Chairman                                                                                                           


Barbara Everett

Membership                                                                                                      


Dr. Ira Barbell, Senior Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Tom Woods, Senior Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Phillis Belcher, Executive Director
Greene County Industrial Development Board

Charlie Colvin, Executive Director
River Region United Way

Honorable John England, Circuit Judge
Tuscaloosa County

Gloria Hull, President
Alabama Network of Family Resource Center

Dianne Irby, Managing Director
Kellogg Brown & Root - Mobile Operations

Vanessa Leonard, Esq.

Gary MacDougal
Annie E. Casey Foundation

John McPherson
McKinsey Company

Kate Nielsen, President
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Gary Palmer, President
Alabama Policy Institute

Lenora Pate, Esq.
Sirote & Permutt

Gail B. Piggott, Executive Director
Alabama Partnership for Children

Alfred Saliba, Founder
Alfred Saliba Reality

Kathleen Sauer, President
Enterprise Chamber of Commerce

Loretta Spencer, Mayor
City of Huntsville

Linda Tilly, Executive Director
VOICES for Alabama’s Children

Jim Williams, Executive Director
Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama

Lawrence Wofford, President
The Democracy Project


Pilot Project Family Services Centers                                                         


Frances Ford, Executive Director
Sowing Seeds of Hope

Dr. Walter White, Executive Director
Family Guidance Center of Alabama, Inc.


State Departments Directors                                                                        


Richard Allen, Commissioner
Department of Corrections

Jim Burns, Chief Information Officer
Department of Finance

Irene Collins, Executive Director
Department of Senior Services

Thomas Corts, Acting Chancellor
Department of Postsecondary Education

Carol Herrmann-Steckel, Commissioner
Alabama Medicaid Agency

John Houston, Commissioner
Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation

Doni Ingram, Acting Director
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

Tom Surtees, Director
Department of Industrial Relations

Marian A. Loftin, Executive Director
Children’s Trust Fund of Alabama

Dr. Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent of Education
Department of Education

Steve Shivers, Commissioner
Department of Rehabilitation Services

Dr. Page Walley, Commissioner
Department of Human Resources

Dr. Don Williamson, State Health Officer
Department of Public Health

Walter Wood, Executive Director
Department of Youth Services


Task Force Staff                                                                                               


Buddy Jackson, Information Systems Division Project Manager
Department of Finance

Mark Dixon, Policy Analyst
Office of the Governor

Margaret McKenzie, Policy Analyst                                                            Office of the Governor                           

Kathleen Sauer, Executive Director
Governor's Task Force to Strengthen Alabama Families

Erin Gillie, Intern