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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

BOARD OFFICERS

DONALD W. COMER

Chairman of the Board

Staff Vice President
Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, Tennessee

Theresa Spralling

Vice Chair of the Board

Chief of Staff, Chief Diversity Officer
AT&T Services, Inc.
Dallas, Texas

JOE HAMPTON

Secretary

President,
Spire – Alabama, Gulf Coast, Mississippi
Birmingham, Alabama

Board Members

DR. JEAN ACCIUS II

Senior VP,
Global Thought Leadership

AARP

JAMES D. ANDERSON

Dean and Gutgsell Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

REV. MICHAEL R. BAILEY

Pastor

First Presbyterian Church Tuscaloosa, Alabama

JANET EMERSON BASHEN

President and CEO

Bashen Incorporated

TAROUE BROOKS

CEO,

Taylor & Brooks LLC
Washington, D.C.

ARTIS M. BROWN

Coordination and Economics Manager

ExxonMobil

TAMI JACKSON BUCKNER

Partner

Michael Best Strategies
Washington, D.C.

RONALD FALLS, JR.

Chief Executive Officer

LA Executive 9 Group, LLC
Los Angeles, California

REV. DR. BRIAN C. HENDERSON

Senior Pastor – Head of Church

St. James Presbyterian Church
Charleston, South Carolina

JIM KOON

Director of Finance

Synod of Lakes and Prairies of Presbyterian Church USA

ALEX MCCRARY

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs

Alabama Power
Birmingham, Alabama

MARK MCKINLEY

Managing Partner

M Natural Resource Partners, L.P.

DR. ALBERT MORRIS, MD

Former Chairman

National Medical Association Radiologist
Memphis, Tennessee

MELISSA BISHOP-MURPHY

Senior Director

National Government Relations and Multicultural Affairs
Pfizer

DR. SAMORY PRUITT

Vice President for Community Affairs

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

TERRY SABAN

CEO/Co-Founder

Nick’s Kids Foundation
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

SHELIA SMITH

President

T.S. Police Support League, Inc.
Eutaw, Alabama

LT. GEN. WILLIE WILLIAMS

United States Marine Corps (Ret.)
Owner and President,

Consulting Limited Liability Company

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