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C L AS S N OTES
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Lisa K. Billings ’97, MTA ’98,
has been named to Momentum’s
Executive Leadership Class.
Laura T. McKoy ’97 has been
promoted to chief creative
officer at Omni Hotels & Resorts.
David B. Johnson ’87 has been
promoted to president and CEO
of Positec.
David J. Turner Jr. ’87 has been
appointed to the Pan-American
Life Insurance Group board of
directors.
Kermit L. Kendrick ’90, JD ’00,
has been named to Hoover
Mayor Nick Derzis’ transition
team.
Kelli S. Powers ’90 has been
named to Business Alabama’s
Spotlight on Limestone &
Morgan Counties: Movers &
Shapers list.
John F. Szabo ’90 has been
named the recipient of the
Freedom of Information Award
from the Society of Professional
Journalists, Greater Los Angeles
Pro chapter.
Laura S. Elliott ’89 has been
appointed president of InspereX.
Donitha Griffin ’92 has been
named president of Wallace
Community College Selma.
Robert J. Wilkins ’97, MA ’01,
has been appointed director
of marketing and category
management for Salto North
America.
Christopher L. Hollinger ’92,
chief financial officer of Rethink
Food, has been named one of
the Crain’s New York Business
Notable Leaders in Finance for
2025.
Dana S. Murphy ’92 has been
named chief nursing officer for
Magnolia Regional Health Center
in Corinth, Mississippi.
Catherine Alexander-Wright
’99 has recently been named
executive director of the Shelby
County Children’s Advocacy
Center (Owens House).
Gregory A. Mays ’91 has been
appointed president of the Air
Transport Services Group.
Grayson M. Glaze JD ’89 has
been named a distinguished
professor of real estate at the
University of South Alabama.
Elizabeth “Thanne” A. Berg
’94, JD ’97, has been appointed
deputy director of the Site
Mitigation and Restoration
Program at the California
Department of Toxic Substances
Control by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Audra Howell Raybon ’91
was recently elected mayor of
Jackson, Alabama.
Dr. Kevin L. Thomas ’89 has
joined First United Methodist
Church in Birmingham as senior
pastor.
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Houston “Lanier” Brown II
JD ’92 has been named to
Hoover Mayor-elect Nick Derzis’
transition team.
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Stephanie J. Dorman ’94
has been promoted to chief
operating officer of Prisma at
Mediaocean.
Jennifer M. Buettner-Bates
JD ’99 received the Odessa
Woofolk Lifetime Achievement
Award at the annual Birmingham
Business Journal Women’s
Summit.
