
Officers and Board of Directors
Executive Committee​
President: Matthew Downs, University of Mobile
Vice President: Laura Hill, Encyclopedia of Alabama
Secretary: Mark Wilson, Auburn University
Membership Secretary: Maiben Beard, Auburn University
Treasurer: Gayle Thomas, Abbeville
Immediate Past President: Richard Bailey, Montgomery
At-large Members: Laura Anderson and Shari Williams
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Click here to read biographies of the first fifty presidents.
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Board of Directors​
2025 - 2028 Term
Felisha Anderson, Baldwin County Archives & History
Laura Anderson, Alabama Humanities Alliance
Valerie Burnes, University of West Alabama
Joseph Lee, Black Heritage Council
Rebecca Minder, Alabama Heritage
Brian Murphy, Florence Arts and Museums
Jen Stewart, Madison, GA
Dorothy Walker, Montgomery, AL
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2024 - 2027 Term
Haley Aaron, Alabama Department of Archives and History
Caity Bell, Landmarks of DeKalb County
Mike Bunn, History Blakeley State Park
Beth Hunter, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Theo Moore, Hiztorical Vision Productions
Howard Robinson, Alabama State University
Christine Sears, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jarrod Smitherman, J.B. Pennington High School
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2023 - 2026 Term
Amber Broadhead, Edgewood Elementary School
Blake Busbin, Alabama State Department of Education
Deidre Dees, University of South Alabama
Ashley Dumas, University of West Alabama
Hannah Garmon, City of Birmingham
Josephine Bolling McCall, Elmore Bolling Initiative
Anna Mullican, Oakville Indian Mounds
Shari Williams, Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project​
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The Alabama Review
Matthew Downs, Editor
Michael Robinson, Book Review Editor
Newsletter
Mark Wilson, Auburn University
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Parliamentarian/Counsel
Chriss Doss, Birmingham
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