May 2025  -  The Club

​​CELEBRATING DIVERSITY | HONORING ACHIEVEMENT

Small Business Owner presented by T-Mobile:

• Sonya Faye Gardner - Owner, Tailor and Clothier, Sonya Faye's - (WINNER)
  
• Crystal Mullen-Johnson - Owner, Strive Counseling Services
• ​Jackie Wilson - Owner, Elite Hands Massage Therapy
  

Outstanding Young Professional:

• ​Dulce Rivera - General Manager, MiPueblo Markets (WINNER)
  
• ​Clarence Graham - CEO, Graham Group Real Estate
  
• ​Rachel Harmon - Inaugural Director, Birmingham Promise
  

Diversity Leader:

• Cristina Almanza - Business Development Coordinator, Buffalo Rock (WINNER)
• James E. King Jr. - Associate Dean for Diversity, Culverhouse College at UA
  
• Martina Winston - VP & Senior HR Partner | Diversity & Inclusion Leader, Protective Life
  

Faith/Non-Profit Leader presented by Legacy of Hope:

• Catrena Norris Carter - Co-Founder and Executive Director, Salute Selma Inc. (WINNER)
  
• NaKaria Barfield - Founder, Pretty Young Girls
• LTC Kenneth Phillips - CEO, Priority Soldier Inc

​Automotive Professional of the Year presented by BB&T, now Truist Bank:

• John Porter - General Sales Manager, Hendrick Hoover Auto Mall (WINNER)
  
• April Benson - Chief Operating Officer, King Boyz Towing
  
• Thomas Walker Sr. - Owner, Speedy Tire and Service | T. Walker Enterprises
  

Justice/Attorney Professional:

• Danny Carr - D.A. Jefferson Co. - Birmingham Division (WINNER)
  
• ​Randall Minor - Shareholder, Maynard Cooper Gale
  
• ​LeFrante Williams - Attorney, Fan Will Legal Services, LLC.
  

​Entrepreneur of the Year presented by Alabama Power:

• Tanesha Sims-Summers - CEO, Naughty but Nice Kettle Corn Co. (WINNER)
  
• LaToya Meadows - CEO, Simple Tax Solutions
• ​Lemar Storey - CEO, Life Touch Massage​

Medical Professional:

• Tony Christon-Walker - Director of Prevention & Community Partnerships, AIDS Alabama
  
• Cherie May Edwards - Owner / CEO, Work in Progress LLC Counseling Services
  
• ​Alexia C. Vaughn - President & Optometrist, Advanced Eye Care

Academic Leader:

• Ethan David Hill - Student, J.H. Phillips Academy (WINNER)
  
• ​Bobbi Knight - President, Miles College
  
• ​Perry W. Ward - Retired President of Lawson State Community College
  

Executive of the Year:

• Alisa Summerville - Director of Customer Service Centers, Alabama Power
  
• ​Montal Morton - Owner & Marketing Director, Redmont Distilling Company
  
• ​Tawanna Morton - Intake Director, Crossroads to Intervention​