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

David Silverstein

Presidential Appointee

President, The FiveStoneGroup

Past President

Brett Shaffer

Secretary

Head of Community Relations, Regions Bank

Stephanie Steinmetz

Vice President of Community Programs and Engagement

Steinmetz Pediatric Dentristry

Lynn Raviv

Vice President of Development

Executive Coach

Rene Day

Vice President of Education

Tech Education and Workforce Development

Samuetta Nesbitt

Vice President of Personnel

Former Sr. VP of Public Relations, United Way of Central Alabama

Neil Roth

Treasurer

Linda Lucas

Immediate Past President

Provost, University of Alabama Birmingham

Board Members

Catherine McLean

Community Volunteer

Cathy Friedman

Community Volunteer

Denise Blum Lewis

Community Volunteer

Felyicia Jerald

Manager-Communications, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.

Fran Godchaux

Senior Vice President of OBP

Frank Siegal

CFP, First Vice President, Financial Advisor, Senior Investment Management Consultant at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Ginger Brook

Creative Director, Southern Jewish Life Magazine

J. Wray Pearce

CPA, Director of Preferred Precision Group, LLC

Jim Richardson

RSM US, LLP, Retired Partner

Jonathan Wiesen

Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Karen Allen

Community Volunteer

Mary Meadows Livingston

President and Founder of Abeona Wealth

Michele Forman

Director of Media Studies, University of Alabama Birmingham

Ronne Mitnick Hess

Community Volunteer

Rusty Adams

Shareholder, Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher and Goldfarb

Past Presidents

David Silverstein

Presidential Appointee

President, The FiveStoneGroup

Past President

Karen Allen

Community Volunteer

Andy Campbell

Community Volunteer

Deborah Layman

Independent Writing and Editing Professional

Phyllis G. Weinstein

Founding President