Junior Board

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).