Our Leadership
Children’s Aid Society of Alabama Board of Directors
Bob Straka, President | Grandview Financial Group, Founder & CEO
Anita Clemon, President-Elect | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pam Arenberg, Vice President | Community Volunteer
Meredith Smith, Secretary | Mauldin & Jenkins
Walter Monroe IV, Treasurer | Retail Specialists
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
Amy Myers | Tedrow & Myers Immigration Law Group
Tan Phillips | Regions Bank
Quentin Riggins | Alabama Power
Jazmine Robinson | HudsonAlpha
Todd Santello | Southern Company
Steve Walker | Protective Life Corporation
Scott Weldon | Community Volunteer
Leah Wiggins | Leah Wiggins Agency of Farmers Insurance
Children’s Aid Foundation Board of Directors
Michael Mims, President
Michael Latta, Ex-Officio
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Robert Glaze
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III
Creig Hoskins
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Mark Walton
Bob Straka
Dottie King
Employee Leadership
Team Leadership
Gayle Watts, LICSW | Chief Executive Officer
Susan Crow | Deputy Director
John Stone | Director of Advancement
Caron Sandefur, LICSW | Director of Service Advancement and Excellence
Laura Sewell | Director of Human Resources
Program Directors
Ashley Adams, LICSW | Family Partners and Effective Parenting Instruction Course (EPIC)
Jan Bell | Child Trafficking Solutions Project
Tashee Brown, LMSW | Project Independence
Torre Ann Coulter, LMSW | Independent Living
Suzie Diamond, LICSW, PIP | Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC)
Children’s Aid Society of Alabama Board of Directors
Bob Straka, President | Grandview Financial Group, Founder & CEO
Anita Clemon, President-Elect | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pam Arenberg, Vice President | Community Volunteer
Meredith Smith, Secretary | Mauldin & Jenkins
Walter Monroe IV, Treasurer | Retail Specialists
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
Amy Myers | Tedrow & Myers Immigration Law Group
Tan Phillips | Regions Bank
Quentin Riggins | Alabama Power
Jazmine Robinson | HudsonAlpha
Todd Santello | Southern Company
Steve Walker | Protective Life Corporation
Scott Weldon | Community Volunteer
Leah Wiggins | Leah Wiggins Agency of Farmers Insurance
Children’s Aid Foundation Board of Directors
Michael Mims, President
Michael Latta, Ex-Officio
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Robert Glaze
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III
Creig Hoskins
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Mark Walton
Bob Straka
Dottie King
Employee Leadership
Team Leadership
Gayle Watts, LICSW | Chief Executive Officer
Susan Crow | Deputy Director
John Stone | Director of Advancement
Caron Sandefur, LICSW | Director of Service Advancement and Excellence
Laura Sewell | Director of Human Resources
Program Directors
Ashley Adams, LICSW | Family Partners and Effective Parenting Instruction Course (EPIC)
Jan Bell | Child Trafficking Solutions Project
Tashee Brown, LMSW | Project Independence
Torre Ann Coulter, LMSW | Independent Living
Suzie Diamond, LICSW, PIP | Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC)
