The Bell Center 2025-2026 Junior Board
The Bell Center Junior Board is a group of young professional volunteers formed with the sole purpose of creating community awareness, providing volunteer support, and fundraising for The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs to maximize the potential of children from birth to three years of age who are at risk for developmental delay.
Executive Committee

President
Grant Cochran, Blue Cross Blue Shield

President-Elect
Carly Derencz, First Horizon

VP Events
Bubba Hoffman, Southern Company

VP Membership
Julia Pickle, Deloitte

Member at Large
Payton Cato, Alabama Power

Advisor
Robert Walston, Warren Averett
Junior Board Members
Catherine Anthony, Catherine Anthony Photography
Joe Barnello, Burr Forman
Devan Byrd, Byrd Firm, PLLC
Sebastian Cannova, Altec
Cooper Carden, Northwestern Mutual of Alabama
Cole Carter, LIV Development
Patrick Cashman, Prime Therapeutics
Mitch Clanton, Wells Fargo Advisors
Rob Donaldson, Bryant Bank
Hayden Dumestre, Doster Construction
Evan Fisher, Brasfield & Gorrie
Shelton Furr, Children’s of Alabama
Ashley Gooden, Style Advertising
Nicolas Gutierrez, Cory Watson Attorneys
Drew Harvey, AmWins
Stead Hayes, Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Wes Holley, Edwards Lifesciences
Said Jabbour, Spectra Capital
Tatum Jackson, Lightfoot Franklin & White
Katie Johnson, Gresham Smith
Brandon King, Regions
Riley Kate Lancaster, Balch & Bingham, LLP
Caroline Livingston Lerner, Business Interiors
Sarah Mackintosh, Alabama Holocaust Education Center
Jack Meineke, RxBenefits
Darby Nicholson, Nucor
Sam Obi, Protective
Emily Sawyer, Daniel Corporation
Kate Sewell, Grandview Medical Center
Hunter Smith, Protective
Taylor Trent, Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg, Moore, PC
Whitt Watts, Maynard Nexsen
Spencer Webb, Surgical Care Affiliates
For more information about The Bell Center Junior Board, please contact Stacey Morales, Marketing & Development Director, at (smorales@thebellcenter.org).