A.C. Roper 
Committee Chair
Army Lieutenant General (RET.)
Former Birmingham Chief of Police

Don Lupo
Operations Manager
Mayor's Office
City of Birmingham 

David P. Burford
Committee Vice Chair
Major General (RET.)
United States Army

Steve Pierson
Executive Committee Member 
Director of Convention Sales
Greater Birmingham CVB

Steve Ammons
Chief Executive Officer
Birmingham Business Alliance

Jessica Black
VP of Marketing & Communications
Greater Birmingham CVB

Brent Cotton 
Associate Director of Convention Servicing
Greater Birmingham CVB

Jim Darden 
Major General (RET.)
United States Army
USAR Ambassador Emeritus

Michael J. Davis, II
Government Relations
Balch & Bingham

Mike Gunn
Senior Vice President of Convention Sales
Greater Birmingham CVB

Col. Alan B. Miller, USMCR
President & CEO
American Village 

Brigadier General Jeff Newton (RET). 
Commissioner
Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs

Mark Ryan
Past President
National Veterans Day in Birmingham 

Harry Sessamen
Secretary and Agent
Blue Star Salute Foundation 

Kristin Williams
Director of Sales and marketing Sheraton/Westin, Birmingham