Our Leadership

Children’s Aid Society of Alabama Board of Directors

Bob Straka, President | Retired
Anita Clemon, President-Elect | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pam Arenberg, Vice President | Community Volunteer
Meredith Smith, Secretary | Mauldin & Jenkins
Meredith Calhoun | Tessa Commercial Real Estate
D. Maddox Casey| Warren Averett
Devon Harris | OberaConnect
Ted Hosp | Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
Leigh Inskeep | BL Harbert International
Nancy Kane | Community Volunteer

Matt Lyden | Medical Properties Trust
Brittany Mathis | Spire
Dr. Ty Moody | The Worship Center
Quentin Riggins | Alabama Power
Jazmine Robinson | HudsonAlpha
Steve Walker | Retired
Scott Weldon | Community Volunteer
Leah Wiggins | Leah Wiggins Agency of Farmers Insurance

Children’s Aid Foundation Board of Directors

Michael Mims, President
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III

Creig Hoskins
Dottie King
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Jennifer Mitchell
Walter Monroe, IV
Amy Myers
Mark Walton

Employee Leadership

Team Leadership
Gayle Watts, LICSW | Chief Executive Officer
Susan Crow | Deputy Director
John Stone | Director of Advancement
Ashley Adams, LICSW-S, PIP | Clinical Director
Laura Sewell | Director of Human Resources
Michelle McGlaughlin | Director of Grants and Contracts

Program Directors
Jan Bell | Child Trafficking Solutions Project

PI Team Coalition | Project Independence

Torre Ann Coulter, LMSW | Independent Living

Suzie Diamond, LICSW, PIP | Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC)

Ashley Jelks, MSW | Family Partners 

Children’s Aid Society of Alabama Board of Directors

Bob Straka, President | Retired
Anita Clemon, President-Elect | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pam Arenberg, Vice President | Community Volunteer
Meredith Smith, Secretary | Mauldin & Jenkins
Meredith Calhoun | Tessa Commercial Real Estate
D. Maddox Casey| Warren Averett
Devon Harris | OberaConnect
Ted Hosp | Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
Leigh Inskeep | BL Harbert International
Nancy Kane | Community Volunteer

Matt Lyden | Medical Properties Trust
Brittany Mathis | Spire
Dr. Ty Moody | The Worship Center
Quentin Riggins | Alabama Power
Jazmine Robinson | HudsonAlpha
Steve Walker | Retired
Scott Weldon | Community Volunteer
Leah Wiggins | Leah Wiggins Agency of Farmers Insurance

Children’s Aid Foundation Board of Directors

Michael Mims, President
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III

Creig Hoskins
Dottie King
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Jennifer Mitchell
Walter Monroe, IV
Amy Myers
Mark Walton

Employee Leadership

Team Leadership
Gayle Watts, LICSW | Chief Executive Officer
Susan Crow | Deputy Director
John Stone | Director of Advancement
Ashley Adams, LICSW-S, PIP | Clinical Director
Laura Sewell | Director of Human Resources
Michelle McGlaughlin | Director of Grants and Contracts

Program Directors
Jan Bell | Child Trafficking Solutions Project

PI Team Coalition | Project Independence

Torre Ann Coulter, LMSW | Independent Living

Suzie Diamond, LICSW, PIP | Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC)

Ashley Jelks, MSW | Family Partners