Our Team

Josephine Lowery

Executive Director (full-time)

Julie Gentry

Program Director (part-time)

Barry Smith

Resource Development Director (part-time)

Independent contractors

Glynda Boyd: College Choice Foundation (Student Advocate Consultant)

Victoria Saenz: College Choice Foundation (Consultant)

Lindsey Williams: College Choice Foundation (Programming)

Lakeisha Kindell: College Choice Foundation (Administrative)

interns

Marry De Austria: College Choice Foundation (CCF Scholar/Intern)

Dalia Ali Almansoob: College Choice Foundation (CCF Scholar/Intern)

Rouqiah Maflahi: College Choice Foundation (CCF Scholar/Intern)

Hassatou Diallo: College Choice Foundation(CCF Scholar/Intern)

Board of Directors

Lori Bateman: UAB School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine (Instructor), Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (Associate Scientist)

Tim Bembry:  Wells Fargo (Managing Director, Investments)

Sharon Broach: City of Atlanta Litigation Department (Special Counsel/Division Chief)

Sean Conboy: Mountain Brook Junior High School (Teacher, Coach) (CCF alumni)

Nancy Hale: Signature Homes (Sales Agent), Registered Nurse

Lisa Howick: Sewanee, The University of the South (Admissions/Career Services, Retired)

Howard Singer: Boston College (Associate Dean of Admissions, Retired)

Carl Thomas:  Berea College (Associate Director of Admissions, Retired)

Denyse Thornley-Brown: UAB/Division of Nephrology (Professor Emerita)

Harold Williams: Williams Landscaping (Landscaper) (CCF parent)

board of directors emeritus

Cassandra Joseph: Business Banking, Regions Bank (Assistant Vice-President, Retired)

MARK BATEMAN - DIRECTOR EMERITAS & Co-Founder - DECEASED

Mark passed away in November, 2023, and will be deeply missed. As a professor for much of his life, most recently retired from Samford University, he had a passion for higher education: its opportunities and challenges, its perils and promises, its history and future. He also had a gift for seeing the promise and possibility in everyone who crossed his path, and helped countless individuals embrace their callings and pursue their dreams.

officers

Tim Bembry: President (see info above)

Denyse Thornley-Brown: Vice President (see info above)

Barry Smith: Secretary (College Choice Foundation (Resource Development Director & Secretary), Hook & Barrel Magazine (Copy Editor), Homewood City Council (Councilor))

Jennifer Wallace: Treasurer (Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg, Moore, PC (CPA/Audit Manager)