For those of you unfamiliar with Birmingham, this is a roll call of some serious heavy-hitters.

The UAB Athletics Campaign Committee is as follows:




Hatton C V Smith (Chair), CEO Emeritus, Royal Cup, Inc.
Adam S. Cohen, Partner, Cityscape Development Group
Alicia Huey, President, Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders
Brian H. Bucher, Regional President, PNC Bank
Brian Hilson, President and CEO, Birmingham Business Alliance
Brooks Harris, Co-President, Harris Doyle Homes
C. Phillip McWane, Chairman, McWane, Inc.
Charles A. Collat Sr., Chairman Emeritus, Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc.
Charles E. Nowlin, Founder, Nowlin & Associates, Inc.
Danny McKinney, CEO, McKinney Capital
David L. Silverstein, Principal, Bayer Properties, LLC
Donald M. Hire Jr., Retired President, Armstrong Relocation Company
Giles G. Perkins, Partner, Adams and Reese LLC
H. Craft O'Neal, Chairman and CEO, O'Neal Industries
Harold W. Ripps, CEO/General Partner, Rime Capital Account, Inc.
Izell Reese, Executive Vice President, NCSA Athletic Recruiting
J. Richard Cashio, Owner and President, Total Alloy Steel Service Company
James J. Filler, Retired President and Treasurer, Jefferson Iron and Metal Co
James C. Lee III, Chairman and CEO, Buffalo Rock Company
James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40
James T. McManus II, Chairman and CEO, Energen Corporation
Joel T. Welker, President and Publisher, Birmingham Business Journal
John J. McMahon, Jr., Chairman, Ligon Industries, LLC
Joseph L. McGee, President and CEO, Legacy Community Federal Credit Union
Justin R. Craft, President, Nowlin & Associates, Inc.
Leigh V. Collier, Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank
Lenora W. Pate, Shareholder, Sirote & Permutt, P.C.
M. James Gorrie, President and CEO, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
M. Miller Gorrie, Chairman of the Board, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Michael F. Pizitz, President, Pizitz Management Group
Merrill H. Stewart, Jr., President and Founder, Stewart/Perry Construction
Michael D. Thompson, President and CEO, Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
Nelson S. Bean, President and CEO, First Commercial Bank
R. Lee Smith, Jr., Executive Vice President, BBVA Compass Bank
Richard Murray, IV, President and CEO, National Bank of Commerce
Robert A. Simon, President, Corporate Realty Associates Inc.
Robert P. MacKenzie, III, Partner, Starnes Davis Florie, LLP
Steve DeMedicis, President, Red Mountain Technologies
Thomas H. Brigham, Jr., Chairman, ARC Realty, LLC
Thomas R. Cosby, Fundraising Consultant, Birmingham Landmarks
T. Michael Goodrich, Chairman, Timberline Holdings LLC
T. Michael Goodrich, II, Principal, First Avenue Ventures, LLC
W. Lee Thuston, Managing Partner, Burr & Forman
W. Stancil Starnes, Chairman and CEO, ProAssurance Corporation
Walter Howlett, Jr., Chairman and CEO, A.G. Gaston Enterprises
William B. Morton, Jr. President and CEO, Robins & Morton
William R. Ireland Jr., Executive Vice President, National Bank of Commerce