Robert Black
Robert Black is a business development executive with Autoflyte from Florence, Alabama
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Commissioner Chris Blankenship
Chris Blankenship was appointed as the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by Governor Kay Ivey on August 11, 2017, after serving as acting Conservation Commissioner since June 1, 2017.
James G. Brazil, Jr.
James G. Brazil, Jr., CPA, PFS, CFP, is a shareholder at JMF JamisonMoneyFarmer PC in Tuscaloosa. He has more than 25 years experience in finance and accounting and is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Accounting and Finance.
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Tom Cosby
Tom Cosby graduated with a BA from the University of Alabama and a MA from UAB. He served two years overseas with the US Navy and came home to begin his career with the United Way of Central Alabama. Later, he moved to the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (now BBA) where he worked for 35 years, primarily in development, but also in Governmental Affairs.
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Matthew Dent
Matthew Dent, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Buffalo Rock Company, is responsible for the company’s overall operations in Alabama, western Georgia and the panhandle of Florida.
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Chad Davis
Chad Davis is Northwest District Superintendent of the Alabama State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Park Superintendent at Joe Wheeler State Park.
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James Emison
James W. Emison is Managing Partner of MR Birmingham Group, Inc., an executive and senior-level talent search for the banking industry. He retired as Executive Vice President at AmSouth Bank and was Senior Vice President – Corporate Banking Manager at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Houston and Chicago.
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Dan L. Hendricks
Dan L. Hendricks holds a Ph.D. from Duke University. He has served as Vice President or Vice Chancellor at the LSU Foundation, Western Illinois University, Purdue University and the University of North Alabama. At North Alabama and Western Illinois, he was Executive Director of their University Foundations.
Steve Jones
Steve Jones, PhD, is CEO of Great Blue Heron, LLC, and former CEO of Fairmont State University, Antioch University New England, Urbana University and University of Alaska Fairbanks and former board chair at the University of the Arctic.
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Greg Lein
Greg Lein has been Director of the Alabama State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources since 2012. The Huntsville native attended Auburn University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Science in 1991 and a master’s degree in Fisheries Science in 1995.
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Alex McCrary
Alex McCrary is the Director of Federal Governmental and Corporate Affairs at Alabama Power Company. In his current role, Alex manages relationships with elected officials and external stakeholders throughout the state to assist the company in meeting its strategic goals.
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Renee Rice
Renee Rice is president and owner of R&R Travel in Oxford. She and her twin sister, Robbie Ginn – the company’s vice president and owner – celebrated 30 years in business in 2017. Renee is a lifetime Certified Travel Counselor, the youngest person in the nation to earn that designation.
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Darryl Washington
Darryl Washington is the City of Montgomery’s Economic Development Director. He attended Morehouse College and has been in the economic development field for more than 25 years. He also worked several different jobs in sales, marketing and economic development for BellSouth, City of Irondale, and for Urban Impact a community development corporation in Birmingham’s Historic Civil Rights District.
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