45 Area Professionals Chosen For Leadership Tuscaloosa 2024-2025

The 2024-2025 Leadership Tuscaloosa class has been announced by the Chamber of Commerce West Alabama

The Leadership Tuscaloosa Program is an issues-based program designed to inform, motivate, and increase awareness of topics important to West Alabama. It utilizes field trips and interaction with community decision-makers to broaden understanding of many community issues.

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Alyson Baxter, Assistant Vice President F&O Shared Administrative Services at The University of Alabama and a graduate of the 2021-2022 LT class, will serve as this year’s chair.

"I could not be more excited and grateful to chair this year's Leadership Tuscaloosa class. What an amazing line up of professionals who are about to embark on a 9-month journey gaining an intimate knowledge of our community," said Baxter.

Baxter continued, "We had an overwhelming number of applicants this year, which makes me beyond confident in the talent we possess in West Alabama."

A total of 45 professionals were selected to be apart of this prestigious opportunity from law enforcement, to healthcare, education and more.

The Chamber said this year's class members include:

Daniel Barnett of RTR Pro Entertainment

Mary Bell of Kentuck Art Center

David “Dave” Berney of JMF Capstone Wealth Management

Christina Billings of Bryant Bank

Ashley Blalock of Northport Police Department

Kristen Bobo of Shelton State Community College

Karen Burklew of Alabama Power Company

David “Matt” Carney of BF Goodrich

Jonathan Coleman of Discover Financial

Lauren Collier of Tuscaloosa's One Place

Tesney Davis of Tuscaloosa City Schools

Naytalia Douglas of Visit Tuscaloosa

Nicole Dugat of Schoolyard Roots

Jack Gerus of ApartmentsForLegends

Romel Gibson of Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa

Nathan Glassco of Harrison Construction Company, Inc.

Janice “Neicy” Hardy of Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs

Terrence “TJ” Harris of Edward Jones Investments

Jennifer Hayes of The University of Alabama

Briana Houston of The Radiology Clinic

Bradley “Brad” Johnson of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.

Claude Lake of Shelton State Community College

Jennifer Lee of Alabama ONE

Briana Lipkin of The Westervelt Company

Brandy Martinez of Turning Point Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services

Thomas “Alex” Miles II of Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office

Whitni Molden of American Heart Association

Joseph Northington of Bama Exterminating

Ashley Olive of The University of Alabama

Carrie Peck of Hampton Inn Tuscaloosa – University

David Rezai of Amazon

Brandon Ringer of Ringer Wilks Co.

Litsa Rivers of Tuscaloosa Academy

Alexandra “Ally” Roberts of Five Horizons Health Services

James “Huey” Rudder of City of Tuscaloosa

Tony Sheffield of The Westervelt Company

Mark Simpson of Schoel Engineering

Maggie Spencer of Buffalo Rock – Pepsi

Terria Steele of BMSS, LLC

Jennifer Taylor of DCH Health System

Aretha Thomas of Whatley Health Services

Diana Torres of Jalapenos Mexican Grill

Monica Watts of The University of Alabama

Marlee Williams of The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

Chelsea Winters of Capitol Park Title

The presenting sponsor of Leadership Tuscaloosa 2024-2025 is Shelton State Community College. Congratulations and good luck to this year's class!