Metropolitan Development Board

Executive Committee

Mr. John D. Johns
MDB Chairman

Mr. Theodore J. vonCannon
MDB President & Secretary,
President, Metropolitan Development Board

Mr. James A. Warren
MDB Treasurer,
Managing Partner,
Warren Averett Kimbrough & Marino

The Honorable Bettye Fine Collins
President,
Jefferson County Commission

Dr. Carol Garrison
Chairwoman,
Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce,
President,
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. Miller Gorrie
Chairman & CEO,
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC

Mr. John D. Johns
Chairman, President & CEO,
Protective Life Corporation

Mr. Theodore C. Kennedy
Founder,
BE&K Construction Company

Mr. Timothy A. Lewis
President,
TALA Professional Services

Mr. Charles K. "Kip" Porter
Executive Vice President,
Porter White & Company

Mr. Dudley C. Reynolds
President & COO,
Alabama Gas Corporation

The Honorable Carole Smitherman
President,
Birmingham City Council

Mr. Steve Spencer
Executive Vice President,
Alabama Power Company

Mr. C. Reynolds Thompson, III
CEO,
Colonial Properties Trust

Mr. Michael Thompson
President,
Thompson Tractor Company

MDB Board Members

Mr. Thomas Angelillo
President & CEO,
Southern Progress Corporation

Mr. Emory Anthony
Attorney at Law

Mr. Anthony Barnes
Chairman,
Birmingham Water Works Board

Mr. Steve Barry
Managing Partner,
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

The Honorable Stanley Batemon
Chairman,
St. Clair Commission

The Honorable Joel Bearden, Jr.
Chairman,
Shelby County Commission

Dr. Neal Berte
President Emeritus,
Birmingham-Southern College

The Honorable Jerry Brasseale
President, Jefferson County Mayors Association, Mayor,
City of Pleasant Grove

Mr. Ronald Bruno
President,
Bruno Capital Management Corporation

Mr. Robert Burton
President,
Hoar Construction, Inc.

The Honorable William J. Cabaniss, Jr.

The Honorable Allen Canton
Chairman,
Chilton County Commission

The Honorable Jim Carns
Commissioner of Economic Development,
Jefferson County

The Honorable Bettye Fine Collins
President,
Jefferson County Commission

Mr. John H. Cooper
Sirote & Permutt

Mr. Mark Crosswhite
Executive Vice President
Alabama Power Co.

Mr. Russell Cunningham
President, Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mr. James D. Davis
Chairman,
Jemison Investment Company, Inc.

Mr. Fox deFuniak, III
Birmingham Market President,
Superior Bank

Mr. Thomas Doster, III
Chairman,
Doster Construction Company

Mr. Felix Drennen
President & CEO,
Brice Building Company

Mr. Chuck Ernst
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations,
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Inc.

Mr. Charles A. Faulkner
President,
Princeton Baptist

Mr. Boots Gale
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Dr. Carol Garrison
Chairwoman,
Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce,
President,
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. Garry Gause
CEO,
Brookwood Medical Center

Dr. Matthew Gonda
President, MG BioConsulting, LLC

Mr. Miller Gorrie
Chairman & CEO,
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC

Mr. John B. Grenier
Chairman, Executive Committee,
Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP

 

 

Mr. Randall L. Haines
East Region, President,
Compass Bank

The Honorable Bruce Hamrick
Chairman,
Walker County Commission

Mr. Victor Hanson, III
President & Publisher,
The Birmingham News

Mr. N. West Harris
President,
NAIOP Alabama Chapter, Harris Tynes Realty

Mr. Warren Hawkins, Jr.
CEO,
BancPartners Leasing

The Honorable Steven Hoyt
Economic Development Committee,
Birmingham City Council

The Honorable Ricky Hubbard
Chairman,
Bibb County Commission

Mr. Donald M. James
Chairman & CEO,
Vulcan Materials Company

Mr. John D. Johns
Chairman, President & CEO,
Protective Life Corporation

Mr. Charles W. Jones
President & CEO,
O'Neal Steel, Inc.

Mr. Randall Jordan
Regional President,
Wachovia Bank

Dr. Shirley Salloway Kahn
Vice President, Development, Alumni & External Relations,
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mr. Theodore C. Kennedy
Founder,
BE&K Construction Company

The Honorable Larry Langford
Mayor,
City of Birmingham

Mr. Alex B. Leath, III
Balch & Bingham, LLP

Mr. James C. Lee, Jr.
Chairman,
Buffalo Rock Company

Dr. Lawrence Lemak
Alabama Sports Medicine

Mr. Dennis Leonard
Vice President & General Manager,
Fox 6, WBRC-TV

Mr. Timothy A. Lewis
President,
TALA Professional Services

Mr. Charles Mayer, III

Dr. Charles A. McCallum
Mayor,
City of Vestavia Hills

Mr. Fred McCallum
President-Alabama,
AT&T

Dr. Robert McChesney
University of Montevallo

Mr. Charles McCrary
President & CEO,
Alabama Power Company

Mr. Jack Naramore
President, Birmingham Region,
Aliant Bank

Mr. Patrick D. Pope
General Counsel,
Southern Natural Gas Company

Mr. Phillip Pope
President & CEO,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

Mr. Charles K. "Kip" Porter
Executive Vice President,
Porter White & Company

Dr. Malcolm Portera
Chancellor,
The University of Alabama System

Mr. James O. Rein
President,
Bill Harbert Construction Company

Mr. Dudley C. Reynolds
President & COO,
Alabama Gas Corporation

Mr. Thomas E. Reynolds
Managing Partner,
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC

Mr. Van L. Richey
President & CEO,
American Cast Iron Pipe Company

Mr. William D. Ritter
North Central Alabama Area Executive
Regions Financial Corp

Mr. Dwight A. Sandlin
President,
Signature Homes/NSH Corporation

The Honorable Carole Smitherman
President,
Birmingham City Council

Mr. Steve Spencer
Executive Vice President,
Alabama Power Company

The Honorable David Standridge
Chairman,
Blount County Commission

Mr. C. Reynolds Thompson, III
CEO,
Colonial Properties Trust

Mr. Michael Thompson
President,
Thompson Tractor Company

Mr. Lee Thuston
Burr & Forman, LLP

Mr. Ray Torok
President & COO,
U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company

Mr. Theodore J. vonCannon
President,
Metropolitan Development Board

Sen. James T. "Jabo" Waggoner
Consultant

Mr. James A. Warren
Managing Partner,
Warren Averett Kimbrough & Marino

Mr. William Michael Warren, Jr.
Chairman & CEO,
Energen Corporation