JVTF's Board of Directors

Dave Stewart, Board Chair
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Jason Teter, Vice President
Community Volunteer 

Braxton Goodrich, Treasurer
Timberline Holdings 

Erin Morgan, Secretary
Flagstar Bank

 

Leonard Casey
Spire Inc.

Will Clark
Altec Inc.

Trey Echols
Highland Associates 

Silvia Espinosa-Lawson
Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama 

Charles Esther Kellum
Community Volunteer 

Shirley Fagan
O’Neal Industries 

Brandon Glover
Alabama Power Company

Casey Hardeman
Protective Life Corporation

Rosa Hooper
Medical Properties Trust 

Kendra Key
Regions Financial 

Hunter Lewis
Food & Wine Magazine 

Danny McKinney
McKinney Capital 

Taylor Pursell
Pursell Agri-Tech 

Frank Stitt
Stitt Restaurant Group

Pardis Stitt
Stitt Restaurant Group 

Nick Willis
PNC Bank 

Carita Venable
Southern Regional Education Board 

Lisa Von Feldt
Shipt 

Caroline Yeilding
Morgan Stanley

Community Advisory Board
Community Advisory Board

Charles Ester Kellum

Vanessa Sanders

Cherie Dortch

Vickie Jones

Temperance Smiley

Bryan King

Kathryn Kimbrough

Johnnie Brown

Carmla Washington

Lauren Thomas

Paul Rand

Bill Carroll

LaToya Lambert

Marian (Bunny) Fite

Culinary Advisory Board
Culinary Advisory Board

Rita Bernhardt
Executive Chef /Co- Owner
LUCA Restaurant

Zebbie Carney
CEO / Founder
Eugene’s Hot Chicken

Aimee Domingue-Castro
Co-Owner/ FOH Manager
Sol Y Luna Tapas and Tequilas

Emily Hall
Recipe Developer & Tester, Food Stylist at DotDash Food Studios
Owner, Breakup Cookie

John Hall
Executive Chef / Co-Owner
Post Office Pies

Roscoe Hall II
Culinary Director
Post Office Pies

Hunter Lewis
Editor-In-Chief
Food & Wine

Tina Liolio
Owner
Local Link

Rob McDaniel
Executive Chef / Owner
Helen Restaurant

Diann Pilgrim
Director, Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
Wenonah High School (Birmingham City Schools)

Tanesha Sims-Summers
Co-Owner
Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co.

Ama Ifágbàmílà’ Shambulia
Health Coach / Food Educator /Owner
A Beautiful Life Enterprises LLC

Pardis Stitt
Co-Owner / Operator
Bottega, Bottega Cafe, Chez Fonfon, Highlands Bar & Grill