A.C. Roper 
Committee Chair
Army Lieutenant General (RET.)
Former Birmingham Chief of Police

David P. Burford
Committee Vice Chair
Major General (RET.)
United States Army  

General Jim Darden
Major General (RET.) 
United States Army 
USAR Ambassador Emeritus

Don Lupo
Operations Manager
Mayor's Office, City of Birmingham

Steve Pierson
Executive Committee Member  Director of Convention Sales
Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Katie Boyd Britt
U.S. Senator, Alabama

Garlan Gudger Jr.
Alabama State Senate
President Pro Tempore

Kay Ivey 
Governor of the State of Alabama 

Doug Jones
United States Senate (2018 - 2021)

Chaz Mitchell
Chief Financial Officer, City of Birmingham

Gary J. Palmer
U.S. Representative, Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District

Terri Sewell
U.S. Representative, Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District

Rodger Mell Smitherman
Alabama State Senate

Tommy Tuberville
U.S. Senate, Alabama

J.T. Waggoner
Alabama State Senate

Randall L. Woodfin
Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama

Wardine Alexander
President,
Birmingham City Council

Steve Ammons
President & CEO,
Birmingham Business Alliance

Ed Oliver
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Dr. Darrell O'Quinn
Councilman, Birmingham City Council – District Five

Ken Paschal
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Lee Sentell
Director of Tourism,
State of Alabama

Neil Rafferty
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Rick Rehm
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Chad Robertson
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Tad Snider
Executive Director & CEO, Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority

Jerry Starnes
Representative,
Alabama House of Representatives

Jimmie A. Stephens
President, Jefferson County Commission

Dr. Mark Sullivan
Superintendent,
Birmingham City Schools

Shelia Tysons
Commissioner, Jefferson County

Jessica L. Black
Chief Strategy Officer
Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Chad Carroll
President
National Veterans Day Foundation

Michael J. Davis, II
Government Relations
Balch & Bingham

Rick A. Dearborn
Partner
Mindset

Mike Gunn
Senior Vice President of Convention Sales
Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Col. Alan B. Miller, USMCR
President & CEO
American Village

Brigadier General Jeff Newton (RET.)
Commissioner
Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs

Mark Pettway
Jefferson County Sheriff
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

Mark Ryan
President Emeritus
National Veterans Day in Birmingham

Harry Sessamen
Secretary and Agent
 Blue Star Salute Foundation

Kristin Williams
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Sheraton Birmingham Complex

Dan Williams
President and CEO
 Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Martina Winston
Chief Business & Member Services Officer
Birmingham Business Alliance