Guiding the Mission of Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama
Behind our work stands our dedicated Board and Advisors—volunteers who lend their time, expertise, and vision to support families across Alabama. Their leadership keeps our mission strong and our services growing. Learn about our Junior Board here.
Board Officers
RENEE HARMON, MD, PRESIDENT
Retired Family Physician, Community Volunteer
DAN PAHOS, VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING
Birmingham Franchise owner of Home Instead
LINDY HARRELL, PhD, MD
VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH
Prof. Emeritus, UAB Sch. Medicine – Neurology
Retired, Founding Director of UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Center
BILL MCMULLEN, TREASURER
Retired Finance Professional, Community Volunteer
Members of the Board
JOHN BEARD
Retired, Chairman & President of Alacare Home Health & Hospice
Director, Beard Brouillette Holdings, Inc.
VANESSA BRAGG
Community Volunteer
CHARLIE COLLAT
Managing Partner- Bay Pine Holdings
BARBARA ESTEP
CEO Noland Health Services
REBECCA HAMITER
Community Volunteer
SHARONDA HARDY
Program Director, UAB School of Medicine
LISA HEIFNER-HOBSON
Chief Accounting Officer, SPMG LLC
CRYSTAL HICKS, RN
RN Quality Improvement Coordinator, UAB
FLORENCE HINKLE
Client Services Coordinator, Always Best Care Senior Services
FRANK HOLDEN
Community Volunteer
LAURIE JOHNSON
Community Volunteer
SUE JOHNSTON
Community Volunteer
JENNIFER MANCUSO
President, Always Best Care Senior Services
GING MCGLAUGHLIN
Community Volunteer
RUSSELL RENFROE
Owner/Director, Visiting Angels Senior Home Care
JEAN ROBERTS
Community Volunteer
BOB STRAKA
Retired, Grandview Financial Group
Community Volunteer
KATIE SUMMERSELL
Affinity Hospice
Advisors
LYNN CAMPISI, Esq.
Elder Law Attorney – Campisi Law
DAVID S. GELDMACHER, MD, FACP
Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Memory Disorders and Behavioral Neurology
DANIEL C. POTTS, MD
Attending Neurologist, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
Founder and President, Cognitive Dynamics Foundation
Medical Director, Dementia Dynamics, LLC
Associate Clinical Professor, College of Community Health Sciences
RICHARD POWERS, MD
Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatric and
Extended Care – Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center