Our Team

Staff

Cindy Lowry
Executive Director

Charles Miller
Policy Director

Kelly Marshall
Deputy Director

Martha Hunter
COmmunity Partnership Director

Victoria Miller
DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY RESEARCH

Jack West
Special Projects Director

Martin Taylor
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Board

CORY PETTWAY
President

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

JONATHAN MCNAIR
Vice-President

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

SAM STOKES
Treasurer

Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed

JULIE LAY
Secretary

Guntersville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

DR. BARBARA BURKE
Director

Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed

TONY DILIBERTO
Director, Past President

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

CAMERON HANDYSIDE
Director

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

kelsey herndon
Director

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

MAGGIE JOHNSTON
Director

Nauvoo, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

Dawn Lee
Director

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

VICKEY WHEELER
Director

Springville, AL
Coosa 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 Dawn Lee, ARA Board Member and former Junior Board Co-Chair, and Victoria Miller, Director of Advocacy Research.

CORINNE BARONI

Tuscaloosa, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

KALA BHATTAR

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

LILLIAN COLBURN

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

MADELYN CANTU

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

PERRY DOWELL

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

HAZEL HIGGINBOTHAM

Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed

MARCUS KING

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

VANESA MARTIN

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

SAM MCCOY

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

LOGAN MERCER

Charlottesville, VA

ALYSSA PRATER

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

LAURA QUATTROCHI

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

LA’TANYA SCOTT

Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed

ANKUR SHAH

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

NICOLE TRAN

Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed

JAXON TOLBERT

Huntsville, AL
Tennessee River Watershed

MANDY WONG-DAVIS

Pleasant Grove, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed