March 20, 2008
UAB's newest group of community advisors is made up of young professionals offering their support to the university. Called Leadership UAB, the group's annual membership class will consist of 40 to 50 people between the ages of 25 and 40 selected to represent a cross-section of Birmingham's vibrant young professional community.
"The organization's mission is to help educate young leaders about UAB's vision, mission and ongoing endeavors in teaching, research, community service and patient care," said Shirley Salloway Kahn, Ph.D., vice president for Development, Alumni and External Relations. "Members selected to participate bring experience from various corporate, civic and volunteer backgrounds.
"By building relationships and fostering a better understanding of UAB, we hope to engender support and help develop dedicated ambassadors and volunteers," Kahn said. "The members of our charter class promise an outstanding start."
Visit Leadership UAB online at www.uab.edu/leadershipuab.
Leadership UAB - Class of 2008
Paige D. Albright, Paige Albright Orientals
Alyson Malone Bagby, The Malone Family Foundation
Jim W. Beatty, First American Bank
Robert A. Boehme, Tractor & Equipment Company
Daniel R. Briggs, Daniel George Restaurant
Mary Katherine L. Cabaniss, Community Leader
Ragan D. Cain, Tacala, LLC
Meredith R. Calhoun, Corporate Realty Associates
Martin B. Clapp, Wood Fruitticher Grocery Company, Inc.
Jon David Conolley, Means Advertising, Inc.
J. Leigh Davis, Southern Company
Marquita Furness Davis, State of Alabama Office of School Readiness
Virginia E. DeBardeleben, Trust Company of Sterne Agee
S. Matthew Dent, Buffalo Rock Company
Michael J. Douglas, Friedman Leak
Mary N. Doyle, Children's Health System
Bingham D. Edwards, Jr., Balch & Bingham LLP
Brooks Emory, Red Mountain Bank
Ashelynn K. Falkenburg, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
M. Michael Gee, Jr., Taylor Company, Inc.
Braxton C. Goodrich, BE&K, Inc.
Michelle R. Hammett, Vulcan Materials Company
Alicia M. Harrison, Starnes & Atchison LLP
Key Hudson, Regions Bank
Wyndall A. Ivey, Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.
Scarlotte D. Kilgore, RealtySouth
Jamika A. Kirk, The Horizons School
T. Devon Laney, Innovation Depot, Inc.
Caroline T. Little, Thompson Realty Company, Inc.
Katharine Marx, AMW, Inc.
John L. McDonald, Integra Water LLC
Guy K. Mitchell III, Mitchell Industries, Inc.
Benjamin M. Moncrief, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
William E. Pearson III, Mental Floss LLC
Deidra K. Perry, The Birmingham News
Caroline I. Pittman, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Margaret Moore Porter, Corporate Executive Board
J. Andrew Robison, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
Joseph E. Sandner IV, Sandner Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Mitesh B. Shah, Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.
Cedric D. Sparks Sr., City of Birmingham Mayor's Office Division of Youth Services
Krystal S. Swann, WVTM-TV NBC 13
Casey L. Talley, HealthSouth Corporation
R. Dixon Thuston Jr., Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
Molly J. Williams, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
Brandon D. Wilson, O2ideas, Inc.