Our Team
Staff
Cindy Lowry
Executive Director
Charles Miller
Policy Director
Kelly Marshall
Deputy Director
Martha Hunter
COmmunity Partnership Director
V Miller
DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY RESEARCH
Jack West
Special Projects Director
Logan Mercer
Policy Associate
Martin Taylor
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
2026 FELLOWS AND INTERNS
ROBERT FOSTER
LEGAL EXTERN
Black Warrior River Watershed
Board OF dIRECTORS
JONATHAN MCNAIR
President
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
Dawn Lee
VICE PRESIDENT
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
SAM STOKES
Treasurer
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed
CURT CHAFFIN
Director
Vestavia Hills, AL
Cahaba River Watershed
kelsey herndon
Director
Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed
MAGGIE JOHNSTON
Director
Nauvoo, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
mike kensler
DIRECTOR
Auburn / Opelika, AL
Tallapoosa River Watershed
JAMES MACKENZIE
DIRECTOR
Daphne, AL
Mobile Bay Watershed
TINA Mozelle Braziel
DIRECTOR
Remlap, AL
Coosa River Watershed
CORY PETTWAY
DIRECTOR, Past President
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
ALYSSA PRATER
DIRECTOR
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
Young Professional River Defenders
The Young Professional River Defenders of the Alabama Rivers Alliance fosters a productive space for professional development and nonprofit board and leadership training for professionals early in their careers of environmentalism, advocacy, organizing and more. Our YPRD supports our work in many ways, including speaking at events, developing and leading sessions at Alabama Water Rally, assisting community-based partners with organizational development, hosting fundraising events, and sharing their perspectives as part of our internal organizational growth. Interested in joining the YPRD? Click here to learn more!
The YPRD is facilitated by Alyssa Prater (ARA Board Member) and Victoria Miller, ARA’s Director of Advocacy Research.
KALA BHATTAR
LOGISTICS CHAIR
Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed
MADELYN CANTU
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
RACHEL DEBOSE
Adamsville, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
PERRY DOWELL
EVENTS CHAIR
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
GRACE GARRISON
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River watershed
OLIVIA HALL
Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed
ALEXA HIGHTOWER
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR
Birmingham, AL
Coosa River Watershed
GRACE HOWARD
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed
NICOLE TRAN
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed
MANDY WONG-DAVIS
EQUITY CHAIR
Pleasant Grove, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed