire Gulf & Spire Mississippi, Spire, Inc.

Jessica Odom
Executive Director, The Arc of Southwest Alabama

Edward  O’Gwynn, III
Senior Vice President & Market President, Truist

H. Rudd Schultze
Division Marketing Manager, Alabama Power

Michael Strickler
Director of Sales, WALA Fox 10

Michael Toomey
Division Superintendent, Thompson Gas

Christian White
Market Executive, Region Financial

Sarah L. Damson
Tom Hinds
G. Russell Ladd, III

Ronald B. Melton
James T. Robson
Robert J. Williams