Economy Matters

Myron A. Gray, Chair 
Former President, U. S. Operations
United Parcel Service
Atlanta, Georgia

Elizabeth A. Smith, Deputy Chair 
Former Executive Chair
Bloomin’ Brands Inc.
Tampa, Florida

Claire Lewis Arnold
Chief Executive Officer
Leapfrog Services Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert W. Dumas 
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
AuburnBank
Auburn, Alabama

Mary A. Laschinger 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Veritiv Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia

Jonathan T. M. Reckford
Chief Executive Officer
Habitat for Humanity International
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Russell
Chief Executive Officer
H.J. Russell & Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Kessel D. Stelling Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Synovus Financial Corporation
Columbus, Georgia

Claire W. Tucker 
Chief Executive Officer
CapStar Financial Holdings Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Nancy C. Goedecke, Chair 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mayer Electric Supply Company Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

David M. Benck 
Vice President and General Counsel
Hibbett Sports
Birmingham, Alabama

David J. Fernandes (resigned June 2019)
President
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama Inc.
Huntsville, Alabama

Brian C. Hamilton 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Trillion Communications Corp.
Bessemer, Alabama

Herschell L. Hamilton 
Chief Strategic Officer
BLOC Global Group
Birmingham, Alabama

David L. Nast
President and Chief Executive Officer
Progress Bank
Huntsville, Alabama

Merrill H. Stewart Jr.
President
The Stewart/Perry Company Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Nicole B. Thomas, Chair 
Hospital President
Baptist Medical Center South
Jacksonville, Florida

Paul G. Boynton 
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida

Timothy P. Cost 
President
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, Florida

John Hirabayashi 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Community First Credit Union of Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

Dawn Lockhart 
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Office of the Mayor
City of Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Troy D. Taylor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida LLC
Tampa, Florida

William O. West
Chief Executive Officer
The Bank of Tampa
Tampa, Florida

Ana M. Menendez, Chair 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Watsco Inc.
Coconut Grove, Florida

Eduardo Arriola 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Apollo Bank
Miami, Florida

Abel L. Iglesias 
President and Chief Operating Officer
Professional Bank
Coral Gables, Florida

Keith T. Koenig 
President
City Furniture
Tamarac, Florida

N. Maria Menendez 
Chief Financial Officer
GL Homes of Florida Holding
Sunrise, Florida

Victoria E. Villalba
President and Chief Executive Officer
Victoria & Associates Career Services Inc.
Coral Gables, Florida

Michael A. Wynn
Board Chairman and President
Sunshine Ace Hardware
Bonita Springs, Florida

Matthew S. Bourlakas, Chair 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Beth R. Chase 
Senior Managing Director
Ankura Consulting Group
Nashville, Tennessee

John W. Garratt
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Dollar General
Goodlettsville, TN

Heath M. Holtz
Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Supply Chain Management
Nissan North America Inc.
Smyrna, Tennessee

Amber W. Krupacs 
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Clayton Homes
Maryville, Tennessee

Leif M. Murphy 
Chief Executive Officer
TeamHealth Inc.
Knoxville, Tennessee 

Thomas Zacharia 
Laboratory Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
President and Chief Executive Officer
UT-Battelle LLC
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

G. Janelle Frost, Chair 
President and Chief Executive Officer
AMERISAFE Inc.
DeRidder, Louisiana

Lampkin Butts 
President and Chief Operating Officer
Sanderson Farms Inc.
Laurel, Mississippi

Toni D. Cooley
Chief Executive Officer
Systems Companies
Jackson, Mississippi

Katherine A. Crosby 
Board Chair
Fidelity Bank
New Orleans, Louisiana

David T. Darragh
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Reily Foods Company
New Orleans, Louisiana

Art E. Favre 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Performance Contractors Inc.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Michael E. Hicks Jr. 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hixardt Technologies Inc.
Pensacola, Florida

Raphael W. Bostic
President

André T. Anderson
First Vice President

David E. Altig
Executive Vice President and Director of Research

W. Brian Bowling
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Leah L. Davenport
Senior Vice President, Corporate Engagement

W. Jeff Devine
Senior Vice President, Operations and Administrative Services

W. Russell Eubanks
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Michael E. Johnson
Executive Vice President; Supervision, Regulation, and Credit

Mary M. Kepler
Senior Vice President and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Cheryl L. Venable
Executive Vice President and Retail Payments Office Product Manager

Richard A. Jones
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Paula A. Tkac
Senior Vice President and Associate Director of Research

Joan H. Buchanan
Vice President and General Auditor

Chapelle D. Davis
Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and OMWI Director

D. Blake Lyons
Senior Vice President

Keith T. Melton
Senior Vice President

Charles L. Weems
Senior Vice President

Christopher N. Alexander
Vice President

Daniel M. Baum
Vice President

Kelly A. Bernard
Vice President

S. Dwight Blackwood
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

Kim Blythe
Vice President

Anita F. Brown
Vice President and Financial Management and Planning Controller (retired)

