John David Townsend ’70 is now working in a private psychotherapy practice in the Daytona Beach area, providing counseling and clinical supervision. Townsend started this position after spending 20 years as a clinical social worker in behavioral services at Halifax Health Medical Center.

Tim Callahan ’70, executive vice president of Monroe Vos Consulting, Charles Nowlin ’77, founder and CEO of Nowlin and Associates, DeLynn Zell ’86, founder and CEO of Bridgeworth Wealth Management, and Grey Yeager ’97, senior vice president at PNC Wealth Management, were named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s list of “Who’s Who Birmingham Wealth” as names to know in wealth management and financial planning.

Dr. Theo S. “Ted” Davis ’85 and Dr. Patrick A. Scott ’08 recently joined the roster of Concert Artist Cooperative III, a leader in artist advertising management since 1988, representing concert organists and collaborative ensembles from North America and Europe. Davis serves as the organist and choirmaster at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore, and Scott is director of music and organist at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Memphis. Both studied organ at BSC with Dr. James H. Cook ’68.

Ellen Woodward Potts ’88, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa, was featured in a Tuscaloosa News story about the transformation of Juanita Drive. Before the devastating tornadoes on April 27, 2011, Juanita Drive was a hotspot for crime in Tuscaloosa, but Habitat for Humanity has built 34 houses there and created a safe, well-maintained neighborhood where many tornado survivors now live. Over the 10 years since the tornadoes, Habitat for Humanity – under Potts’ leadership since 2013 – has built 87 houses in Tuscaloosa. Their final house on Juanita Drive was dedicated on April 27, 2021.

Margaret C. Lamb Kilgore ’89 is running for the circuit court vacancy in the 14^th Judicial District in Tennessee, which has jurisdiction in Coffee County. Kilgore has served as an assistant public defender – with a specialty in criminal defense – since she graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992. She has worked in the 14^th District since 1996.

Congratulations to six BSC alumni who were named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar for 2021: Beth Beaube ’90 of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Spencer Taylor ’93 of Barze Taylor Noles Lowther, Christopher Couch ’95 of McGlinchey Stafford, Patrick Strubel ’97 of Watkins & Eager, Erik Heninger ’00 of Heninger Garrison Davis, and Whitney Brown ’03 of Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland.

Butch Thompson ’93, head baseball coach at Auburn University, has been announced as a member of the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Hall of Fame. Prior to his current role, Thompson spent three seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Auburn in addition to coaching at BSC, Mississippi State, Huntingdon College, and Jefferson State Community College. Now in his sixth season as Auburn’s head coach, Thompson has posted a 205-149 record with the Tigers.

David Pote ’94 joined Chaffe McCall as an associate in their New Orleans office. Pote joins the firm’s insurance practice group, where he will focus on all aspects of insurance coverage and insurance defense litigation. In prior roles, he has advised clients in the London insurance market with historical asbestos exposure claims, assisted national trial counsel for carriers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, and served as Special Counsel to the Attorney General of Louisiana in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation, the largest civil litigation in U.S. history.

Charles Yeager ’10, manager of Turkey Creek Nature Preserve, and Roald Hazelhoff, director of the Southern Environmental Center, were featured in a Bham Now story on the new Sharon Burrow Teaching Pavilion at Turkey Creek. The new classroom pavilion provides a larger space for K-12 programming and a covered area for small events.

Kenton Myers ’11 was featured by Yahoo! News for his work as a trilingual interpreter and for championing inclusion through his proficiency in American Sign Language, Spanish, and English. After working as an interpreter for Spanish speaking individuals in the hospital, Myers realized how deaf and hard-of-hearing patients also needed help with communication. He is now one of only four Black certified ASL interpreters Alabama and has interpreted for Black Lives Matter protests and for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.

Jay Kemp ’19 was featured in a Yellowhammer News story about his work at program management and consulting firm KMS (formerly Kemp Management Solutions). Kemp, whose focus is on branding and marketing for the company, works alongside his parents and siblings: his father, Mike Kemp, is CEO; his mother, Ursula Kemp, is company office manager; and brother James Kemp is director of business operations. The company helps clients navigate the nuances of a commercial construction project or large program.

Matthew Torbett ’20 will attend Carnegie Mellon University in fall 2021 to pursue his Master of Fine Arts in costume production. Torbett first began making costumes as a musical theatre major at BSC and has continued to produce work through Matthew Torbett Designs.

Dr. Charles J. Graffeo ’56 of Huntsville, Ala., on April 15, 2021. Graffeo attended Vanderbilt University on a football scholarship before transferring to and graduating from BSC and later from the UAB School of Dentistry. He was drafted by the U.S. Army during the Cold War and the Berlin Wall Crisis of 1961 and was sent to Frankfurt, Germany, for two years. This service began his 30-year military career in the Army Reserves, from which he retired as a colonel. Graffeo practiced dentistry in Huntsville for 53 years before retiring in 2018. He was a member of several dental associations and was named the Alabama Academy of General Dentistry’s Dentist of the Year Award in 2015. In addition to his dental career, Graffeo was involved in civic and service organizations including the Quarterback Club, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Board, the Alabama Heritage Foundation.

Gary Wayne Graham ’68 of Cottondale, Ala., on April 15, 2021. Graham traveled throughout the United States following his time at BSC. He was a talented writer of poetry, short stories, and songs, and he was a member of Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church.

Dr. James Stallworth Pack ’80 of Marietta, Ga. on April 7, 2021. After graduating from BSC, Pack attended the UAB School of Optometry, graduating in 1989. He practiced in East Marietta for 30 years and was an active mission participant with One Sight, for which he traveled to seven countries to help those in need of eye treatment. Pack was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Mary Troutman Birdwell of Hoover on March 31, 2021. Birdwell received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and her master’s degree from the University of Montevallo. She had a storied career as a public school teacher and coach in Alabama and Florida. Known as Coach Bird to her student-athletes, she led teams in gymnastics, track and field, and cross country to multiple championships. In 2003, she retired from Hoover High School, where the high school track was named Mary Birdwell Track in her honor. After retirement, she continued to operate meets across the U.S. for USA Track and Field, and joined the BSC coaching staff in 2011. On the Hilltop, she shared her passion for training officials and gave them an opportunity to learn the sport from the inside out. Birdwell is a member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Oak Ridge High School Hall of Fame. Read more about her legacy here.