Past chairs
1969
Frank Samford, Sr.
1970
B. A Monaghan
1971
Earl Mallick
1972
W. Cecil Bauer
1973
Dr. Joseph F. Volker
1974
Glen Ireland, II
1975
E.M. Friend, Jr.
1976
Emil Hess
1977
John W. Woods
1978
Willard L. Hurley
1979
Emory Cunningham
1980
Joe Bruno
1981
Wallace Malone, Sr.
1982
Houston Blount
1983
Carlton Baker
1984
Emil C. Hess
1985
Crawford T. Johnson, III
1986
Joseph M. Farley
1987
Louis Willie, Jr.
1988
Dan L. Hendley
1989
Herbert A. Sklenar, Chairman & CEO
Vulcan Materials Company
1990
Rex J. Lysinger
1991
Elmer Harris, Chairman & CEO
Alabama Power Company
1992
Dr. Neal Berte, President
Birmingham Southern College
1993
J. Stanley Mackin
Co-Chair Ron Hess, Chairman & CEO - First Alabama Bank
1994
E. M. Friend, III, Esq.
Sirote & Permutt
1995
Drayton Nabers, Jr., Chairman & CEO
Protective Life Corporation
1996
C. Dowd Ritter, Chairman & CEO
AmSouth Bank
1997
John J. McMahon, Jr., Chairman & CEO
McWane, Inc.
1998
Julian W. Banton, Chairman & CEO
SouthTrust
1999
Dr. Thomas E. Corts, President
Samford University
2000
D. Paul Jones, Jr., Chairman & CEO
Compass Bank
2001
Van L. Richey, Chairman & CEO
Acipco
2002
Gary C. Youngbood, President (retired)
2003
Ann Florie, Executie Director
Region 2020
2004
Gary C. Youngbood, President (retired)
Alagasco
2005
Ruffner Page, President
McWane, Inc.
2006
Claude B. Nielsen, Chairman & CEO
Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company
2007
Randall W. Jordan, President
Wachovia Bank
2008
Robert B. Aland, President
First American Bank
2009
Theresa H. Bruno, President
THB, Inc.
2011
Donald M. James, CEO
Vulcan Material Company
2013
Jay Grinney President & CEO
HealthSouth Corporation
2015
James T. McManus, II
Chairman & CEO
Emergen Corporation
2017
Jim Gorrie, CEO
Brasfield & Gorrie
2019
Matt Lusco, CRO
Regions Bank