Month: October 2020

Barrett B. McCall

is President/Owner of Larson & McGowin, LLC.  McCall earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of the South in 1987, and a Master of Forestry degree from Duke University in 1991.  Mr. McCall’s expertise lies in land management operations and silviculture, large-scale property transactions and negotiations, strategic planning, timberland investments and forest economics.  He started his career with Larson & McGowin in the role of Environmental Specialist helping grow the firm’s expertise in conservation, ecological restoration and environmental compliance services but over the years has been intimately involved in every aspect of a full service forest management and advisory firm.  He has considerable experience working with private (family) ownerships on governance, transition and other related business issues.

Barrett serves on Alabama advisory board for Hancock Whitney Bank.  He is President of the Forest Landowners Association and was President of the Alabama Forestry Association in 2011-2012. He is also a member of Leadership Alabama Class XXVIII. 

McCall is a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters and is a registered forester in in several southern states including Alabama.  McCall also has the Certified Forester designation from the Society of American Foresters. 

Larson & McGowin, LLC. (established in 1957) has 8 branch offices with management responsibility on more than 850,000 acres of timberland for individuals, family offices, trusts, private investment companies, university endowments, real estate investment trusts, pension funds, and conservation and forest research organizations.  Centered in the US South, the firm also provides consulting, financial modeling, forest inventory, valuation and strategic planning services with wide ranging objectives from preservation and conservation, to wealth preservation and ownership transfer to maximizing return on investment.  Services are offered nationwide but also include experience in Central America, Canada and Fiji. 

Larson & McGowin, LLC. is also invested in natural resource technology through its subsidiary Silvics Solutions, LLC, and is managing partner in a real estate planning and brokerage services company, Larson & McGowin Properties, LLC.  

Bernard H. (Bert) Eichold II, M.D., Dr.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Dr. Bert Eichold is the Health Officer for Mobile County and also serves as the Area Health Officer for the Public Health District of Mobile County for the State of Alabama Department of Public Health. He is responsible for safeguarding the public’s health and the environment for all of Mobile County. He has held this position since May 1990.

Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Eichold is married and the father of three children. He is a graduate of Tulane University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree, Master of Public Health Degree, Doctor of Medicine Degree, and Doctorate of Public Health Degree.  He is an Alumnus of Leadership Mobile and Leadership Alabama.

He has academic appointments with the University of South Alabama as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine where he has served as the Co-Course Director of Public Health and Epidemiology.

Dr. Eichold is a member of the Alabama Public Health Association, American Public Health Association, Mobile United, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, The Community Foundation of South Alabama and South Alabama Workforce Development Council.  Dr. Eichold serves on the Board of the Mobile County Hospital and various other community service organizations.

Dr. Eichold is a Retired Captain of the United States Navy.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Chief Jeremy P. Lami began his professional career as a Combat Medic in the United States Army, where he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (2003-2004). A second-generation firefighter, Lami followed his father (Arther P. Lami, ret.), serving the City of Mobile and the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department since 2002. Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Liberty University, a Master’s in Management (Global Business Management) from the University of Alabama, Chief Lami is an avid learner, striving for knowledge to grow as a competent leader.

Chief Lami started his career as a firefighter on a suppression unit and has progressed steadily through the ranks of the fire department. After completing the University of South Alabama’s Paramedic Program, Lami served as a Paramedic Firefighter on a frontline Rescue Truck, primarily providing emergency medical care to citizens in need.  Immediately following his promotion to the rank of Captain, Lami served on assignment to a suppression unit in downtown Mobile. He would later transition into the role of Training Captain with MFRD’s Training Academy. During his tenure as Training Captain, Lami would have the opportunity to leave a substantial imprint on the future of MFRD with each new firefighter recruit class under his tutelage.

Continuing his pursuit of knowledge, development, and upward mobility, Lami completed the National Fire Academy’s prestigious Executive Fire Officer Program (EFO). In 2016, he was promoted to District Chief, quickly being appointed to Chief of Staff under Fire Chief Mark Sealy in 2017.  As Chief of Staff, Chief Lami was responsible for overseeing the Department’s $40 million budget and providing leadership to the Logistics, Training, Communications, and Community Risk Reduction Divisions. 

An avid learner, Chief Lami strives for knowledge to grow as leader and adapt to the ever-changing demands on the fire service. Lami’s specialty training includes Hazardous Materials, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), Marine Firefighter, Fire Inspector III, Fire Instructor II, Fire Officer IV, as well as being a nationally-registered Paramedic.  Although he has completed numerous certifications, he is best known for his passion, positivity, and commitment to the fire service and for building relationships with personnel.     

Chief Lami was unanimously selected by Mayor Sandy Stimpson and the Mobile City Council to serve the City of Mobile as Fire Chief, following the official retirement of his predecessor Chief Sealy. Chief Lami was sworn-in on August 29, 2020, officially appointing him as the 16^th Fire Chief for the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department.