Board of Trustees

2012–13 Board Members

• Chairman: Mr. David Hudson Jr. ’81
  President and Owner;
  Dixie Pulp & Paper Inc.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Vice Chairman: Mr. John N. Albritton Jr.
  Retired Banker; Montgomery, Ala.
• Secretary: Ms. Betty T. McMahon ’64
  Civic Leader; Birmingham, Ala.
• Mr. Robert Howard Adams
  President; Capital Veneer Works Inc.; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Glenda A. Allred '91
  Alabama Deputy State Treasurer, Office of State Treasurer; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. G. Carlton Barker ’70
  President and Chief Executive Officer; Servisfirst Bank; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. Carl A. Barranco ’64
  Chairman Emeritus; Warren Averett, Wilson Price Division; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Katrina Keefer Belt '95
  Chief Financial Officer; Baptist Health; Montgomery, Ala. 
• Dr. Sanders M. Benkwith
  Ophthalmologist, Montgomery Eye Physicians; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. Dave G. Borden
  Chairman; Aldridge, Borden, & Co., P.C.; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. John B. Bricken Jr. '67
  Retired Educator and Athletic Director; Montgomery, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. William B. Brunson
  Senior Pastor, Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church; Birmingham, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. R. Lawson Bryan
  Senior Pastor; First United Methodist Church; Montgomery, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. P. Lawrence Bryars
  Senior Pastor; Shalimar United Methodist Church; Shalimar, Fla.
• Mr. John C. Bullard Sr.
  Trustee Emeritus
  Retired Chief Executive Officer; Bullard & Williams Inc.; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Leura Garrett Canary ’78
  Attorney, Retirement Systems of Alabama; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Lucinda Samford Cannon
  Real Estate Developer; Cannon Ventures LLC; Opelika, Ala.
• Mr. H. David Cobb II
  President and CEO; MMI Outdoor Inc.; Montgomery, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. Dale R. Cohen,
  Superintendent, Northeast District, North Alabama Conference,
  The United Methodist Church; Huntsville, Ala.
• Mr. Lee Copeland
  Attorney; Copeland, Franco, Screws, & Gill, PA; Montgomery, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. Kenneth A. Dunivant
  Senior Pastor; Tuscaloosa United Methodist Church; Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• The Reverend Michael T. Edmondson
  Senior Pastor; Helena United Methodist Church; Helena, Ala.
• Mr. Frederick A.  Frost '81
  Assistant Chief Attorney, Exxon Mobil Corporation; Katy, Texas
• The Reverend Dr. Edward R. Glaize '85
  Pastor; First United Methodist Church of Brewton; Brewton, Ala.
• The Reverend Nancy Hastings Hornsby
  Pastor of Worship Ministries, Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church; Birmingham, Ala.
• Ms. Wanda A. Howard '81
  Project Manager; Atlanta, Ga.
• Dr. G. Mark Kingry Jr. ’87
  Orthodontist; Kingry Orthodontics; Montgomery, Ala.
• Bishop Paul Lee Leeland
  Bishop; Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Mary Kathleen McGuffey '94
  Paralegal, Boys and Girls Club Headquarters; Atlanta, Ga.
• Beverly Gordy McKinney '70
  Civic Leader; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. Herbert Albert Patterson Jr. ’71
  Community Volunteer; Birmingham, Ala.
• Ms. Alice D. Reynolds
  Trustee Emerita
  Retired City Council President; Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. Eric K. Ross ’92
  Senior Vice President; CB Richard Ellis; Atlanta, Ga.
• Mr. William B. Sellers
  Partner; Balch & Bingham LLP; Montgomery, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. Claude Shuford ’83
  Pastor; Mount Zion AME Zion Church; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Elizabeth Couey Smithart ’86
  Attorney; Union Springs, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. Lester Spencer Jr.
  Senior Pastor; Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church; Gulf Breeze, Fla.
• Dr. Eugene E. Stanaland ’60
  President; Gene Stanaland Enterprises; Auburn, Ala.
• Mr. David F. Steele
  Attorney; Monroeville, Ala.
• The Reverend Dr. Timothy R. Thompson
  Senior Pastor; Frazer United Methodist Church; Montgomery, Ala.
• Dr. Charles G. Tomberlin ’60
  Life Member
  Radiologist; Opp, Ala.
• Mr. W. Kendrick Upchurch III
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; W.K. Upchurch Construction Inc.; Montgomery, Ala.
• Bishop Debbie Wallace-Padgett
  Bishop; North Alabama Conference, The United Methodist Church; Birmingham, Ala. 
• Mr. James Edward Weeks '97
  Senior Vice President and Family Wealth Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Atlanta, Ga.
• Dr. Laurie Jean Weil
  Civic Leader and Retired Veterinarian; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Diane S. Wendland ’53
  Life Member
  Civic Leader; Autaugaville, Ala.
• The Reverend J. Cameron West
  President of the College, Montgomery, Ala.
• Mr. William B. Wilson ’90
  President; Jim Wilson & Associates LLC; Montgomery, Ala.
• Ms. Lois Flowers Youngblood
  Civic Leader; Birmingham, Ala.