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2012-2013 Directors (See also Our Officers)

• Wogan Badcock III, W. S. Badcock Corp.,  Mulberry, Fla.;
• Chris Birdsong, Premiere Entertainment, LLC, Montgomery;
• Frederick W. “Ricky” Bromberg, Bromberg & Co. Inc.,  Birmingham;
• Kealon Drake, Moe's Southwest Grill,
  Auburn/Birmingham/Homewood/Hoover/Opelika/Vestavia Hills
• Bobby Efurd, Efurd and Sons Inc., Cowarts;
• Howard Johnson, Sneaky Pete's Hot Dogs, Bessemer;
• Denise Knox, Private Gallery Inc., Fairhope; 
• Doug Markham, Books-A-Million, Birmingham;
• Cindi Marsiglio, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Tallahassee, Fla.;
• Vince McAleer, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Co., Hoover
• Mike Mitchell, Publix Super Markets Inc., Lakeland, Fla.;
• D.W. “Dee” Moody, Moody True Value Hardware Co., Montgomery;
• Melissa Parker-Paul, Yancy Parker Lifestyles Inc., Enterprise;
• Irvine Porter, CVS Pharmacy, Bessemer;
• Robert A. Robicheaux, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham;
• Tammy Rogers, Beaumont Pharmacy & Gift Boutique, Birmingham;
• Fred Roth, Best Buy Co. Inc., Alabaster;
• Ross Ryals, Collegiate Bookstores Inc., Montgomery;
• Leo Shaia, Shaia’s, Homewood;
• Stuart Shevin, Standard Furniture Co., Birmingham;
• Dennis Stewart, Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Inc., Bessemer;
• Jack A. Taylor, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham;
• Gerry Totoritis, Associated Grocers of the South, Birmingham;
• John M. Wilson, Big Bear of Luverne Inc., Luverne.

Ex-officio directors
(Includes past presidents and chairmen)