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Alabama Coastal Foundation

Advisory Council

  • Bill Agerton, Retired, Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer/Lead Design – Hargrove Engineering

  • Greg Alexander, President and CEO – Coastal Alabama Business Chamber

  • Beverley Allen, Founder – Allen, Allen and Foster

  • Wendy Allen, Former Executive Director – Smart Coast

  • Cathy Barnette, Project Manager – Dewberry

  • Ann Bedsole, Director – Sybil H. Smith Foundation

  • Dan Bond, Environmental Grants Coordinator – City of Gulf Shores

  • Clay Bryant, Senior Environmental Specialist – Project Consulting Services

  • Terry Burkle, Executive Director – Baldwin County Education Coalition

  • Ruth Carmichael, Senior Marine Scientist Dauphin Island Sea Lab

  • David Clark, President and CEO – Visit Mobile

  • George Crozier, Retired – Dauphin Island Sea Lab

  • John Dindo, Retired – Dauphin Island Sea Lab

  • Paulette Doggett, Allied ASID Sales, Innerspaice Architectural Interiors

  • Walter Earnest, IV, Executive Director – Pelican Coast Conservancy

  • Leslie Gahagan, Environmental Manager – City of Foley

  • Beth Gendler, President/CEO – Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism

  • Meg Goecker, Coastal Scientist – Moffatt & Nichol

  • Bob Higgins, CEO – Higgins & Associates

  • Tracy Holiday, Founder – Islands of Perdido Foundation

  • Hugh Hunter, Owner – Hunter Photography

  • Catherine Hall Kiser, Owner – Catherine Hall Designs

  • Bethany Kraft, Senior Director of Coastal Conservation – National Audubon Society

  • Frank Leatherbury, President – Leatherbury-Kalhagen

  • Herb Malone, Retired President/CEO – Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism

  • Mike Manning, Senior Vice-President of Business Development – Thompson Engineering

  • Tara McMeans, Owner – Design Print Promote

  • Jimbo Meador, Eco-Tour Captain – Point Clear

  • Chris Nelson, President – Bon Secour Fisheries, Inc.

  • Martha Peek, Retired Superintendent – Mobile County Public School System

  • Doug Phillips, Host and Producer – Discovering Alabama

  • Rod Platt, Owner – Red Drum Marketing

  • Casey Rains, Environmental Manager – City of Spanish Fort

  • Ben Raines, Author and Filmmaker

  • Mike Rogers, President – Rogers & Willard

  • Judy Stout, Board of Directors President – Mobile Botanical Gardens

  • LaDon Swann, Director – Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

  • Roberta Swann, Director – Mobile Bay National Estuary Program

  • Beth Thomas, Public Information Representative – Alabama Power

  • Gena Todia, Environmental Consultant – Wetland Resources Environmental Consulting

  • John Valentine, Executive Director – Dauphin Island Sea Lab

  • P.J. Waters, Program Coordinator – Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program

  • Bret Webb, Professor – University of South Alabama

  • Phillip West, Coastal Resources Manger – City of Orange Beach

  • Joe Womack, Co-Founder – Africatown Community Development Corporation

  • Chandra Wright, Director of Environmental & Educational Initiatives – The Lodge @ Gulf State Park

  • Lee Yokel, Retired Education and Engagement Team Coordinator – Gulf of Mexico Alliance

  • Deb York Salisbury, Owner/Founder – Content Fresh

Since 1993, the Alabama Coastal Foundation (ACF) has worked to promote a culture where environmental decisions are based on an accurate understanding of the underlying science, the dissemination of factual information, and the engagement of government, industry, and citizens to find solutions to our coastal challenges. We bring that vision into reality through our inclusive environmental stewardship approach.

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If you would like to connect to your coast, please email, call, or write us:

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(251) 990-6002

PO Box 1073

Mobile, AL 36633

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