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
Tan Phillips | Regions Bank
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
Michael Latta, Ex-Officio
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Robert Glaze
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III
Dottie King
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Jennifer Mitchell
Walter Monroe
Amy Myers
Bob Straka
Mark Walton
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
Michelle McGlaughlin | Director of Grants and Contracts
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 | 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
Tan Phillips | Regions Bank
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
Michael Latta, Ex-Officio
Donny Donald
Mary Elliott
Robert Glaze
Joyce Greathouse
Heyward Hosch III
Dottie King
Bailey Knight
Cathy Miller
Bob Mitchell
Jennifer Mitchell
Walter Monroe
Amy Myers
Bob Straka
Mark Walton
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
Michelle McGlaughlin | Director of Grants and Contracts
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)
