Category: Past Speakers

Matt Ericksen, P.E. – Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project Director
Matt Ericksen is the Project Director for Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project. A Professional Engineer with 25 years at ALDOT in the Mobile area, he has served as the District Engineer, County Transportation Engineer, Materials and Tests Engineer, Construction Engineer and Assistant Region Engineer.
Ericksen is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. His is a Professional Engineer and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Ericksen and his wife have three daughters; they live in Daphne. He is a soccer coach and member of Christ the King Parish.

With over fifteen years of experience, Stacy Wellborn has worked with a variety of companies solving myriad communication challenges. From brand development to website design, email and social media marketing and public relations, Stacy works with clients to identify creative solutions to business challenges, to generate awareness, build community relationships and increase revenues.
Wellborn Strategies works with business leaders and entrepreneurs to identify, execute and realize their visions. Whether starting from a fresh idea or moving in a new direction, Wellborn Strategies develops strategic plans to facilitate effective execution and goal realization.

Carl Cunningham, Jr. PhD.: Mobile’s Kappa League
Carl Cunningham is a Mobile native and graduated from Murphy High School. He received his Masters in Geography and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He is a member of Christ Church Cathedral in Mobile where is a member of their Renovation Team.
For twelve years Dr. Cunningham served as an Adjunct Professor of Geography as well as Director of Multi-cultural Student Affairs at the University of South Alabama. He has served as the Director of TRIO Student Support Services for Coastal Alabama Community College for the past nine years.
Carl is very active in our community and serves on the boards of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Murphy High School Alumni Association and Camp Beckwith. He is the current president of Mobile’s Jackson State University Alumni Chapter as well as the national president of that university’s Sonic Boom Alumni Association.
He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity where he has served as the Guide right/Mobile Kappa League Director for the past 16 years. Carl has mentored more than 300 young men in his role at the Kappa League and is the author of a book entitled A Kut Above: Results of Positive Male Mentoring

Our speaker today: Amanda Solley Wilson –Alabama Contemporary Art Center
Amanda Solley Wilson is the Executive Director of the Alabama Contemporary Art Center. She joined the center in 2013 as an Art Instructor before being named Education Coordinator. In February of 2018 the board named her Executive Director. Ms. Wilson received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of South Alabama in 2012.