Board of Directors
Bob Barrett
A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Barrett currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Honours Golf. Today, Honours Golf Company is the leading golf course development and management company in the Southeast. The company has plans to grow the Honours Golf brand in the Southeast through management contracts, development partnerships and whole ownership. The company has corporate offices in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.
Roger Bedford
A resident of Russellville, Alabama, Senator Bedford represents the people of the Sixth District of Alabama in the State Senate (Counties of Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, and Winston). He is also the Chairman of the Alabama Finance and Taxation General Fund.
Senator Bedford is an Alumnus of the University of Alabama, and a graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Senator Bedford serves as an Executive member of the Boy Scouts of America, and the Tennessee Valley Council, and has represented the citizens of his District in Montgomery since 1982.
Bill “Bubba” Bussey
A Resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Bussey is co-host of the Rick & Bubba Radio Show. The Rick and Bubba Show is heard each weekday morning on their flagship station WZZK and on over 50 radio stations in 16 states - mostly in the Southern United States.
Chris Hartsell
A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Hartsell has worked in the healthcare industry for 13 years including experience in Operations and Administration. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1994. Prior to beginning his own healthcare consulting business, Chris served as Assistant Director of Personnel at Bessemer Carraway Hospital (now UAB Medical West). Later, he became Administrator of Highlands Diagnostic Center, a multi-modality imaging facility and finally served as CEO at HealthSouth Metro West Hospital, a 319-bed acute care hospital. In 2002, Chris was recognized as a “Who's Who among Healthcare Executives” in the Birmingham Business Journal.
James “Jimmy” C. Lee, III
A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Lee is the 4th Generation of his family to become CEO and President of Buffalo Rock Company. He has been at Buffalo Rock since 1971 and took over as CEO in 2004. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, The Buffalo Rock Company is one of the nation's largest single-family privately owned Pepsi-Cola bottlers. Today it operates 14 distribution centers in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, servicing a population of more than 6.5 million.
Matthew Thomas Lemak
A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Lemak is Managing Partner of The Lemak Group of Companies, a closely held boutique investment company. Mr. Lemak also serves as Vice-Chairman of the City of Hoover (Alabama) Medical Board, is a member of Hoover's Planning and Zoning Commission, board member of the Southern Development Council (Montgomery, AL), and has been appointed by the Governor of Alabama as a member of the Long-Term Care Rebalancing Board for the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid of Alabama. Mr. Lemak has also served on the boards of the Greater Birmingham Humane Society (Birmingham, AL), Practice Partners in Healthcare (Birmingham, AL), Cryodynamics Healthcare (Dallas, TX), and Lynx Media (Nashville, TN).
Mr. Lemak is also the former Executive Director of NCSS, volunteering in that role from the fall of 2006 until September 2009. Mr. Lemak is currently the non-executive Chairman of the Board.
Nick C. Sellers
A resident of Hoover, Alabama, Mr. Sellers is Vice-President of Corporate Relations for Alabama Power Company. Mr. Sellers has also sat on the Boards of City Stages, the MAPS Campaign, and the March of Dimes. Prior to joining Alabama Power, Mr. Sellers worked in Governor's office in Montgomery, and also with the Business Council of Alabama. Mr. Sellers was also the first Director of Operations when the Alabama Sports Foundation was created in 1996. A former college athlete, Mr. Sellers was the starting quarterback in the early nineties for the College of the Pacific.
Jon Vice
A resident of Destin, Florida, Mr. Vice is an accomplished healthcare executive. Mr. Vice's career in children's health spans almost 40 years, including leadership roles at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and The Children's Hospital in Birmingham, AL.
Mr. Vice holds a Master's Degree in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Alabama Birmingham, where he currently serves as an Adjunct Professor. Vice serves on the Board of Directors of the Children's Miracle Network, and is the former Chairman of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.
