The Literacy Council 2011 Board of Directors

Chairman

John English
Manager, Public Affairs
Vulcan Materials Company

Virginia Patterson
Partner
Bradley Arant

Lee H. Zell
Attorney
Balch & Bingham LLP

Jamie Sullivan
Chief Operating Officer
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital

Kristi Lamont Ellis
Director-Internal Communications and Relations
UAB

Jeff Adams
Director of Community Relations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Jennifer Buettner
Managing Attourney
Southern Company Services, Inc.

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

Polly McClure
Statewide Coordinator
Reach Out and Read Alabama