Anna Berry
Anna Berry is the Deputy Executive Director of the Georgia-Alabama Land Trust, a non-profit protecting land for present and future generations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tim Haney
Tim Haney is North Region Operations and Maintenance Supervisor for the Alabama State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. He began his career at DeSoto State Park in 1977 while still in high school. Tim attended Northeast State Junior College and Auburn University.
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.
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.
Lauren Martinson
Lauren Martinson is a graduate of Vanderbilt and has a Masters from the University of Georgia in Environmental Science and Historical Preservation. She has served as a Director of Marketing and Development for the Huntsville Symphony, Associate Director of the Volunteers Center of Huntsville, and Communications Director for the Huntsville- Madison County Library.
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.
Geoffrey A. McGovern
Geoffrey A. McGovern was born March 23, 1948, in Boston, Mass. He was educated in Cleveland, Ohio, through elementary school, in Pittsburgh, through high school and Greencastle, Ind., through college.
Tommy Moore
Tommy Moore was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and received a B.S. degree in finance from the University of Alabama in 1962. He was a member of the Crimson Tide baseball team from 1958 to 1962.
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.
Hilary Ross
Hilary Ross, Active in many charitable and non-profit organizations, Hilary served as a docent for the Birmingham Botanical Gardens which sparked her interest in nature. Returning to college when her children were in school, she earned a landscape design/horticulture degree through the Jefferson State Community College certificate program.