Annella D. Campbell-Drake VP, RPO Product Development

Michael J. Chriszt
Vice President and Public Affairs Officer

Angela H. Dirr
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

Patrick E. Dyer
Vice President

Bevery L. Ferrell
Vice President and Branch Manager, Miami

Richard M. Fraher
Vice President and Counsel to the Retail Payment Office

Karen B. Gilmore
Vice President and Regional Executive, Miami

Amy S. Goodman
Vice President

Cynthia C. Goodwin
Vice President

M. Laurel Graefe
Vice President and Regional Executive, Nashville

Rebecca L. Gunn
Vice President and Regional Executive, Atlanta

Kevin T. Jansen
Vice President

Mark J. Jensen
Vice President

Gregory S. Johnston
Vice President

Evette H. Jones
Vice President

Karen Leone de Nie
Vice President

Stephen A. Levy
Vice President and Financial Management and Planning Controller

Anoop K. Mishra
Vice President and Regional Executive, Birmingham

Suzanna J. Costello Mocarski
Vice President

Edward J. Nosal
Vice President

Christopher Oakley
Vice President and Coordinating Regional Executive

Doris Quiros
Vice President

Cynthia L. Rasche
Vice President

Juan C. Sanchez
Vice President

Adrienne L. Slack
Vice President and Regional Executive, New Orleans

Richard H. Squires
Vice President and Branch Manager, New Orleans

Anthony S. Stallings
Vice President

Jeffrey W. Thomas
Vice President

Julius Weyman
Vice President

Kenneth Wilcox
Vice President

S. Paige Wilcox
Vice President

Christina M. Wilson
Vice President and Branch Manager, Jacksonville

Stephen W. Wise
Vice President

Pamela J. Barton
Assistant Vice President

Pedro Bermudez
Assistant Vice President

Giuseppina R. Bitetti
Assistant Vice President

Phasteus G. Brooks
Assistant Vice President

Jonathan L. Burns
Assistant Vice President

Tonya D. Byrd-Sorrells
Assistant Vice President

Reginald R.Chever
Assistant Vice President

Karen W. Clayton
Assistant Vice President

Patrick R. Dierberger
Assistant Vice President

Michael E. Duren
Assistant Vice President

Shilpa S. Dutt
Assistant Vice President

Travis T. Fix
Assistant Vice President

J. Marcus Fordham
Assistant Vice President

Gregory S. Fuller
Assistant Vice President

Mary M. Gelpi
Assistant Vice President

Jennifer L. Gibilterra
Assistant Vice President

Gina Renee Gibson
Assistant Vice President

James M. Gibson
Assistant Vice President

Stephen Craig Griffin
Assistant Vice President

Kathryn E. Haney
Assistant Vice President

Torion L. Harden
Assistant Vice President

Paige B. Harris
Assistant Vice President

Carolyn Ann Healy
Assistant Vice President

Gary Todd Henrich
Assistant Vice President

Dana M. Keeley
Assistant Vice President

Karl Lamb
Assistant Vice President

Lisa Lee-Fogarty
Assistant Vice President

Lantanya N. Mauriello
Assistant Vice President

Kevin H. McKenna
Assistant Vice President

Srinivas V. Nori
Assistant Vice President

Gregory K. Odum
Assistant Vice President

John C. Pelick
Assistant Vice President

J. Elaine Phifer
Assistant Vice President

Charles W. Prime
Assistant Vice President

Jaswanth G. Rao
Assistant Vice President

Robin R. Ratliff
Assistant Vice President

Paul D. Roberts
Assistant Vice President

Princeton G. Rose
Assistant Vice President

W. Allen Sautter
Assistant Vice President

Jeffrey F. Schiele
Assistant Vice President

Misty C. Skedgell
Assistant Vice President

Maria Smith
Assistant Vice President

Allen D. Stanley
Assistant Vice President

Bradley J. Waring
Assistant Vice President

William R. Wheeler III
Assistant Vice President

Michael R. Williams
Assistant Vice President

Jeff A. Williamson
Assistant Vice President

Molly T. Willison
Assistant Vice President

Deborah S. Young
Assistant Vice President

David Bertrand
Owner/Partner
Bertrand Rice LLC
Elton, LA

Lorraine Bertrand
Owner/Partner
Bertrand Rice LLC
Elton, LA

Donna Jo Curtis
Owner/Operator
Curtis Farms
Athens, AL

Marsha Folsom
Chief Development Officer
ResourceFiber LLC
Cullman, AL

Mike Giles
President
Georgia Poultry Federation
Gainesville, GA

George F. Hamner Jr.
President
Indian River Exchange Packers Inc.
Vero Beach, FL

Bart Krisle
Chief Executive Officer
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative
LaVergne, TN

