Twenty-three individuals have agreed to serve as members of the Â鶹¹û¶³ Presidential Search Committee. The announcement came from Board of Trustees Chair William J. Stevens speaking on behalf of a committee of former trustee board chairs that is charged with establishing the search process.
The search committee is comprised of trustees, faculty, staff, students and alumni of the institution. The members are:
Co-Chair Beth Thorne Stukes, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, corporate and philanthropic leader.
Co-Chair Tim Vines, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Chief Executive Officer.
John Bell, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, consultant Oil Equipment Co., Inc.
Karon O. Bowdre ‘77, ’80, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Hope Dawson, Â鶹¹û¶³ student, senior, Journalism and Mass Communication major, current president of Student Government Association.
Stephen Dillard ’92, Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Overseers and President of Â鶹¹û¶³ Alumni Association, Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Sherri Foyt ’09, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, former elementary school teacher.
Lisa Gurley ’01, ’03, associate professor, Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, immediate past chair of the Â鶹¹û¶³ faculty senate.
Keith Herron ’86, ’89, Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Overseers, retired Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Community Engagement, Regions Bank.
Robert Holmes, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, retired Senior Vice President, Alabama Power Company
Jacob Hopkins, Â鶹¹û¶³ student, junior, Marketing/Finance major, Â鶹¹û¶³ Ambassador.
Jonathan Jenkins, Â鶹¹û¶³ student, Cumberland School of Law, second year.
John E. King, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, Church/Community Relations Specialist, Birmingham Metro Baptist Association.
Jewel Littleton ’05, ’10, Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Overseers and President of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Black Alumni Association, Director of Educational Advancement City of Birmingham.
Anthony Overton, professor and chair, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Howard College of Arts and Sciences.
Jennifer Davis Rash ’07, president and editor-in-chief, The Alabama Baptist.
Lane Smith, Â鶹¹û¶³, director, Student Financial Services.
Sharon Stuart ’87, ’90, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, partner, Christian & Small LLP.
Danny Wood ‘99, Â鶹¹û¶³ trustee, senior pastor, Shades Mountain Baptist Church.
Rusty Yerkes, associate professor of finance, Brock School of Business, member of the university committee on retirement.
William J. Stevens (ex-officio) ’70, chairman, Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Trustees, retired president and chief executive officer, Motion Industries, Birmingham.
Clark Watson (ex-officio) ’81, Â鶹¹û¶³ General Counsel and past chair Â鶹¹û¶³ Board of Trustees.
Michael D. Morgan (ex-officio), Â鶹¹û¶³ assistant to the president, search committee secretary.