FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2020
Contact: Joshua Vaughn (334) 240-8740
MONTGOMERY, Alabama. – The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) announced the organization’s 2020 board of directors and executive committee, including a new chairman.
John Mazyck has been elected as chairman of the board, succeeding Mark Crosswhite. Prior to being elected as chairman, Mazyck held several key leadership roles within BCA.
“It has been an honor to serve as BCA’s chairman and to witness the organization’s leaders working together to support business growth throughout Alabama that will drive our 21st century economy for years to come,” stated Crosswhite. “I look forward to continued progress under John’s tenure as we work in unison with businesses across our state for a better Alabama.”
“BCA is extremely grateful for Mark Crosswhite’s leadership. Mark played a pivotal role in uniting the business community and helping build a stronger BCA,” said BCA President and CEO Katie Boyd Britt. “There is no doubt that Alabama is better for his dedication to the well-being and prosperity of our great state,” Britt added.
John Mazyck is the owner of The Frazer Lanier Company, a Montgomery-based investment banking firm. Mazyck is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School, of Vanderbilt University (BS), and of Auburn University at Montgomery (MBA). He currently serves as co-chair of Montgomery United (the transition committee for Mayor Steven Reed), as Vice-chair of the Montgomery Committee of 100, and as a board member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Mazyck is a graduate of Leadership Alabama.
“John Mazyck has been a dedicated leader of the business community in the state of Alabama for years,” added Britt. “He has already begun to leave his mark on BCA through his innovative approach and intentional outreach to other business leaders across the state. We look forward to working alongside John as he leads our state’s business community into the next decade.”
“I am deeply honored to serve as BCA’s next chairman,” commented Mazyck. “It is humbling to have been entrusted with this responsibility, and I do not take it lightly. I believe in Alabama, and I am excited to see what BCA can accomplish with Alabama’s business leaders aligned together for progress. I believe even greater things are on the horizon for BCA and for our great state.”
Under the organization’s governance structure, amended in 2018, the BCA executive committee is comprised of 11 individuals. Additionally, the organization’s general counsel, secretary, treasurer, and president serve as non-voting members of the executive committee.
Britt concluded, “I look forward to John, Mark, and the rest of our BCA leaders making 2020 the best year yet. The time and resources that they volunteer and invest to help build a better Alabama for all her people is something that we should all applaud.”
The members of the 2020 executive committee are as follows:
Board Chairman
John Mazyck – The Frazer Lanier Company
1st Vice Chairman
Gary Smith – PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
2nd Vice Chairman
Mike Kemp – Kemp Management Solutions
Executive Committee Member
Rey Almodovar – Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation
Executive Committee Member
Bobby Vaughan – Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund
Executive Committee Member
Kevin Savoy – Great Southern Wood Preserving
Executive Committee Member
Carl Jamison – JamisonMoneyFarmer PC
Executive Committee Member
Mark Drew – Protective Life Corporation
Executive Committee Member
Mark Crosswhite – Alabama Power Company
Executive Committee Member
John Turner – Regions Bank
Executive Committee Member
Tim Vines – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
General Counsel
Jim Proctor – McWane, Inc.
Secretary
Angus Cooper III – Cooper/T. Smith Corporation
Treasurer
Robbie Baker – Hancock Whitney Bank
President
Katie Boyd Britt – BCA
The Business Council of Alabama is Alabama’s foremost voice for business. The BCA is a non-partisan, statewide business association representing the interests and concerns of nearly 1 million working Alabamians through its member companies and its partnership with the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama. The BCA is Alabama’s exclusive affiliate to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
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