Past Speakers

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

Philip Burton is the CEO of Burton Property Group (BPG), a private regional commercial real estate investment, development, and management firm.  A leader in real

U.S. Senator Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.) In 2023, Senator Katie Boyd Britt was sworn in as Alabama’s first elected female Senator, the youngest Republican woman

Bradley Byrne has been named the next president and chief executive officer of the Mobile Chamber. He has more than 30 years of experience as

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

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.

Rebecca Byrne bio Rebecca Byrne has been serving as the President & CEO for the Community Foundation of South Alabama for ten years, leading the

Colin Harris bio Colin Harris, a dedicated advocate for quality addiction treatment, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Longleaf Recovery and Wellness. With

Becki Connally Bio Becki Connally has dedicated the past 12 years of her career to the Alabama Kidney Foundation, where she has been a driving

Major Applewhite was named the fourth head coach in the history of South Alabama Football on Jan. 18, 2024. Before earning to promotion to head

Sandy’s vision is for Mobile to become a safer, more business and family friendly City for ALL Mobilians. The City of Mobile’s 108th Mayor, Sandy

It’s not surprising that one of Howard’s Rotary mantras is “All In.” Howard is a District 6880 Leadership Academy graduate; District RLI graduate; Past District

Matt Armbruster is a dedicated social entrepreneur and community leader in Mobile, Alabama. In 2010, alongside his wife Tara, he co-founded Ransom Café, a donation-only

Mrs.Gina Englund graduated from the University of South Alabama in 1986 with a B.A. in Early Childhood Education. She has taught in both the public

Born in Mobile, Garrett earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia where he was a pole-vaulter on the varsity track team. Garrett went

Carrington Hodge is a Chancellor’s Scholar and student at Vanderbilt University, where she plans to major in Medicine, Health, & Society, focusing in inequality, intersectionality,

David Bagwell is a 78-year old retired lawyer who grew up in Montgomery where he attended the public schools. He graduated from Vanderbilt fifty-six years

Chris Blankenship is the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in May of 2017. He

Karen Hong is the Chief Executive Officer for Continental Aerospace Technologies. ​ Karen served as the Global Chief Financial Officer for Continental since 2019 and

Mobile, AL – The Board of the Mobile Museum of Art announced that following a year-long, national search, they had selected Jon Carfagno, Executive Director