2007 Leadership Birmingham

The 2006-2007 Class of Leadership Birmingham is made up of 47 business and community leaders. The roll for this 23rd class was announced in August 2006. Participants attend monthly workshops, beginning with a fall retreat, which tackle a range of community and regional issues.

The 2006-2007 Class includes:

• Rich Bielen, Protective Life
• Tim Blair, Sloss Real Estate
• Cheryl Brakefield, Alabama Power Company
• H.B. Brantley, Brantley Visioneering
• Kathy Carlisle, Capital Strategies Group
• Lawrence Conaway, Guiding Light Church
• Colin Coyne, Melaver Inc.
• Keith Cromwell, Summerfest Musical Theatre.
• Marquita Furness Davis, Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity
• Paul DeMarco, Parsons, Lee & Juliano
• Bradley Dennis, Brookwood Medical Center
• Melanie Dickinson, Birmingham Business Journal
• Augusta Dowd, White Arnold Andrews & Dowd
• Corey Ealons, staff of United States Representative Artur Davis
• Bing Edwards Jr, Balch & Bingham
• G. Courtney French, Fuston, Petway & French
• Maury Gaston, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
• Mark Gibson, Compass Bank
• Mike Higginbotham, RealtySouth
• Philip Hodges, Redmont Venture Partners
• Jimmy Holloway, Corporate Realty Development
• Wayne Hutchens, BellSouth
• Doug Joehl, BE&K
• Mary Johnson-Butterworth, civic volunteer
• Reid Jones, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation
• Cheryl Kidd, City of Birmingham
• Brian Kurlander, Slaughter Group
• Julie Levinson-Gabis, Charter Media
• Tondra Loder, Educational Foundations, UAB School of Education
• Jake McKenzie, Intermark Group
• Stanley L. Mims, Birmingham City Schools
• Cheryl Morgan, Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies
• Kathleen Nelson, UAB
• Karen Odle, Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce
• L. Shefton Riggins, Thoracic, Cardiac & Vascular Surgery of Alabama
• Frazer Rolen, Alabama Hospital Association
• Nena F. Sanders, Samford University, Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing
• Steve Sewell, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
• Terri Sewell, Maynard, Cooper & Gale
• Ken Smith, Alabama Gas Corporation
• Cedric D. Sparks Sr, Birmingham Mayor's Office Division of Youth Services
• Karen Starks, University of Alabama School of Social Work.
• Amy Tucker, Vulcan Materials
• List Underwood Jr, AmSouth
• Sherri Van Pelt, VSA Arts of Alabama
• Scott Vowels, South Regions Minority Business Council
• Thacher Worthen, Brimingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company

References

• "Leadership Birmingham names 47 to 2006-07 class". (August 10, 2006) Birmingham News.