Category: Upcoming Speakers

Portia Green’s Bio:

Portia brightens the halls of Prichard Preparatory School every day with her optimism, energy, faith, and contagious smile. Portia’s journey began as a school parent, volunteer, teacher, executive director, and now principal.

Portia’s path to the school’s leading role was a natural progression, as students and colleagues fell in love with her leadership style and genuine affection and compassion for her students and staff. Aside from increasing the school’s enrollment, Portia had led the initiative to get Prichard Prep accredited through the Alabama Independent School Association, an accreditation that must be renewed every five years. Under Portia’s leadership, Prichard Preparatory School was recognized as a 2023-2024 Blue Ribbon School with the Alabama Independent School Association. Portia is a graduate of the  University of Mobile, and Columbia Southern University.

Portia has received numerous awards and recognition including Mobile Bay’s 40 Under 40, and the 2024 Nappies Best Private School Principal Award, and the YASS Prize National Award. Portia serves on the Alabama Independent School Association board, and volunteers with the Girls Scouts of Southern Alabama and her church.

Portia has been married to D’Alo Green for 20 years, and they have three children together.

 

 

 

Chris Stewart has been a broadcaster since 1988, and has been the Alabama’s men’s basketball play-by-play announcer for the Crimson Tide Sports Network since 2002.

In addition to that role, Stewart also serves as the play by play announcer for CTSN’s radio coverage of Crimson Tide Football and as the television host of “The Kalen DeBoer Show” and “The Nate Oats Show”.

Stewart also served as the radio play-by-play announcer for Bama Baseball for 24 seasons.

Prior to taking over the Alabama basketball play-by-play job, the Fairfield native spent eight seasons as the radio announcer for Birmingham-Southern College. He described the action for two NAIA national championships won by the Panthers – the 1995 men’s basketball title, as well as the 2001 baseball championship.

Stewart also has extensive television play-by-play experience throughout his career, including past stints on various broadcast platforms covering high school and college football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and volleyball.

A 1992 graduate of the University of Montevallo, Stewart was honored with the school’s 2009 Alumni Achievement Award, and was a 2021 inductee into the UM Athletics Hall of Fame.

On six occasions he has also been named “Alabama Sportscaster of the Year” by the National Sports Media Association (https://nationalsportsmedia.org/).

Chris has three children, Anne, Parker, & Hudson.