Past Speakers

Mike Sledge got started in the hardware and industrial supply business when as a teenager he started as a stock boy for a small mom

Rob Holbert is co-publisher and managing editor of Lagniappe, Mobile’s weekly newspaper. Rob helped found the newspaper after a career that started as a police

Angela Montgomery is the Executive Director for the Mobile Arts Council and has been with the organization since 2017. Angela is a native of Jackson,

Harmon bio Heath Harmon became the sixth executive director of the Alabama High School Athletic Association in July 2024. Harmon graduated from Munford High School

Presenter Bio: Henry Perkins Henry is the Private Sector Program Lead for the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program. He oversees the Business Resources Committee, where he manages the MBNEP’s

Barbara Estep Bio President and CEO, Noland Health Barbara Estep is the President and CEO of Noland Health, a nonprofit organization that evolved from the

Kristi July currently serves as the Principal/Head of School at Covenant Academy of Mobile (CAM). She is highly regarded for her effectiveness as an administrator.

Dr. Ashley Williams is a trauma, acute care & burn surgeon at the University of South Alabama and the director for the USA Health Center

Davis PacePresident, Mississippi Enterprise for Technology Chair, Mississippi Aerospace and Defense Alliance Davis Pace leads the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MSET), a public-private partnership at

Jane Herndon Executive Director jherndon@southalabamalandtrust.org Jane Herndon brings a breadth and depth of environmental experience to our organization that will enhance SALT’s ability to protect

John Driscoll Director and Chief Executive Officer, Alabama Port Authority John C. Driscoll was named director and chief executive officer of the Alabama Port Authority

Todd Martin, III is Chief Executive Officer at Southland Capital Realty Group, LLC., a real estate development company. Mr. Martin is a professional real estate

Jon-Richard Little’s father Richard is from Foley Alabama. A man who’s lived many lives, Jon-Richard has been a bicycle punk, a puppeteer, a contraptor, a

Cartledge Weeden Blackwell, III Cartledge Weeden Blackwell, III, “Cart,” is an architectural historian and the curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum. Blackwell was born in

Michael Burt has been a Special Agent for the DEA for over 20 years and is currently the Resident Agent in Charge for the DEA

Hosea London, leader and manager of the Excelsior Band, is a graduate of Mississippi Valley State University with a B. S. in Music Education. He pursued

Judy Haner has been the Coastal Program Director for The Nature Conservancy in Alabama for the last 15 years, where she oversees marine restoration, coastal

Jo Bonner President of the University of South Alabama Jo Bonner has been a fixture in Alabama civic and political circles for more than two

David Clark joined Visit Mobile as President & CEO in 2017.  He has over 37 years of hospitality, lodging, and tourism leadership in Coastal Alabama.

Ryan C. Hankins Executive Director, Ph.D. Ryan Hankins is the Executive Director of the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA). PARCA is a nonprofit,

Sherry Sullivan Mayor of Fairhope| Biography _____________________________________________________________________________________ Sherry Sullivan, mayor of Fairhope, is serving her first term. Prior to running for Mayor, Sullivan worked for

  Deann Servos is the Executive Director of Prodisee Pantry, Baldwin County’s largest emergency food pantry that provides thousands of families with groceries and hope!

A graduate of Auburn University and the Cumberland School of Law, Keith Blackwood has been with the Mobile County District Attorney’s office since 2008. Prior

Stephen McNair is Director of External Affairs for the City of Mobile with a focus on legislative and governmental affairs and policy initiatives. McNair is

Bryan Crabb, Project Development Manager, Tenaska Inc. With over 20 years of project development and government affairs experience, Bryan is Tenaska’s lead developer on the