Blackburn Institute

Row One: Brandon Farmer, Greg Foster , Mohamed Elwany, Brian Carver, Sean Kelley, Melissa Tucker, Lee Pruitt, Erin Tenbrunsel, Rachael Shuttlesworth, Emily Bell, and Darion Petty

Row Two: Heather Maddox, Jimmy Cypert, George Zannetos, Osric Engram, Rustee Karolyi, Caroline Androski, Emily Fogarty, Catherine Skinner, Rikki Owens, Judith Rodgers, Ken Battles, and Shannon Powell

Row Three: Heidi Gschwend, Jesse Hamner, Kristinn Gretarsson, Josh Hayes, Eduardo Hope, Scott Powell, Scott Dickerson, Artis Brown, Alan Bivens, Benjamin Patterson, Marylin Drees, Travolis Simmons, Molly Markin, and Monica Gravelin

Not Pictured: Jason Farley, Susan Findlay, Darren Mowry, Mark Nelson, and Will Denham

Kenneth Battles Lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Emily Bell Dr. Emily Bell Casey lives in Birmingham, AL and works at Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Specialists, P.C. where she is an Orthopedic Specialist.

James Cypert, Jr. Earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2003. He now works for the Wachovia Corporation as the Assistant Vice President for the Risk Management Division. James has been married for 5 years and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Will Denham, IV Lives in New York City.

Scott Dickerson Lives in Pearland, Texas.

Osric Engram Lives in Carrolton, Georgia.

Jason Farley

Brandon Farmer Lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He is in the Health Care Management Business. He is a member of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club.

Monica Graveline Graduated magna cum laude from The University of Alabama in 1997 and graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2000. Working for Balch & Bingham, LLP in the area of Labor and Employment Law. Monica lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband Jeffrey Graveline and her son Jack.

Jesse Hamner Graduated in 1995 and 1998 with BS and MS in Geography from University of Alabama. Jesse is pursing the PhD in Political Science at Emory and is employed in Emory's IT department, managing a computing center and helping with a new statistical literacy initiative. Lives in Atlanta, GA.

Josh Hayes Graduated, cum laude, from The University of Alabama's College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1998 with an Honor's degree in Accounting and a minor in Computer-Based Honors. He was named The University's Outstanding Senior in 1998 and served as President of the Capstone Men & Women and as a member of the SGA Senate. Josh is a graduate of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, where he was a member of the Law Review. He served previously as a senior aide to former Governor Don Siegelman and as Legislative Director to current Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Josh is a civil litigator for the Prince Glover Law Group in Tuscaloosa where he represents victims and their families. He is a member of the Blackburn Institute's Advisory Board, is active with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and helps coach The University of Alabama School of Law trial competition teams. Josh is married to the former Carrie Ann Bentley, a Registered Nurse at Hospice of West Alabama. They are members of First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa.

Susan "Patti" Patterson Findlay Kolbas After receiving her B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1996, she worked for Milliken & Co, in South Carolina. After working for the company as a Product and Process Improvement Engineer for a number of years, she resigned go after a life long, yet unrealized dream of working at sea. She then trained for a year on research vessels in the Caribbean and Bahamian waters to obtain experience and sea time toward her Merchant Mariners Captains license. Now, she is combining her ocean interests with her science and engineering background to work on a masters in Marine Science specializing in Chemical Oceanography. After obtaining her masters, she will most likely go on for a PhD with a focus toward marine conservation research and teaching. She is engaged to be married this summer. Though Tuscaloosa will always be her "home", her future husband and she actually live on a catamaran sailboat, which they currently keep in Mexico.

Heather Maddox Lives in Houston.

Darren Mowry

Mark David Nelson Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Washington, D.C.

Heidi Gschwend Noon Currently works as a pharmacist at UAB Hospital in Birmingham in the Coronary Care Unit. She is engaged to be married.

Benjamin Patterson Earned his undergrad, MPA and PhD from the University of Alabama. Before joining the governmental affairs firm of Fine, Geddie & Associates in Montgomery, Ben served as the Deputy Finance Director for the State of Alabama under Governor Bob Riley. He had previously served as Assistant Finance Director under Governor Don Siegelman from 1999 until 2000 where he also held the position of Chief Information Officer, overseeing the State's technology acquisitions. Benjamin is married to the former Dawn Gothard of Montgomery and have two sons and one daughter, Rutland , Parker, and Reese.

Shannon Powell Miller

Judith Rodgers Lives in Edina, Minnesota.

Rachael Shuttlesworth

Travolis Simmons Lives in Talladega, Alabama.

Amy Devasher Strassburg