A native of Huntsville, Ellen Woodward Potts earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Birmingham – Southern College and Master of Business Administration from the University of South Alabama. She began her volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity in 1997 upon moving to Tuscaloosa, and resigned as secretary of the board in March 2013 to…
Eric B. McCalpine is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a proud graduate of local academic institutions Central High School and Stillman College where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2003. He later earned a master’s degree in management from Birmingham-Southern College in 2006. While at Stillman, McCalpine served as chapter…
Erik Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on topics such as measuring industrial agglomeration patterns, valuing visual amenities in cities through the use of deep learning methods and automated street photo scraping and how exploring support for higher education funding is affected by the racial composition…
Moore serves as the Executive Director of Urban Development and Elevate Tuscaloosa’s Project Lead. He has been with the City of Tuscaloosa for twelve years. Moore received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Alabama. In addition, he is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). His specializations include…
Representative Christopher J. England was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He received his B.A. in English and B.A. in Political Science from Howard University in 1999. He then graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama School of Law. He currently serves as an Associate City Attorney for the City of Tuscaloosa.…
Chris Hall began his career at the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority (THA) in 2004 and recently became the agency’s Executive Director. THA’s housing portfolio includes more than 900 public housing rental units and the management of approximately 1400 Housing Choice Vouchers. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Chris served as THA’s Director of Development where he was…
Alexis Wilson is the Head Start/Early Head Start Director for Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc., an Early Childhood Education program that serves children younger than five years of age and focuses on school readiness. She has been a resident of Tuscaloosa for eight years. She is a native of New Orleans, LA, but…
Audrey Buck serves as the Deputy Director of Urban Development. She has worked for the City for almost seven years with an emphasis on economic development and recruitment. Before taking on the role of Deputy Director, Audrey worked as the city’s Development Ombudsman for two years with a focus on the redevelopment of Tuscaloosa’s Recovery…