L. SHEFTON RIGGINS
Alabama A&M University graduate L. Shefton Riggins serves as President Pro Tempore of the Board of Trustees. The Birmingham-area cardiovascular surgeon has been a surgeon in the Baptist Health System for more than 20 years and has performed about 4,000 open heart surgeries. He is the former chief of surgery at Baptist Princeton and former director of cardiac surgery there.
ROBERT AVERY
Trustee Avery is serving his fifth term on the Gadsden (Ala.) City Council. The Certified Municipal Official (CMO) and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company retiree chairs the Finance Committee. The father of two boasts numerous affiliations, including Vision, Inc. (Chief Executive Officer), The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Advisory Committee, Etowah County Chapter of Alabama New South Coalition, Inc. (President), NAACP, SCLC, Alabama Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (past board member) and numerous others.
Dr. RAYMOND BURSE
Trustee Raymond Burse holds a law degree from Harvard University. He was also a Rhodes Scholar, and spent two years at England's Oxford University, where he majored in organic chemistry. Vice president and general counsel for GE Consumer and Industrial in Louisville, Ky., Burse was president of Kentucky State from 1982 to 1989. He spent 10 years as an associate and a partner in the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs in Louisville.
DR. RORY FRASER
Trustee Fraser, the Faculty Senate representative, is a faculty member in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Fraser directs the Center for Forest Ecosystems Assessment. He earned the Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University and his research interests include the identification and addressing of forestland owners’ needs, entrepreneurship in the forestry sector, community forestry and forest-based economic development.
EMMEA J. MELTON
A retired biology teacher with the Tuscaloosa City School System, Trustee Melton earned the B.S. degree in biology from Alabama A&M University. She pursued further study at Tuskegee University, the University of Florida, University of Alabama and the University of Central Florida. For decades, she has been intensely involved in the community affairs of Tuscaloosa, Ala., most notably through membership in the Tuscaloosa Preservation Society, League of Women Voters, The Links, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Girl Scouts of America and numerous other civic organizations and professional associations.
JAMES MONTGOMERY
James D. Montgomery, Sr. is President/CEO of Aliza’s Cookies, Inc. Montgomery served as Systems Analyst, Management Analyst, Interim Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, General Manager, Chief Organizational Development Consultant and interim Comptroller for the Department of Army prior to retiring in 1994. He served eight years on the Anniston City Council and has been appointed to several national and international boards. Trustee Montgomery received his B.S. degree from Alabama A&M University and M.S. Degree from Jacksonville State University. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force’s prestigious Military Comptroller School (Montgomery, AL) and the Army’s graduate level Organizational Effectiveness Program (Ft. Ord, CA). He has attended Gestalt Institute located in Cleveland, OH. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
MARTHA LYNN SHERROD
Judge Martha Lynn Sherrod is a native Alabamian, and a product of the Alabama Public School System. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Houston, Houston, Tex. She completed her last year of law school at the University of Alabama as a transient student. Judge Sherrod was appointed District Judge in 1999, and she was elected for a full term in 2000 in a partisan election. She was the first person of African descent to win an at-large election in North Alabama. Before joining the State Court, Judge Sherrod served her community as Presiding Municipal Judge, Assistant District Attorney, private practitioner, and she taught criminal justice at Alabama A&M University.
VELMA TRIBUE
Trustee Tribue heads the Velma J. Tribue State Farm Insurance Agency. She is a graduate of both Alabama State University and The Ohio State University. Tribue also serves on several boards such as the Dothan Chamber of Commerce Executive Board of Directors, the Wiregrass United Way Board of Directors, and the Southeast Alabama Medical Center's Women's Advisory Council.
MICHAEL BUTLER (no photo available)
Mr. Butler heads the Student Government Association. He is a native of the St. Louis area, majoring in Management and minoring in Mathematics.
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SOURCE: Alabama A&M University Website -about section
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