THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Officers of the Board

Mr. James T. Stephens , Chairman
Mr. Donald M. James , 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
Dauphin Way United Methodist Church
Mobile , 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 Paul D. Wolfe
District Superintendent-Mobile District
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. Andrew R. Wolfe
Senior Minister
Trinity United Methodist Church
Birmingham , 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, Ro ers, and Smith
Birmingham , Alabama 

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

Clergy At-Large

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

Bishop William H. Willimon
Bishop of the Birmingham area
North Alabama Conference
The United Methodist Church
Birmingham , Alabama

Members At Large

Ms. Ann Evins Adams
The Ann Adams Collection
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 Life 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 Executive Officer
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham , Alabama

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

Mr. H. Craft O’Neal
Senior Vice President
O’Neal Steel
Birmingham , Alabama

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

Mr. George B. Salem
Founder and President
Proxsys, LLC
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 Hughes PLLC
Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Birmingham , Alabama

Life Members

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

 Mr. Carl F. Bailey
Retired President
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
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
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
Athens , 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.
Retired Broadcasting Executive
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
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