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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

Heavy hitters for sure!

Strong group of names. We need them to come through in a big way.

We could build a couple of great BOT's from that list; Id settle for just one, filled with honorable, ethical men and women.

This is exactly what was needed today. These people have put their names on the line. Huge huge step

The only way this group could get stronger and more B'ham-centric is if Vulcan decided to climb his naked butt down off his pedestal.

Noticed that Regions Bank is not on the list. So disappointing!!!

(08-06-2015 04:34 PM)blzr4life Wrote:  Noticed that Regions Bank is not on the list. So disappointing!!!

Yep pretty lame, but that's a great list.

(08-06-2015 04:34 PM)blzr4life Wrote:  Noticed that Regions Bank is not on the list. So disappointing!!!

Didn't see Harbert, Logan, Barber's, etc. (I did glance through it pretty fast) It's an extremely impressive list anyway! Doesn't mean that they won't contribute though.

Meet the heavy hitters leading the campaign for UAB athletics
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/ne...n-for.html

& what does this really mean Margaret?

It means some of those guys are worth several hundred million dollars, and we hope they will give UAB athletics some of it.

They also pushed the release of the committee names up for a reason....................

Well I I think this group will ensure that the Blazers return with all the fire power possible.

(08-06-2015 04:55 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  They also pushed the release of the committee names up for a reason....................

Because I suggested on twitter? :)

Well that's what I'm gonna tell my granddaughter anyway

I hope they immediately form a plan to raise money for construction of an on campus football stadium so the projects completion will coincide with the resurrection of games as near to 2017 as possible.

(08-06-2015 04:19 PM)UABslant Wrote:  The only way this group could get stronger and more B'ham-centric is if Vulcan decided to climb his naked butt down off his pedestal.

I settle for him to face his butt in a more appropriate direction

(08-06-2015 05:22 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  I hope they immediately form a plan to raise money for construction of an on campus football stadium so the projects completion will coincide with the resurrection of games as near to 2017 as possible.

You are going to disappointed. Theyve already said what the priorities are.

Yes the date was pushed up because it seems the BOT, Watts, Ryan and gang don't really want to let football back.

They know if they ride it out until December that a coach will possibly leave & it would be over for a while.

No games scheduled yet, no contracts signed.

What? No one from Bryant Bank?