The Literacy Council 2011 Board of Directors
Chairman
John English
Manager, Public Affairs
Vulcan Materials Company
Vice Chairman
Virginia Patterson
Partner
Bradley Arant
Secretary
Lee H. Zell
Attorney
Balch & Bingham LLP
Treasurer
Jamie Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
Immediate Past Chairman
Kristi Lamont Ellis
Director-Internal Communications and Relations
UAB
At Large Members
Jeff Adams
Director of Community Relations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Jennifer Buettner
Managing Attourney
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Board of Directors
Carlton Ambrose
Vice President
Red Mountain Bank
Frank V. Brocato
Chief Fire Marshall
City of Hoover
Staci Brown Brooks
Assistant Metro Editor
The Birmingham News
Antoinette Buggs
Implementation Specialist
McKesson Corporation
Paul Carruthers
Senior Vice President
Regional Community Development Manager
Regions Bank
Keith A. Carter
Vice President
Securities Capital Corporation
Lawrence Conaway
Executive Director
Charity in Action
Leigh Hancock
Community Volunteer
Dave Holt
Ready 2 Read
Bessemer Public Library
Scarlotte Deupree Kilgore
Sales Associate
Realty South
Lou Kirchen
President / General Manager
Fox 6 WBRC
Dimple Martin, PhD
Director of Reading and Language Arts
Birmingham City Schools
Mitchie Neel
Executive Director
Blount County Education Foundation
Dr. Felton Perry
Optometrist
Reneé Pugh
Director – eBusiness
Energen Corporation
Alison Decker Scott
Community Volunteer
Danny Stewart
Library Director
Pell City Public Library
Sharon Donaldson Stuart
Partner
Christian & Small LLP
Susan Swagler
Freelance Writer
Ashfaq Taufique
President
Birmingham Islamic Society
Leigh Leigh Tortorici
Senior Marketing Representative
Alabama Press Association
Melissa Turnage
Writer
Cindy Warner
Public Relations Director
Shelby County Board of Education
David L. Warren
Attorney
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart
Betty M. Wells
Accounts Receivables Manager & Education Chair of AT&T Pioneers
AT&T
Literacy Providers Network
Polly McClure
Statewide Coordinator
Reach Out and Read Alabama