Gaylon Lawrence
Partner
The Lawrence Group
Nashville, TN

Larkin Martin
Managing Partner
Martin Farms
Courtland, AL

James H. Sanford
Chairman of the Board
HOME Place Farms
Prattville, AL

Gray Skipper
Vice President
Scotch Plywood Company In.
Fulton, AL

Robert M. Thomas
President
Two Rivers Ranch Inc.
Thonotosassa, FL

John D. Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer
Zen -Noh Grain Corporation
Mandeville, LA

Terrance Coleman
President
LOOP LLC
Covington, LA

Andrew Evans
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA

Charles Goodson
President and Chief Executive Officer
PetroQuest Energy
Lafayette, LA

Mark Hatfield
Vice President, Gulf of Mexico Unit
Chevron North America, Gulf of Mexico Business
Covington, LA

Mark Maisto
President, Commodities, Trading, and Commercial Services
NextEra Energy Resource
Juno Beach, FL

Michael Mansfield
Chief Executive Officer
Mansfield Energy Corporation
Gainesville, GA

Stephen Toups
President
Turner Industries Group LLC
Baton Rouge, LA

Tammy Wilson
Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Risk Officer
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville, TN

Thomas Yura
Chief Operating Officer
Cornerstone Chemical Company
Waggaman, LA

Adriene Bailey
Partner
Oliver Wyman
Jacksonville, FL

Mark Bostick
President
COMCAR Industries
Auberndale, FL

Michael Brannigan
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Suddath Companies
Jacksonville, FL

Mary Cavarra
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Ingram Industries Inc.
Nashville, TN

Andy Char
Chartering Director
G2 Ocean
Atlanta, GA

Brandy Christian
President and Chief Executive Officer
Port New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Shawn Cole
Vice President
Delta Cargo
Atlanta, GA

Doug Downing
Chief Financial Officer
Canal Barge Company Inc.
New Orleans, LA

Robert Hooper
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic Logistics Inc.
Jacksonville, FL

Frank Lonegro
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CSX Corporation
Jacksonville, FL

Griffith Lynch
Executive Director
Georgia Ports Authority
Savannah, GA

Ken Roberts
President
WorldCity
Coral Gables, FL

Kim Wyant
President-Florida
UPS
Orlando, FL

William Diercksen
Director, Finance and Strategy
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S.
Orlando, FL

Howard Erbstein
Chief Operating Officer
The Kolter Group
Delray Beach, FL

Amanda Hite
President and Chief Executive Officer
Smith Travel Research
Hendersonville, TN

Ina Lee
Owner/President
TravelHost of Greater Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Mark Romig
President and Chief Executive Officer
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
New Orleans, LA

Alvin West
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
Miami, FL

Andrew Wexler
Chief Executive Officer
Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation
Norcross, GA

Mark Woodworth
Senior Managing Director
CBRE Hotels' America Research
Atlanta, GA

Veronica Biggins
Managing Director
Diversified Search
Atlanta, GA

Aimee Comer
Vice President of People and Development
Robins & Morton
Birmingham, AL

Natalie Harder
Chancellor
South Louisiana Community College
Lafayette, LA

Tim Hourigan
Executive Vice President
Human Resources
Home Depot
Atlanta, GA

Scot Laferte
Senior Vice President
Human Resources
Universal Orlando
Atlanta, GA

Jim Link
Chief Human Resource Officer, North America
Randstad
Atlanta, GA

Brian Pitts
Owner/ Managing Partner
ITAC Solutions
Birmingham, AL

Tomeka Posey
Director of Human Resources
USA of Intralot
Duluth, GA

Bob Ravener
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Dollar General (retired)
Nashville, TN

Sue Romanos
President and Chief Executive Officer
CareerExchange
Miami, FL

Mandy Sacco
President, WorkforceSolutions
LandrumHR
Pensacola, FL

Rich Templin
Director of Politics and Public Policy
Florida AFL-CIO
Tallahassee, FL

Lawrence Christiano
Department of Economics
Northwestern University

Martin Eichenbaum
Ethel and John Lindgren Professor of Economics
Northwestern University

Sergio Rebelo
Department of Economics
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University

Richard Rogerson
Department of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University

Thomas Sargent
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University

Chris Sims
Department of Economics
Princeton University

Brad Bolton
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Senior Lender
Community Spirit Bank
Red Bay, AL

Al Cowans
President and Chief Executive Officer
McCoy Federal Credit Union
Orlando, FL

Kim Davis Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer
OneSouthBank
Early, GA

Carlos Fernandez-Guzman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific National Bank
Miami, FL

Caren Gabriel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ascend Federal Credit Union
Tullahoma, TN

Bob Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Bank of Atmore
Atmore, AL

Ed Langton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Grand Bank for Savings
Hattiesburg, MS

Miriam Lopez
President and Chief Lending Officer
Marquis Bank
Coral Gables, FL

Jude Melville
President and Chief Executive Officer
Business First Bank
Baton Rouge, LA

Hugh Dailey
Market President, North Florida
Mid Florida Credit Union
Ocala, FL

Damon Moorer
President and Chief Executive Officer
TCM Bank
Tampa, FL