2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham is governed by a board of trustees, all recognized leaders from the greater Birmingham area.  Board members are selected because they have demonstrated a personal involvement in civic affairs and a high level of commitment and philanthropic leadership in our community. 

William E. Smith Jr.
(Chair) 
Royal Cup Coffee

Neal. R. Berte, Ed.D.
Birmingham-Southern College, retired

F. Dixon Brooke Jr.
EBSCO Industries

Ralph D. Cook
Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton

H. Corbin Day
Jemison Investment

Edward M. Friend III
Sirote & Permutt/UAB

Gillian W. Goodrich
Community service

Ronne M. Hess 
Community service

Robert Holmes Jr.
Alabama Power

Don Logan
Time Warner

Carl E. (Eddie) Miller III
Bodine

G. Ruffner Page Jr.
McWane Inc.

 

Margaret M. Porter
Community service

 

Cameron M. Vowell, Ph.D.
Community service

 

 

 

 

 


 

                           

Former Board
Douglas Arant *
Kirkwood R. Balton*
Robert W. Block *
W. Houston Blount
Donald C. Brabston*
Houston Brice*
Milton Brooks *
Ben B. Brown*
William J. Cabaniss *
Thomas N. Carruthers
Jeffrey H. Cohn, M.D.
J. Mason Davis
Frank Dominick*
Marvin R. Engel
Edward M. Friend Jr. *
Henry C. Goodrich
M. Miller Gorrie
Mrs. Horace Hammond *
Susan N. Haskell
A. Gerow Hodges*
John D. Johns
Crawford T. Johnson III*
Hugh Kaul *
Ted C. Kennedy
Thomas H. Lowder
Rosalind W. Markstein
Jack D. McSpadden *
William W. McTyeire Jr.*
Edward Norton *
Van L. Richey
William J. Rushton III
Richard O. Russell Jr., M.D.
Carole W. Samuelson, M.D.*
James E. Simpson*
John W. Simpson, M.D. *
William M. Spencer III
Mervyn H. Sterne *
Thomas A.S. Wilson, M.D.
Odessa Woolfolk
Robert H. Yoe Jr., M.D.
*Deceased
BOARD COMMITTEES

Executive (2010)
Bill Smith, Chair
Don Logan, treasurer
Neal Berte, secretary
Gillian Goodrich
Robert Holmes
Eddie Miller
Eddie Friend, ex-officio

Investment
Corbin Day, Chair
Miller Gorrie
John Johns
Tom Lowder
James McManus
Herb Sklenar

Cameron Vowell

Audit
Robert Holmes, Chair
Don Logan      
Bill Smith

Community Philanthropy
Margaret Porter, Chair
Dixon Brooke
Ronne Hess

Grants Review & Evaluation
Gillian Goodrich, Chair
Neal Berte
Walter Body
Jeff Cohn
Tammy Connor
Scotty McCallum
Eddie Miller
Cameron Vowell 
Odessa Woolfolk   

Italics indicate community members

Board