Board Members
Our Board of Directors shapes the future of the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. Bound by our mission to create a more just and compassionate world and informed by the lessons of the past, the AHEC Board works in tandem with our professional team to pass on the lessons and legacy of the Holocaust.
Executive Committee
Chris Berdy
President
Partner, Butler Snow LLP
Catherine McLean
President Elect
Linda Lucas
Immediate Past President
Provost, University of Alabama Birmingham
Brett Shaffer
Secretary
Head of Community Relations, Regions Bank
Neil Roth
Treasurer
Head of Community Relations, Regions Bank
Stephanie Steinmetz
VP Programming
Steinmetz Pediatric Dentristry
David Silverstein
Presidential Appointee
President, The FiveStoneGroup
Past President
Michele Forman
Presidential Appointee
Director of Media Studies, University of Alabama Birmingham
Board Members
Robby Ballard
Information Security Engineer, UAB
Ginger Brook
Creative Director, Southern Jewish Life Magazine
Blake Busbin
Course of Study Administrator, Alabama State Department of Education
Lisa Daniels
Development, UNCF
Felyicia Jerald
Manager-Communications, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Harold Kushner
Partner, Bradley
Evan Rhodes
Director of Consulting, Canopy Analytic
Jenifer Brooke Schniper
Attorney
Karim Shamsi-Basha
Journalist/Author, Penguin Random House
Frank Siegal
First Vice President, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Joan Stelling
Bella Tylicki
Communications Manager - Advocacy Lead, PERITUS Public Relations
Jonathan Wiesen
Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Past Presidents
Linda Lucas
2024
David Silverstein
2023
Karen Allen
2021-2022
Andy Campbell
2020
Karen Allen
2019
Deborah Layman
2018-2019
Karen Allen
2017
Phyllis Weinstein
2014-2016