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