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Board of Friends

The purpose of the Board of Friends is to effect a close working relationship between leaders in the community and the faculty, staff, and students in the School of Social Work and to influence development and advancement activities for the School.

The Objectives of the Board of Friends are to:

  1. Assist the School in securing financial resources.
  2. Study needs and opportunities for private funding for the School.
  3. Function as an advocacy group for the University and the School.
  4. Assist in the recruitment of outstanding students to the School.
  5. Advise the School on long range planning.

Members of the Board of Friends:

Mr. J. Wayne Sellers, Board Chair
Guntersville, AL
Director, Marshall County Department of Human Resources

Mrs. Aurelia “Missy” Benton
Mobile, AL
Community Volunteer

Mrs. Misty Creel

Tuscaloosa, AL 

Social Worker, Tuscaloosa County Department of Human Resources

Ms. Lady Portis Cunningham
Montgomery, AL
Social Worker, First United Methodist Church of Montgomery

Dr. Patricia Dice

Birmingham, AL

Retired, New College, The University of Alabama

Mr. James Dupree
Montgomery, AL
Managing Partner, TMS Consulting LLC

Mr. Gene P. Finley, Jr.

Atlanta, GA

Mrs. Laurie Faulkner Hereford
Birmingham, AL
Community Volunteer

Mr. Robert Howard
Tuscaloosa, AL
Associate Broker, Re/MAX Consultants

Mrs. Kathy McMaken
Mobile, AL
Assistant Director for Learning, Mobile Mental Health Center

Mrs. Carroll Phelps
Tuscaloosa, AL
Director of the Washington Program, School of Social Work

Mrs. J. Miller Piggott
Birmingham, AL
Executive Director, Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama

Mrs. Evelyn Coley Puckett
Birmingham, AL
Retired, Social Worker

Mrs. Kathy Sawyer
Montgomery, AL
Retired, Commissioner, State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Ms. Elizabeth Vreeland
Tuscaloosa, AL
Retired, Social Worker

Mr. Tony D. Walker

Montgomery, AL

Retired, Social Work Department, Troy University

Mrs. Earle Wilkes
Opelika, AL
Community Volunteer

For more information about the Board of Friends, please contact:

Neely Portera
Director of Advancement
205-348-0182
nportera@sw.ua.edu