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
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
JULIE LAY
Secretary
Guntersville, AL
Tennessee 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
CORY PETTWAY
IDRECTOR, Past President
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
ALYSSA PRATER
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
MADELYN CANTU
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
PERRY DOWELL
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
HAZEL HIGGINBOTHAM
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba River Watershed
ALEXA HIGHTOWER
Birmingham, AL
Black Warrior River Watershed
SAM MCCOY
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