My name is Walter Rogers (Tripp) and I am one of the owners of Innisfree Irish Pub. I came to Tuscaloosa in 1990 to attend the University of Alabama and graduated in1995. Following graduation, I worked on the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. After the Olympics finished I moved back to Tuscaloosa to open Planet…
Scotty Hollins is in his 12th year as a Chaplain for The University of Alabama Athletics, working primarily with the football and basketball teams. He is also the Executive Director of Blueprint Tuscaloosa, a non-profit focused on equipping and empowering student-athletes at the University of Alabama to become leaders who transform the under-resourced communities in…
Shanna McIntosh is the VitAL Director in the School of Social Work at the University of Alabama. She earned a master’s degree in Counseling and Psychology. Shanna has more than ten years of experience as a Substance Use Treatment Director, Substance Use counselor, Mental Health therapist and a certified case manager. In her current role…
Dr. Teresha Jones-Hamilton currently serves as the principal of Central High School in Tuscaloosa, AL. A native of Tuscaloosa, she is a 2003 graduate of CHS. She has worked at her high school alma mater for the last eight years as a Curriculum Specialist, an Assistant Principal, and, most recently, as the principal. Prior to…
Jerome Elliott is a retired science teacher with 35 years of teaching experience in the Tuscaloosa County school system. During his 35 years of teaching, he was also an assistant coach for the Hillcrest High School boys basketball team. In 1982, he founded and coached the first AAU athletic club for at risk youth in…
Native of Colombia, South America, Jheovanny Gomez moved to Tuscaloosa in May 1999 to study English at the ELI (English Language Institute) at the University of Alabama. He has an Associates Degree in Business Administration from Shelton State Community College. In 2001, he helped open the first Jalapeños Mexican Grill in downtown Tuscaloosa, and subsequently,…
Cassius Lanier is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He is the fifth child born to Aimee Patricia Richardson and the late Howard “Lip” Lanier. Lanier graduated from Stillman College in Dec. 2020 with a degree in business. He is a proud member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Epsilon Epsilon chapter. He adopted a love…