Charles Ball
Charles Ball (born c. 1981 in Birmingham) is the executive director of the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham. He has also served as chair of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, as a member of the Auburn University Board of Trustees.
Ball attended Princeton Elementary School and West End High School. He transferred to Glenn High School before graduating in 1979. He completed a bachelor of arts at Birmingham-Southern College in 1983 and a master's in community planning from Auburn University in 1992.
Ball joined the planning department of Albany-Dougherty, Georgia in 1995 and left in 2000 to become director of planning for Gadsden and of the Gadsden-Etowah Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. He moved to the Regional Planning Commission in 2006.
Ball has also served on the boards of Focus on Recovery, Forever Wild, and the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism, which publishes BirminghamWatch.
Ball was a candidate for Birmingham City Council District 5 in the 2017 Birmingham municipal election. As a candidate for City Council, he hoped to raise the standards for professional and ethical government in Birmingham.
References
- Daniel, J. H. (June 19, 2017) "He wants to change the way we do business in Birmingham. District 5, meet Charles Ball." Bham Now
External links
- Charles Ball campaign website
- Charles Ball on Linkedin.com