Rob Burton IV

This article is about the Birmingham Land Bank Authority officer. For others with similar names, see Rob Burton (disambiguation)

Rob Burton

James Robert Burton IV (born March 30, 1989 in New York City) is the executive director of SWEET Alabama and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority

Burton is the son of investment banker J. Robert Burton III (deceased) of Auburn, Lee County, and realtor Barbara Burton, formerly Barbara Blount Lovelace, of Brewton, Escambia County. In 2012 he became a charter member of the Birmingham Young Professional Kiwanis Club. He served as executive director of the Magic City Agriculture Project from 2013 to 2017. He has served on the executive committee of the Alabama Sierra Club and co-chairs their "Beyond Coal" committee.

In 2017 Burton co-founded SWEET Alabama and Friends of Dynamite Hill. He served on incoming Mayor Randall Woodfin's Social Justice Transition Team in 2018 and was subsequently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority in 2018 by the Birmingham City Council. He was appointed to the Birmingham Land Bank Authority in 2018, and served as board secretary of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority from 2018-2021 and as Chair of the Law and Legislation Committee and Chair of the Special Projects Committee from 2019-2022. He was not re-appointed the the Birmingham Land Bank Authority due to concerns about his radical activism.

Burton was elected secretary of the Glen Iris Neighborhood Association in 2019 and also serves as the Vice President for the Southside Community Advisory Committee.

In 2020 Burton was named co-chair of Our Revolution - Birmingham.

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