Board of Trustees Chair
Robert Matthews
Partner, Burr & Forman, LLP
Vice Chair & Co-Campaign Chair
Mahesh Batavia
Southeast Asian Store Owners Association
Co-Campaign Chair &
Immediate Past President
Brent Barkin
President, Shoe Station, Inc,
Co-Campaign Chair
Christian White
Market Executive, Regions Financial
Finance Chair
Anna Goldman, CPA
Warren Avertt
Secretary & Governance
Audra Harper
Operations Administrator, Harper Technologies, LLC
Community Impact Chair
Glyn Agnew
Regional Director, AT&T
Labor Chair
Rick Lambert
Southwest Alabama Labor Council
Guillermo Belloso
Director of Operations, BLP Mobile Paint
Walter Brand
Senior Vice President, ServisFirst Bank
Mark J. Burnett, Jr.
Business Manager, UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 119
Joe Calagaz
President, Calagaz Printing
Melissa Cross
President, McAleer’s Office Furniture
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
J. Guy Helmsing
Senior Vice President & Market President, Hancock Whitney Bank
Bo Keahey
Partner, Williams & Keahey, LLC
Dr. Andi M. Kent
Interm Provost and SVPAA
Bo Mattei
President
Thames Batre Insurance
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
Jeff St. Clair
President, Springhill Medical Center
Michael Strickler
Director of Sales, WALA Fox 10
Michael Toomey
Division Superintendent, Thompson Gas
Kelly C. Woodford
Associate Dean of Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama
Sarah L. Damson
Tom Hinds
G. Russell Ladd, III
Ronald B. Melton
James T. Robson
Robert J. Williams