Pre-K Task Force Members
ASRA Pre-K Task Force Chair
Bob Powers, President, The Eufaula Agency
ASRA Pre-K Task Force Members
Carolyn Akers, Executive Director, Mobile Area Education Foundation | Mike Luce, Retired Vice Chairman, Harbert Management |
Dee Ard, Retired Head Start, Pre-K and Home Visiting Leader | Rhonda Mann, Executive Director, VOICES for Alabama’s Children |
Florence Bellamy, Past President, Alabama Association of School Boards
| Harriet Renorda McFarlin, Past President, Alabama Head Start Association; Region IV Head Start Association Board of Directors |
Tommy Bice, Education Director, Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation
| Sue McInnish, Retired Executive Director, Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
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Melanie Bridgeforth, CEO, Women’s Foundation of Alabama | Maurice Mercer, Entrepreneur and Pelham City Councilman
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Jacqueline Brooks, Retired Superintendent, Macon County Schools
| Joseph B. Morton, Executive Director, Business Education Alliance
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Jeanna Bulman, Pharmacist and Parent, Orange Beach
| Caroline Novak, Retired Founding President, A+ Education Partnership
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Jeff Coleman, President and CEO, Coleman World Group
| Corinn O’Brien, Vice President of Policy, A+ Education Partnership |
Jerry Courtney, President and CEO, Heart of the Valley YMCA (Huntsville)
| Major General Butch Pair, US Army, Retired
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Nikki Thomas Davis, Executive Director, Alabama Civil Justice Foundation | Barbara Patton, Retired Opelika Chamber President and former Mayor of Opelika
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Thaylee Dickerson, Pastor, United Christian Church (Prattville)
| Martha Peek, Retired Superintendent, Mobile Public Schools
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Mark Dixon, President, A+ Education Partnership
| Gail Piggott, Executive Director, Alabama Partnership for Children
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David Donaldson, Vice President, Governmental & Community Relations, Vulcan Materials Company | Bart Reeves, Assistant Executive Director for Government Relations, Alabama Association of School Boards |
Matthew Durdin, Director of External Affairs, Alabama Farmers Federation | Dionne Rosser-Mims, Campus Vice Chancellor, Troy University (Phenix City) |
Walter Gonsoulin, Superintendent, Jefferson County Schools | Chandra Scott, Executive Director, Alabama Possible |
Gillian Goodrich, Trustee, Mike and Gillian Goodrich Charitable Foundation | Jimmy Shaw, Superintendent, Florence City Schools
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Lavetta Harvell, CEO, B’Ham Eventful Moms | Cindy Shackelford, Child Development Chair/Program Coordinator, Jefferson State Community College |
Liz Huntley, Associate, Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC
| Ann Sikes, Executive Director, Montgomery Education Foundation
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Kay Jennings, Executive Director, TCR Child Care Corporation
| Sally Smith, Executive Director, Alabama Association of School Boards
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Johnny Johns, Former Chairman, Protective Life | Zeke Smith, Executive Vice President, Alabama Power Company
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Shelley Jones, Community Volunteer and Retired Elementary School Principal | Christie Steigerwald, Owner, Kid Plus Learning Center, Foley
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Maria Kennedy, Executive Director, Daniel Foundation of Alabama
| Erin Stephenson, VP, Client and Community Relations Director, PNC Bank
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Paul Kennedy, President, Walker Area Community Foundation
| Jera Stribling, Executive Director, Alabama Giving
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Drew Langloh, President, United Way of Central Alabama | Susie Sturdivant, Owner/Director, Little House for Little People Early Learning Center, Bessemer |
Barbara Larson, Consultant and Community Volunteer
| Leila Watson, Attorney, Cory Watson Attorneys
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Linda Lee, Executive Director, Alabama Chapter – American Academy of Pediatrics
| Vic Wilson, Executive Director, Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS)
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Jay Love, Former State Representative; Chairman of Finance, Business Education Alliance | Joan Wright, Executive Director, Childcare Resources |
