Past Speakers

Rendi Murphree, MS, PhD, returned to the Gulf Coast after retiring as a Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service with 20 years of service

David Morris is the founder and CEO of QB Country, the nation’s leading quarterback training and development Company. QB Country currently trains NFL, college, high

ROBERT FRANKLIN BARROW Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army Director of Army Instruction Mobile County Public School System – Junior Reserve Officer Training Program Mobile, Alabama

Colonel Anthony Sampson was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May 1992, in the United States Army Reserve.  COL Sampson has over 29 years of

Captain Tom Daniel U.S. Navy (Retired) served 31 years on active duty highlighted by serving as Commanding Officer USS SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG-13), Commanding Officer

Daryl Taylor Daryl Taylor is the Vice President and General Manager for Airbus’ Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing in Mobile, Alabama. Daryl transitioned into this position in

Andrew Elliott Director/Counsellor of the Northern Ireland Bureau Washington, DC Andrew was appointed to his US Diplomatic Post in November 2019. He joined the Northern

Ricardo A. Woods is a trial lawyer and shareholder in Burr & Forman, LLP’s Mobile office. He is a creative problem solver who provides his

Doug Otto recently retired from the Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District, where he served as the Chief of the Engineering Division. A licensed Professional Engineer,

About Governor Ivey Official Portrait Download Full Size Photo Growing up in the small town of Camden in Wilcox County, Alabama, and working on her

TONY SHEFFIELD President, Canfor Southern Pine Tony Sheffield was appointed President of Canfor Southern Pine (CSP) in January 2021. His responsibilities involve leading the company’s

Biography of Scott Bannon Scott Bannon is the Director for the Alabama Marine Resources Division (MRD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

TERRANCE SMITH, DIRECTOR M.A. Instructional Design and Development, University of South Alabama B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of South Alabama A native of Prichard, Alabama, graduate

Judy Haner Marine Programs Director – Alabama Contact Information E-mail: jhaner@tnc.org Brief Biography Judy Haner has been the Marine Program Director for The Nature Conservancy

Michael Ledger joined Feeding the Gulf Coast in June 2019 as the Florida Branch Manager. Under Michael’s leadership, the Florida Facility distributed nearly 15 million

D. Mark Nix President/Chief Executive Officer Infirmary Health Mark Nix is President and Chief Executive Officer for Infirmary Health, Mobile and Baldwin County’s largest private

Francisco (Cisco) Codina emigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1965. The family moved to Tuscaloosa where his father practice medicine and where he

Julia Starr (Jules) is the Executive Director of The CORE Project, Inc. a program serving children on the Autism Spectrum as well as other developmental

Sean P. Powers, Ph.D. spowers@disl.org Senior Marine Scientist III Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Sciences University of South Alabama BIO Dr. Sean Powers currently

Dr. Alinda Guynes McGowin, MD, Vision Partners Rotary Club of Downtown Mobile Thursday, June 17, 2021, at noon June is Cataract Awareness Month Program: “Cataracts—Everyone

Jill Chenoweth – President and CEO, United Way of Southwest Alabama Ms. Chenoweth graduated Magna cum Laude from Spring Hill College with a Bachelor of

Joe Gottfried, a native of Crestline, Ohio, became a member of the South Alabama Department of Athletics in 1981 when he was named Assistant Athletic

Alberto ‘Ariel’ Chavez Ariel was born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia. In 2002 he moved to the U.S. as an international student to complete