Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr.
11th President of Alabama A&M University
Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., joined the Alabama A&M University family as its 11th President on Thursday, July 16, 2009, following an extensive career in higher education that highlighted both academia and administration.
Robert Bentley, Republican Governor of Alabama, and by Alabama State Law, the President of the Board of Trustees
Republican Alabama Governor, Robert Bentley owns Alabama Dermatology Associates and employing 30 Alabamians. In 2002, Bentley was elected to the Alabama State House Representatives from Tuscaloosa County with almost sixty-five percent (65%) of the vote. In the State House, he established a strong conservative policy record of doctrine base family values, and limited government. As Governor he has established himself as lacking values of inclusion and diversity by promoting anti-immigration legislation and homophobic statements against same sex marriage. In 2006, he ran unopposed for re-election to the State House. During his time in Montgomery, he has served on the Education Appropriations Committee, the Boards and Commissions Committee, the Agriculture and Forestry Committee and has been a member of the Tuscaloosa County Legislative Delegation. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Internal Affairs Committee.
Odysseus M. Lanier,CPA
President Pro tempore
Odysseus M. Lanier is a founding partner of McConnell Jones Lanier and Murphy accounting and consulting firm based in Houston, Tex. He is a 1977 graduate of Alabama A&M University. He has evaluated the governance, management and operations of more than 30 school districts throughout the country. Lanier was lead partner for ongoing engineering and logistics support contracts for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, where MJLM's Engineering and Technical Services Division has 57 employees. He served on Texas Southern University Board of Regents and as chair of its finance committee, where he led efforts to correct financial management problems that plagued the university in the late 1980s. The university (TSU) emerged from its problems within two years and received an unqualified audit report from the Texas State Auditor in 1991. He also served on the board's presidential search committee.
Privett Chassidy
Chassidy Privett of Cullman, Alabama, is President/CEO of Action Technologies Defense Group in Huntsville, Alabama. The company Action Technologies Defense Group is a women-owned certified small business that provides the federal government and commercial entities with immediate access to hightly experienced engineers and logisticians for various customer programs. Privett earned the B.S. degree in accounting from Alabama A&M University. She was appointed by Governor Bob Riley to fill the fourth congressional district seat.
Rev. D. Thomason Bell, Jr.
The Reverend D. Thomason Bell Jr. was appointed Superintendent of the Northeast District of the North Alabama Conference in 2002. Prior to becoming a superintendent, he served as pastor of both Anniston First UMC and Pell City First UMC as well as serving in appointments to Pinson, Birmingham First Assocaiate, St. Luke-T, and Fairview.
Lucien B. Blankenship, Esq.
Lucien B. Blankenship is a senior partner with the law offices of Blankenship and Associates in Birmingham, Ala. He is franchise majority owner and managing partner of Sports Strategies, the parent company of the Birmingham Power women's pro-basketball team. He is also president of Blankenship Sports Management and Marketing. The 1989 graduate of Alabama A&M University served as Student Government Association president.
Raymond Burse, Esq.
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.
Barbara Cady, Ph.D
President, AAMU Faculty Senate
Dr. Barbara Cady is a professor, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, School of Education, Alabama A&M University. She earned the Ph.D. degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Kansas in 1981. She serves as the president of AAMU�s Faculty Senate.
Mr. Norman D. Hill
Trustee Norman D. Hill is a native Mobilian who serves as vice president for Volkert and Associates, Inc. He began his career with Volkert in 2001 as a Land Acquisition Specialist. His responsibilities include marketing Volkert’s engineering and program/construction management services. Prior to beginning his career with Volkert, he was president and owner of Gulf Coast Safety Products. He later became Vice President for Small Business Development at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and was also the first director of the Mobile Housing Board’s Clinton Johnson Center for Economic Development.
Hill is a trustee for Prichard Preparatory Academy. He also is a member of the 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile, Exploreum Board, and former founding member of Gulf Federal Bank, Mobile Planning Commission and the MLK Redevelopment Corporation. He is a graduate of the University of Mobile, a 1986 graduate of Leadership Mobile, and a 2007 graduate of Leadership Alabama. Hill played second base as a professional baseball player in the Milwaukee Brewers Organization.
Mr. Christopher Robinson
Christopher Robinson is a Huntsville native who currently serves as the strategic communications planner for the U.S. Army Material Command Headquarters. He previously served as human resources development specialist for NASA. Robinson is also a board member at the Huntsville Hospital Development Council and the Huntsville Botanical Garden Advisory Committee. He is the outgoing president of the Huntsville Arts Council and a trustee on the board of directors at First Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. 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.
Mr. Andre Taylor
Andre’ Taylor earned a B.S. degree in journalism from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1973. After graduation, he worked in radio and television around Alabama. Taylor joined the Alabama Gas Corporation in 1984 serving most recently as vice president of communications. In this capacity, he was the spokesperson for Alagasco and planned community affairs activities.
Taylor currently serves on the boards of The Lakeshore Foundation, The Alabama Veterans Memorial Foundation, The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation, and the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. At The University of Alabama, he is a member of the Board of Visitors for the College of Communication and Information Services, a member of the President’s Cabinet, a Board Member of the Capstone Foundation, and is past President of the University of Alabama National Alumni Association.
In 1989, he was awarded the University of Alabama School of Communications’ Most Outstanding Alumni Award in Advertising and Public Relations. A Vietnam veteran, Taylor was awarded the Purple Heart for outstanding service to the country. He was also a feature personality in the inaugural edition of “Who’s Who in Black Birmingham”. Currently, Taylor resides in Bessemer, Alabama. He and his wife Vivian have five children.
Dr. Jerome Williams, DVM
After graduating from Tuskegee University with a degree in animal science in 1968 and a doctorate of veterinary medicine in 1969, Dr. Jerome B. Williams moved to Chicago and worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He moved to Birmingham in 1975 and established the Red Moutain Animal Clinic, where he continues to practice today. He is a national news reporter for VNN, the Veterinary News Network, and holds a license to practice veterinary medicine in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Louisiana.
Ms. 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.
Ms. Asundra Johnson
Asundra Johnson is president of the Student Government Association.
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Source: Alabama A&M University website office of the president section
