
Officers and Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President: Jim Baggett, Birmingham Public Library
Vice President: Ruth Truss, University of Montevallo
Secretary: Mark Wilson, Auburn University
Membership Secretary: Maiben Beard, Auburn University
Treasurer: Gayle Thomas, Abbeville
Immediate Past President: Ben Severance, Auburn University at Montgomery
At-large Members: Richard Bailey, Susan Reynolds
Click here to read biographies of the first fifty presidents.
Board of Directors
2022 - 2025 Term
Emily Blejwas, Alabama Folklife Association
Dana Chandler, Tuskegee University Archives
Kerry Dunaway, Clarke County Historical Association
Linda Felton-Smith, Troy
Christopher Maloney, Encyclopedia of Alabama
Donna Manson, Montgomery
Susan Reynolds, Alabama Heritage
Graydon Rust, Alabama Humanities Alliance
2021 - 2024 Term
John Allison, Morgan County Archives
Annette Bradford, Jackson County Historical Association
Rhonda Davis, USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
Ronald Fritze, Athens State University
Debra Love, Black Heritage Council
Laura Murray, Auburn
Marty Olliff, Troy University Dothan
Justin Rudder, Alabama Department of Archives and History
2019-2023 Term
Richard Bailey, Montgomery
Mike Bunn, Blakeley State Park
Carolyn Barske Crawford, Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
Bert Frandsen, Montgomery
Bert Hitchcock, Auburn
Stanley Moss, Pinson Historical Society
Victoria Ott, Birmingham-Southern College
Tara White, Wallace Community College Selma
The Alabama Review
Matthew Downs, Editor
Michael Robinson, Book Review Editor
Newsletter
Mark Wilson, Auburn University
Parliamentarian/Counsel
Chriss Doss, Birmingham