Mr. Brown is the President of Jemison Investment Co., Inc., a diversified investment holding and management company with interests in a variety of industries. He has been an officer of Jemison for nearly 15 years and serves as a director to over 18 individual companies in addition to serving as a director or trustee to numerous civic organizations. Prior to joining Jemison, David worked for Cyrus J. Lawrence Inc., a New York-based institutional investment banking firm.
Mr. Brown resides in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wife Janie and has three sons currently attending college. He holds a J.D. and a M.B.A. from the University of Alabama, as well as a B.S. in Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
Mr. Davis is Chairman of the Board for Metalplate Galvanizing, Inc., a provider of hot dip industrial galvanizing serving the steel industry throughout the Southeast. For the past 34 years he has been either President or Chairman of Metalplate, where he has led the company from its founding to become the benchmark leader in the galvanizing industry.
Mr. Davis lives in Birmingham, Alabama and holds a Masters degree from Columbia University as well as a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Dore is the Founder and Chairman of Global Industries, Ltd., an international provider of offshore construction, engineering and support services trading on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol GLBL. Mr. Dore purchased Global Divers in 1973 and has spent the last 30 years building the Company to its current leadership position in its industry. He is the past president of the Association of Diving Contractors and the Offshore Pipeline Contractors Association and a past director of the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Dore’ is also a class of 2000 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award.
Mr. Dore currently resides in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with his wife Connie. Mr. Dore holds a Masters degree from McNeese State University.
Mr. James is a Principal of Founders Investment Banking with a focus on healthcare related sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and growth financing transactions, in addition to providing corporate and strategic advisory services. Mr. James recently retired from his position as the President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Vincent’s Health System in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to his role as President and CEO, Mr. James spent 22 years as St. Vincent’s Chief Financial Officer. St. Vincent’s Health System includes five facilities – four acute care hospitals and one health & wellness complex – and currently has over 5,000 employees. Serving the seven county Birmingham MSA population of 1.2 million spread over four counties, St. Vincent’s leads the market with a 21% share and is a member of Ascension Health, the largest non-profit system in the country. Prior to joining St. Vincent’s, Mr. James earned his CPA and spent five years with Ernst & Young, where as part of an audit and tax team he worked with clients specializing in mortgage banking, commercial banking, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Mr. James is a resident of Birmingham, Alabama and holds a B.S. from the University of West Alabama with a double major in Business Administration and Finance and a M.B.A. from Samford University. Mr. James served as a member of the Governor’s Cardiac Task Force and is an advisory board member of Regions Bank. He has served on the boards of United Way, The Boy Scouts, Operation New Birmingham, and the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. Birmingham Business Journal named Mr. James as one of Birmingham’s Top 100 Healthcare Pioneers, Practitioners and Entrepreneurs in 2002 and Samford University named him Business Alumnus of the Year in 2004, where he was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary. In 2004 the Alabama Information Technology Association named Mr. James the Top Executive in Information Technology. In 2007, Mr. James was named Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Birmingham Business Journal.
Mr. Peinhardt is the founder and president of Vantage Associates, a Birmingham-based general management consulting company specializing in strategic planning. He has been involved in strategic planning for over 20 years and has consulted with the senior management of numerous leading companies in the Southeast. Due to his expertise in his field, he is frequently called upon to speak to industry and corporate groups and at conventions on strategic planning, marketing, customer driven approaches, leadership, professionalism and management.
Mr. Peinhardt is a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, and holds a M.B.A. from the Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama as well as a B.S. in Marketing.
Dr. Sanjay Singh is Co-founder and Vice President of Computer Technology Solutions, a software engineering firm specializing in customized business solutions and an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Singh has consulted with numerous Fortune 500 companies and private organizations, including Johnson & Johnson, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Southern Company, BellSouth, IBM, and Microsoft. Further, he has lectured in 10 countries and studied over 200 companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. He was the past President of Society for Information Manager – Alabama Chapter and serves on the Executive Boards of Tech Birmingham, YMCA – Birmingham Metro Area, and Alabama India Business Partnership.
Dr. Singh is a resident of Birmingham, Alabama and is married to Dora Eugenia Pineda-Rivera and enjoys vacationing with his two children Vivek Gabriel and Indira Evangelina. Sanjay holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems and Strategic Management from the University of Georgia.
Mr. Simmons is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Executive Leadership, a Birmingham-based ministry that focuses on counseling businessmen and community leaders to develop their spiritual lives through a variety of programs. Prior to founding the Center, Mr. Simmons worked in the insurance brokerage business as President and CEO of publicly held H.R.H. Insurance for nearly 10 years.
Mr. Simmons is a resident of Birmingham, Alabama and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from The University of the South.
