PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH: Committee Members
Board of Trustees
Rica Lewis-Payton (1981)
Health System CEO (retired)/Healthcare Leadership Consultant
Chair, Search Committee
Dr. Tracey Morant Adams
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Community Development and
Corporate Responsibility Officer, Renasant Bank
Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees
Doug Brewer
CEO, Bryan Whitfield Regional Hospital
Harry Coaxum (1975)
President and CEO, HLCDBC, Incorporated
Trustee Emeritus/Former Board Chair
Russell Holloway (1971)
Retired Administrator, Duke University
President, National Alumni Association
Dr. John Mascia
President, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Charles Matthews (1978)
President and Chief Executive Officer, People's Gas and Northshore Gas
Terry Smiley
Vice President, Eastern Market, Alabama Power Company/Southern Company
Academic Leadership/Faculty
Dr. Alison Brown
Dean, Natural Sciences and Math
Alumni
Marcia Conner (1980)
Executive Director, National Forum for Black Public Administrators
Dr. Sherman James (1964)
Professor Emeritus, Duke University
Student
Geornipha Milbin
President, Student Government Association
Community
Avery Embry
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Talladega County School System
Jason Daves
Executive Director, Talladega-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
