2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham is governed by a board of trustees, currently 17 in number, 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. 

 

 

Edward M. Friend III
Sirote & Permutt/UAB
Chair

Kirkwood R. Balton
Booker T. Washington, retired
J&B Medical Supply

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

Gillian W. Goodrich
Community service

M. Miller Gorrie
Brasfield & Gorrie

Ronne M. Hess 
Community service

Robert Holmes Jr.
Alabama Power

John D. Johns
Protective Life

Don Logan
Time Warner

Thomas H. Lowder
Colonial Properties Trust

Carl E. (Eddie) Miller III
Bodine

Margaret M. Porter
Community service

William E. Smith Jr.
Royal Cup Coffee

 

 

 

Cameron M. Vowell, Ph.D.
Community service


 

                           

Former Board
Douglas Arant *
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
Mrs. Horace Hammond *
Susan N. Haskell
A. Gerow Hodges*
Crawford T. Johnson III*
Hugh Kaul *
Ted C. Kennedy
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
Eddie Friend, Vice-Chair
Kirkwood Balton
Gillian Goodrich
Eddie Miller, Treasurer
Margaret Porter, Secretary

Investment
Corbin Day, Chair
Miller Gorrie
Johnny Johns
Tom Lowder
Cameron Vowell

Audit
Bill Smith, Chair
Robert Holmes
Don Logan      

Advancement
Margaret Porter, Chair
Dixon Brooke
Ronne Hess

Initiatives and priorities
Bill Smith, Chair
Ralph Cook
Don Logan
Cameron Vowell

Grant review
Gillian Goodrich, Chair
Kirkwood Balton
Neal Berte
Eddie Miller
Cameron Vowell    

Board