BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gordon G. Martin
Chairman of the Board
Alabama Power Company
Senior VP Corporate and Administrative Services

Dave Borden
Treasurer of the Board
Aldridge Borden & Company
Chairman of the Board

J.W. Carpenter
Prosper
Executive Director

Janet Kavinoky
Vulcan Materials Company
VP, Federal & State Governmental Affairs

Scott McLain
McLain Commercial Real Estate
Managing Broker

Jeremiah Newell
Mobile Area Education Foundation
Chief Operating Officer

Bill Smith
Founding Chairman
Royal Cup Coffee
Chairman of the Board

Tina Watts
Boeing Alabama
Community & Educator Investor
Global Corporate Citizen

Mark Dixon
ex officio
A+ Education Partnership
President

Tammy Dunn
ex officio
A+ College Ready
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Teri Thompson
ex officio
A+ College Ready
VP for Operations

Barbara Larson
Secretary of the Board
Barbara Larson Consulting

Damon Bailey
Teach for America Alabama
Executive Director

Preston Bolt
Hand Arendall, L.L.C.
Member

Carolyn Akers
Mobile Area Education Foundation
CEO

Debbie Long
Protective Life Corporation
Executive VP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Retired

Charles Nash
University of Alabama System
Vice Chancellor for Academic
& Student Affairs, Retired

Michael Patterson
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Will Ratliff
Collateral Holdings, LLC
CEO

John Turner
Regions Bank and Regions Financial Corporation
CEO

Jim Williams
PARCA
Founding Executive Director, Retired

Cathy Gassenheimer
ex officio
Alabama Best Practices Center
Executive VP