The Alabama Retail Association has completed its slate of officers and board of directors for 2024. Their terms of office began Jan. 1.
The officers for 2022 are:
- Chairman: Michael Gee, president and co-owner, Pants Store, Leeds-based; (Interview with the new chairman);
- Vice Chairman: Susan Anderson, owner and chief financial officer, Eagle Eye Outfitters, Dothan;
- Treasurer: Bob Akers, vice president, Davis Direct, Montgomery;
- President: Richard E. “Rick” Brown Jr., Alabama Retail Association, Montgomery;
Gee, Anderson, Akers and Brown serve as Alabama Retail’s executive committee along with:
The logo of the Alabama Retail Association
- Immediate Past Chairman: Jodie Stanfield, owner, Local Joe’s, Rainbow City and Albertville; and
- Executive Committee Designee: Melissa Cross, president and owner, McAleer’s Office Furniture, Mobile and Foley.
- The board secretary is the Alabama Retail Association’s Jennifer Henderson.
The 2024 directors for the Alabama Retail Association are:
- Bob Akers*, Davis Direct, Montgomery
- Susan Anderson*, Eagle Eye Outfitters, Dothan;
- Bradley Bailey**, Bradley’s Market, Tuscaloosa;
- Dustin Beaty, Carbon Hill Drugs, Carbon Hill; Lavish Boutique and Coffee Bar, Jasper and Cullman
- Molly Cagle**, Target, Pike Road;
- Michael Cohen, Cohens Electronics and Appliances Inc., Montgomery;
- Melissa Cross*, McAleer’s Office Furniture, Mobile and Foley;
- Kealon Drake, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Vestavia Hills/Anniston-Oxford/Auburn/Birmingham/Decatur/Homewood/
Hoover/Huntsville/Madison/Opelika; - Michael Gee*, Pants Store, Leeds/Huntsville/Mountain Brook/Tuscaloosa/Auburn/Hoover;
- Jheovanny Gomez, Jalapeños Mexican Grill, Tuscaloosa/Northport/Cottondale;
- Mandy Henry**, Queen City Market, Selma;
- Howard Johnson, Sneaky Pete’s Hot Dogs, Bessemer;
- David S. Marks III, Marks Furniture Co., Mobile and Spanish Fort;
- Will Meacham, Midtown Pizza Kitchen, Montgomery and Prattville;
- Melissa Parker-Paul, Yancy Parker Lifestyles Inc., Enterprise;
- Katherine Raynor, CVS Health, Atlanta, Ga.;
- Robert A. Robicheaux, Robicheaux LLC, Birmingham;
- Shane Spiller, Spiller Furniture & Mattress, Tuscaloosa/Aliceville/Eutaw/Northport/Prattville/Selma/Thomasville/
Brent/Demopolis/Greensboro/Reform; - Jodie Stanfield*, Local Joe’s, Rainbow City and Albertville;
- Beth Staula, Alabama Goods, Homewood, Huntsville and Hoover;
- Lynsey Todd, Monograms Plus of Cullman, Cullman;
- Chad Wester, Boll Weevil Soap Co., Enterprise;
- John M. Wilson, Big Bear of Luverne Inc., Luverne and Greenville.
- Jimmy Wright, Wright’s Market, Opelika
- Scott Zinda, Best Buy, Birmingham
Ex-officio directors, who include past presidents and chairmen, are: Rodney Barstein, Retail Specialists LLC, Birmingham; Darrell Bourne (retired), Huntsville; Frederick W. “Ricky” Bromberg, Bromberg & Co. Inc., Birmingham; Peter V. “Greg” Gregerson Jr., Gregerson’s Foods, Gadsden; Claude “Bud” Kitchin IV, Lincoln; Todd Noden, Books-A-Million, Birmingham; Jim Rotenstreich, JHF Holdings Inc., Birmingham; Jacob Shevin, Standard Furniture, Alabama and Tennessee; Jimmy D. Smith (retired) and Jimmy Ray Smith, Jimmy Smith Jewelers, Decatur; Dianne Wammack (retired), Vestavia Hills; and George Wilder, The Locker Room, Montgomery and Auburn.
