Board of Directors

PARCA is governed by a board of business and civic leaders from across Alabama. The board deliberately spans the state’s political spectrum. Its central responsibility is protecting PARCA’s independence. 

*Executive Committee 

+Ex-Officio Member

Leadership

Kim Lewis

PRESIDENT

CEO PROJECTXYZ, Inc.

Charles Nailen

VICE PRESIDENT

Retired CEO/Owner BBG Specialty Foods, Inc.

Judd Harwood

TREASURER

Partner Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

George Talbot

SECRETARY

Vice President of External Affairs Volkert, Inc.

J.T. Price

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

CEO Landscape Workshop

PARCA in Alabama

Rose Allen

Executive Advisor
Alutiiq, Inc.

Fred Blackwell*

President
Fred Blackwell Roofing

Austin Bone

Director, Governmental Affairs
Vulcan Materials Company

Andrew Boulter

General Counsel
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International

Tom Brinkley

Shareholder
Maynard Nexsen

Greg Butrus

Partner
Balch & Bingham

Greg Canfield

Managing Director of Economic Development
Burr & Forman

J.W. Carpenter

President
Prosper

Clinton Carter

Chief Financial Officer
Huntsville Hospital Health System

Benjamin Cobb

Partner
Eastside Partners

Watson Donald

Director of Corporate Stakeholder Strategy
Alabama Power Company

David Donaldson

Retired Executive
Vulcan Materials Company

Mark Drew

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Protective Life Corporation

Tyrone Fenderson, Jr.

Market President, Mobile Metropolitan Area
Truist Bank

Abe Harper*

President
Harper Technologies

David Hobbs

CFO & CIO
EBSCO Industries

Horace Horn

Senior Vice President of External Affairs
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative

Ted Hosp

Vice-President, Governmental Affairs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Cathy Sloss Jones

President & CEO
Sloss Real Estate

Donny Jones

Chief Operating Officer
Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

Ashley Kaplan

Executive Director
Leadership Alabama

Sean Kelly

Market Executive
Regions Bank

Deborah J. Long*

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Retired
Protective Life Corporation

Larkin Martin

President
Turnrow Farm

Macke Mauldin

President
Bank Independent

D. Scott McLain*

Principal and Managing Broker
Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate

Wilson Nash

General Counsel
Brasfield & Gorrie

Stratton Orr

President
Sexton, Inc.

Jessica Payne

Managing Director, Public Finance
PNC Bank

Dudley Reynolds

CEO, Retired
Alagasco

Sally Smith

Executive Director, Retired
Alabama Association of School Boards

Jon Studstill+

Human Resources Business Partner
Regions Bank

Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D.

President
Samford University

Cleo Washington

Vice-President, External Affairs
AT&T Alabama