The Literacy Council 2010 Board of Directors
Chairman
Kristi Lamont Ellis
Director-Internal Communication and Relations
UAB
Vice Chairman
John English
Manager, Public Affairs
Vulcan Materials Company
Secretary
Lee H. Zell
Attorney
Balch & Bingham LLP
Treasurer
Betty M. Wells
Accounts Receivables Manager & Education Chair of AT&T Pioneers
AT&T
Immediate Past Chairman
Keith A. Carter
Vice President
Securities Capital Corporation
At Large Members
Jeff Adams
Director of Community Relations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Jera G. Stribling
Executive Director
Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation
Board of Directors
Carlton Ambrose
Vice President
Red Mountain Bank
Staci Brown Brooks
Assistant Metro Editor
The Birmingham News
Jennifer Buettner
Managing Attorney
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Antoinette Buggs
Implementation Specialist
McKesson Corporation
Paul Carruthers
Senior Vice President
Regional Community Development Manager
Regions Bank
Lawrence Conaway
Executive Director
Charity in Action
Ignacio Guajardo
Published and Editor
Paisano Newspaper
Leigh Hancock
Community Volunteer
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
Polly McClure
Statewide Coordinator
Reach Out and Read Alabama
Mitchie Neel
Executive Director
Blount County Education Foundation
Virginia Patterson
Partner
Bradley Arant
Dr. Felton Perry
Optometrist
Reneé Pugh
Director – eBusiness
Energen Corporation
Danny Stewart
Library Director
Pell City Public Library
Sharon Donaldson Stuart
Partner
Christian & Small LLP
Jamie Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
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
Beth H. Wilder
Community Volunteer