The Policy Committee is appointed by the Governor.  Meeting once or twice a year, they serve as an oversight committee for critical decisions within the program.  They also connect the program to statewide issues and carry the program message to other areas within the watershed.

Current Members

Wendy Allen, Smart Coast
Governor’s Alabama Commission on Environmental Initiatives
http://www.jsu.edu/depart/epic/ACEI.html

The Forum:  Industry Partners for Environmental Progress
Steve Perry
http://www.forumofmobile.com/Default.asp

Alabama Pulp & Paper
Rick Oats, Executive Director 
www.alaforestry.org      

Gulf of Mexico Program
Bryon Griffith, Director
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/welcome.html

City of Daphne
Fred Small, Mayor 
http://www.daphneal.com/

City of Satsuma
William “Billy” Bush, Mayor   
http://cityofsatsuma.com/

City of Mobile
Sam Jones, Mayor
http://www.cityofmobile.org/

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
Winthrop Hallet, President         
http://www.mobcham.org/

City of Prichard
Ron Davis, Mayor  

Mobile County Commission
Mike Dean, Commissioner  
http://www.mobilecounty.org/

City of Spanish Fort
Joseph Bonner, Mayor   

Alabama State Port Authority
James Lyons, Director                       
http://www.asdd.com/

Alabama House of Representatives
Joseph Mitchell, Representative 
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/house.html

Baldwin County Commission
Frank Burt, Jr., Commissioner
http://www.co.baldwin.al.us

The Nature Conservancy
Nicole Vickey         
http://nature.org/

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Mr. Barnett Lawley, Commissioner  
http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/

South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
Russ Wimberly, Director
http://www.sarpc.org/

Alabama Department of Environmental Management    
Trey Glen, Director
http://www.adem.state.al.us/

US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Colonel Peter J. Taylor
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/

 

 
 

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