THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Officers of the Board

Mr. Michael Atchison,
Chairman
Mr. James T. Stephens, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Katherine McTyeire,
Secretary

Members from Alabama West Florida Conference

Mr. John B. Barnett, III
Attorney
Barnett, Bugg, Lee & Holborn
Monroeville, Alabama

Dr. Gorman Houston
Senior Minister
First United Methodist Church
Prattville, Alabama

Mr. Frank A. Jenkins III
Managing Partner
Jenkins and Associates
Montgomery, Alabama

Mr. Alan C. Livingston
Attorney
Lee & McInish
Dothan, Alabama

Dr. John Ed Mathison
Senior Minister
Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church
Montgomery, Alabama

The Reverend Jeffrey R. Spiller
Senior Minister
Christ United Methodist Church
Mobile, Alabama

The Reverend Mary Elizabeth Stinson
Alabama-West Florida Conference Council on Ministries
Andalusia, Alabama

Dr. Paulette Brignet Thompson
Retired
Alabama Council of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Montgomery, Alabama

Members from North Alabama Conference

Dr. William H. Bostick, Jr.
Superintendent, Decatur District
The United Methodist Church
Decatur, Alabama

Dr. Charles F. Gattis, Jr.
Senior Minister
Trinity United Methodist Church
Huntsville, Alabama

Mr. Benny M. LaRussa, Jr.
President
Sterling Capital Management
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Bill Morgan
Senior Minister
Canterbury United Methodist Church
Birmingham, Alabama

The Reverend O’neil Ridgeway
New Church
Birmingham-West District
North Alabama Conference
The United Methodist Church

Mr. C. Dowd Ritter
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
AmSouth Bancorporation
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Bruce F. Rogers
Partner and Attorney
Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers, and Smith
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. W. Michael Warren
President and Chief Executive Officer
Energen Corporation
Birmingham, Alabama

Clergy At-Large

Bishop Robert E. Fannin
Bishop of the Birmingham area
North Alabama Conference
The United Methodist Church
Birmingham, Alabama

Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster
Bishop of the Alabama
West Florida area
The United Methodist Church
Montgomery, Alabama

Members At Large

Ms. Ann Evins Adams
The Ann Adams Collection
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. W. Michael Atchison
Senior Partner
Starnes and Atchison
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. William R. Battle, III
Chief Executive Officer
The Collegiate Licensing Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A.
Owner Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic
Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Dr. Peter D. Bunting
Plastic Surgeon
Bunting Plastic Surgery Clinic
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Charles W. Daniel
President
Dantract, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Hartwell Davis
President
Metalplate Galvinizing, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Corbin Day
Chairman
Jemison Investment Company, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Donald E. Hess
The Ronne and Donald Hess
Charitable Foundation
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. William C. Hulsey
Chairman, Arlington Properties, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Donald M. James
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. John D. Johns
President and CEO
Protective Live Corporation
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Wayne Killion, Jr.
President and CEO
Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Thomas H. Lowder
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Colonial Properties Trust
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Charles McCrary
President and Chief Operating Officer
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. John J. McMahon, Jr.
Chairman
Ligon Industries
Birmingham, Alabama

Ms. Margaret R. Monaghan
Civic Leader
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Harold W. Ripps
Co-Owner
The Rime Companies
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. George Salem
President and CEO
GuideStar Health Systems, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. S.C. “Buddy” Stanford
President
Stanford Financial Group, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. James T. Stephens
President
EBSCO Industries, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. James L. Williams
Dixon Odom PLLC
Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Birmingham, Alabama

Life Members

Mr. Carl F. Bailey
Retired Co Chairman
BellSouth Telecommunications
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. David R. Baker
Attorney
Haskell, Slaughter, Young, and Rediker
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. William L. Barrineau, Jr.
Retired
Merrill Lynch
Pensacola, Florida

Mr. Julian G. Bishop
Chartered Life Underwriter
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. W. Houston Blount
Chairman of the Board Emeritus
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Samuel K. Cohn
Retired Physician Urologist
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. G. A. Costanzo
Retired Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.
Vero Beach, Florida

Mr. Frank M. Dominick, Jr.
Partner
Dominick, Fletcher, Wood, Yeilding & Lloyd, P.A.
Birmingham, Alabama

Bishop Paul A. Duffey, Sr.
Retired Bishop
The United Methodist Church
Montgomery, Alabama

Mr. William J. Edwards
Retired Broadcasting Executive
North Palm Beach, Florida

Mr. John C. Evins
Retired Chairman of the Board
Hart Greer, Ltd., Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. F.A. Flowers, Jr.
Retired Chairman of the Board
First Alabama Bank
Dothan, Alabama

The Reverend Robert W. Gunn
Retired United Methodist Minster
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. T. Morris Hackney
Chairman of the Board
The Hackney Group, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Ms. Marguerite Jones Harbert
Civic Leader
Birmingham, Alabama

The Honorable Howell T. Heflin
Retired United States Senator
Tuscumbia, Alabama

Mr. Glenn Ireland, II
Retired
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Philip C. Jackson, Jr.
Retired Vice Chairman
Central Bank of the South
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Thomas E. Jernigan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Marathon Corporation
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. L. Paul Kassouf, CPA
Chairman of the Board
Kassouf and Company, P.C.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. James C. Lee, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Buffalo Rock Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Robert E. Luckie, Jr.
Retired Chairman of the Board
Luckie & Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mrs. Katherine M. McTyeire
President and Chief Executive Officer
Iron Art, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Allen D. Montgomery
Director of Pastoral Care
HealthSouth Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Jerry E. Sisson
Retired United Methodist Minister
Trussville, Alabama

Mr. Herbert A. Sklenar
Chairman of the Board Emeritus
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. George A. Smith, Jr.
Retired Senior Vice President
Regions Bank
Anniston, Alabama

Mr. Joel Smith
Editor and Publisher
The Eufaula Tribune
Eufaula, Alabama

Mr. Elton B. Stephens
Chairman of the Board and Founder
EBSCO Industries, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Larry D. Striplin, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Nelson Brantley Glass Contractors, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mrs. Gabriella Comer White
Civic Leader
Birmingham, Alabama
Honorary Life Member

Bishop Robert C. Morgan
Bishop in Residence
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama

Ex Officio Member

Dr. Kenneth A. Dunivant
Chairman, North Alabama Conference Board of Higher Education
The United Methodist Church