Daniel Pruet was raised in Tuscaloosa and his personal and professional experiences have shown him the how big of an impact being on a team can have on a young person. Daniel grew up playing baseball at the YMCA and at PARA, and he played baseball and football at Central High School. Daniel has also…
Danielle McInerney is the CEO/Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama. A graduate of the University of Alabama College of Communications, Danielle lives in Tuscaloosa with her husband, Mike, and their two sons, Declan and Fitz. In 2004, Danielle created the Finn and Quinley Memorial Foundation, a 501(c )(3) corporation organized to…
Daphne Curtis-Mayfield is the wife of Roderick Mayfield and the mother of a college student, Roderick Mayfield, Jr. She partners with her husband in their Interstate Transportation Business. Daphne was born and raised in the small town of Pushmatha, Alabama in Choctaw County. She is a 1990 graduate of Choctaw County High School. Upon graduation, she moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama where she attended…
Demario Pippen is a graduate of Jackson State University and current owner of MudWork, LLC. He is also a PE teacher and head football coach at Eastwood Middle School. Pippen is married with two daughters and was the first in his family to attend college. He was a State Champion of the Central Tuscaloosa football…
Born December 13, 1964 in Sawyerville, AL, Dennis Conner is the son of Catherine Conner and Curtis Tinker. He resides in Tuscaloosa, AL with his wife Carol, and their two children, Jalen and Jada. Mr. Conner’s eldest son, Tavares Banks, also resides in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Conner’s football career began in 1980 at Central High School.…
Dora Drake is employed part-time as a Housing Counselor for the City of Tuscaloosa. She has served in the capacity of Housing Counselor for 41 years. The position of Housing Counselor is the most rewarding position that she has held and she enjoys serving residents of the City to resolve housing problems and/or to meet housing…
A native of Huntsville, Ellen Woodward Potts earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Birmingham – Southern College and Master of Business Administration from the University of South Alabama. She began her volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity in 1997 upon moving to Tuscaloosa, and resigned as secretary of the board in March 2013 to…
Eric B. McCalpine is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a proud graduate of local academic institutions Central High School and Stillman College where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2003. He later earned a master’s degree in management from Birmingham-Southern College in 2006. While at Stillman, McCalpine served as chapter…
Erik Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on topics such as measuring industrial agglomeration patterns, valuing visual amenities in cities through the use of deep learning methods and automated street photo scraping and how exploring support for higher education funding is affected by the racial composition…
Moore serves as the Executive Director of Urban Development and Elevate Tuscaloosa’s Project Lead. He has been with the City of Tuscaloosa for twelve years. Moore received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Alabama. In addition, he is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). His specializations include…