Board of Visitors

Bo Adams
Director, Pitts Theology Library
Candler School of Theology

Donna Barrett
President and CEO
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.

Kenneth Boone
Publisher and President
Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.

Steve Bradley
President
Stephen Bradley and Associates, LLC

Alan Burns (Emeritus)
CEO
Alan Burns and Associates

Donna Burns (Emeritus)
Realtor
Kaiser Sothebys International Realty

Christi Burnum
Director of Brand Social Media, Content Engagement, Insights and Digital Analytics
Capital One

Denise Canfield
Executive Vice President Consumer Solutions, Support & Delivery
Regions Bank

Todd Carpenter
President and CEO
Boone Newspapers, Inc.

Henry Chassaignac
President/Executive Creative Director
Zehnder Communications

Roy Clem (Emeritus)
Executive Director, Retired
Alabama Public Television

John Cochran
Retired Senior Correspondent
ABC News

Barry Copeland (Emeritus)
President
The Copeland Strategies Group, LLC

Lance Covan
Owner, CEO
Mitternight Industries

Lance Covan
Owner, CEO
Mitternight Industries

Phil Cox
General Manager
WDEF TV/DT

Rece Davis
Studio Host, Commentator
ESPN

Robin DeMonia
Executive Vice President
Direct Communications

David DuBose
Market President and Chief Revenue Officer
Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa

Debbie Elliott
National Correspondent
National Public Radio

Michele Roper Elrod
EVP, Head of Marketing
Regions Bank

Jamie B. Estes
President, Founder
Estes Public Relations

Cherie Feenker
Acquisitions Librarian, Emerita
Samford University Law Library

Hallie Bradley Fincher
Manager of Community Initiatives
Alabama Power Company

Curtis Galusha
Senior Director
Avanade

John Gardner
President
Luckie & Company

Lindsay Garrison
Senior Vice President
Edelman

Joe Gibbs
Owner
Gibbs Investments, LLC

Billy Harvill
President
Brookwood Investments, LLC

Garland Harwood
Co-Founder and Principal
Confidant

Frank Helderman Jr. (Emeritus)
Publisher Emeritus

Melinda Helveston
Retired
Southern Living

Bill Hendrich
Executive Vice President, Radio
Cox Media Group

Cutter Hughes Jr. (Emeritus)
Partner
Bradley, Arant, Boult & Cummings LLP

Jacquie Hudson
Global Communications and Marketing Manager, People and Organizational Performance
McKinsey & Company

Phil Hutcheson
Interim Executive Director
Alabama Public Television

Scott Johnson
Member
Fletcher, Heald, and Hildreth, P.L.C.

Gibby Johnston Jr. (Emeritus)
Retired Partner
Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP

Mark Kramer
Vice President, Engineering and Technology
Pac-12 Networks

Jim LaMoreaux
Chairman
P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc.

Clyde Lear (Emeritus)
President, Retired
Learfield Communications, Inc.

Bill Lewis
Retired Partner
Slaughter Hanson Advertising

John Lewis Jr. (Emeritus)
President, Retired
Lewis Communications, Inc.

Tripp Lewis
Director of Business Development
Lewis Communications, Inc.

Patricia Lloyd
Public Relations Coordinator
Redstone Federal Credit Union

Holly Lollar
President and Founder
The Lollar Group

Rick Looser
COO
Cirlot Agency, LLC

Daniel H. Markstein, IV
President
Markstein

Kim Martin
Partner
Bradley, Arant, Boult & Cummings, LLP

Felicia Mason
Executive Director
Alabama Press Association

John L. Montgomery III
Founder and President
Big Communications

Warner Moore III
Senior Vice President
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Debra Nelson
President
Elevate, LLC

Bill O’Connor Jr.
President, Results, LLC
President, Public Health Solutions, LLC

Janet Hall O’Neil
Retired News Anchor
WBRC-TV, FOX 6

Voncile Pearce
President
Radio South, Inc.

Lee Perryman
President, CEO
Marble City Media, LLC

Bruce Reid Sr.
Partner
Stamp Idea Group

Jamie M. Sawyer
Founder, CEO
Natively Social, LLC

Ruth Rohs
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communication; Executive Director, The IMA Foundation
IMA Financial Group

Marie Robinson
Executive Vice President and Supply Chain Officer
Sysco

Tom Scarritt (Emeritus)
Former Editor
The Birmingham News

Matt P. Scalici Jr.
General Manager
PSSI Global Services/Strategic TV

Kelly Ann Scott
Vice President, Content
Alabama Media Group

Linda Paulmeno Sewell
Corporate Director, Community Relations and Communications
Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc.

Steve Sewell
Executive Vice President
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama

Dr. Jacque Shaia
Attorney at Law
Assistant Professor; Director, Public Relations; Director, Internships
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Deb Shriver (Emeritus)
VP, Chief Communications Officer
The Hearst Corporation

Ben Shurett
Publisher and Editor, Retired
The Sand Mountain Reporter

Brad Shurett
Realtor
Mossy Oak Properties

Joshua Silberberg
Managing Director, Public Affairs
PLUS Communications

Ashley Smith
Founder
GSD Advisory

Jennifer Smith
Account Director
Agency Solutions

Stuart D. Sockwell
President
Total Trim, LLC

James Spann
Chief Meteorologist
Alabama’s ABC 33/40

John Szabo
City Librarian, CEO
Los Angeles Public Library

Julius Talton Jr.
President
Talton Communications, Inc.

Andre Taylor (Emeritus)
VP, Communications, Retired
Alabama Gas Corporation

Dolph Tillotson (Emeritus)
Executive Vice President
Southern Newspapers Inc.

Sharon Tinsley
President
Alabama Broadcasters Association

John Walker
President, General Manager
SummitMedia

Jimmy Warren
President
TotalCom, Inc.

Jimmy Warren
President
TotalCom, Inc.

Susana Schuler Willingham
President and General Manager
WVTM 13

Judy Weaver (Emeritus)

Lisa Weil

Dick Windsor
Sales Manager
WAFF-TV