Name Role County Dr. Tina Jones (The Center for the Study of the Black Belt) President Sumter Dorothy Walker (Alabama Historical Commission) Vice President Montgomery Donald Stone (Local author/ Snow Hill Institute) Secretary Wilcox Valerie Burnes (The Center for the Study of the Black Belt) Treasurer Sumter Eleanor Cunningham (Magnolia Grove/Gaineswood) Education Hale Katanga Mants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) Education Lowndes Dr. Linda Bartlett (Local Business Owner) Community Development Bibb Linda Derry (Old Cahawba) Interpretive Dallas KT Owens (Monroeville Garden Club) Interpretive Monroe John Mathews (Wilcox Co. Commissioner) Community Development Wilcox Judy Martin (Judson College) Public Relations Perry BJ Smothers (Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.) Public Relations Dallas Linda Vice (Southwest Alabama Tourism and Film Office) At-large member Clarke Louretta Wimberly (Selma to Montgomery Friends/Black Heritage Council) At-large member Dallas Lauri Cothran (Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail Scenic Byway Chair) At-large member Dallas Dr. Tom Chesnutt (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) Ex-officio   Ike Lyon (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Ex-officio Recreational Lowndes Cindy Ragland (U.S. Forest Service) Ex-officio   Shirley Baxter (National Park Service – Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, George Washington Carver Museum ) Ex-officio Macon (Alabama Tourism Department) Ex-officio   (Alabama Department of Natural Resources) Ex-officio   Wimberly Comer (Interim Executive Director) Ex-officio