William M. Voigt, President

Current Position

Executive Director, Jefferson County Office of Senior Citizens Services

Previous Positions

Executive Director, Birmingham Parking Authority

Director, Trade Development Division, Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce

Executive Director, Operation New Birmingham

Director of Auxiliary Services, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Commercial Loan Department, AmSouth Bank

Education

Auburn University, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1960

Louisiana State University, School of Banking of the South, 1968

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Master of Business Administration, 1972

American Institute of Banking, Graduate Certificate in Commercial Banking

American Institute of Banking, Graduate Certificate in Investments

Community Activities

President, the National Alumni Society of the University of Alabama at Birmingham

President, American Lung Association of Alabama

President, Birmingham Jaycees

President, Institutional and Municipal Parking Congress

President, National Veterans Day in Birmingham

President, Air Force Association of Alabama

President, United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama

President, Alabama Jaycee Senators

President, Camp Winnataska

President, Jefferson-Shelby Chapter, March of Dimes

President, Birmingham Council of Parent-Teacher Associations

President, Crestline Neighborhood Association

President, United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham

President, Birmingham Chapter, American Institute of Banking

President, Birmingham Chapter, Air Force Association

President, McElwain School Parent-Teacher Association

President, North Central Alabama Chapter, American Lung Association

President, Birmingham Council of Clubs

President, Jefferson County Radio and Television Council

President, Ramsay Alternative High School Parent-Teacher Association

President, Crestline Community Advisory Committee

President, Positive Maturity, Inc.

Chairman, Community Education Advisory Council, Birmingham Board of Education

Chairman, 1988 and 1990 International Fair, Birmingham Festival of Arts Association

Chairman, Military Affairs Committee, Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce

Chairman, Alabama Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

Board of Directors, The American Lung Association

Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Birmingham

Secretary, Board of Trustees, Civic Club Foundation, Inc.

Chairman, Public Sector Division, United Way of Central Alabama

Vice President, Young Men's Business Club

Vice Chairman, Birmingham Parking Authority

Vice Chairman, State Community Education Advisory Council, Alabama Department of Education

Board of Directors, Southern Museum of Flight

Administrative Vice President, Alabama Jaycees

Executive Board, Birmingham Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

Board of Directors, Birmingham Festival of Arts Association

Regional Director, Alabama Jaycees

Military Activities

Member, Alabama Air National Guard January 1961 - May 1991

Deputy Wing Commander, Support

117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

United States Air Force Reserve May 1991 - March 1996 (Retired)

Admissions Liaison Officer Commander

Alabama and Northwest Florida

United States Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC

Current Rank: Colonel

Graduate, Squadron Officer School, 1970

Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, 1975

Graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1978

Graduate, Air War College, 1978

Honors and Distinctions

1970 - Listed in "Outstanding Young Men of America"

1971 - "Outstanding Jaycee of the Year", Birmingham Jaycees

1972 - "Outstanding Young Man of Birmingham"

1972 - One of the "Four Outstanding Young Men of Alabama"

1972 - "Outstanding Jaycee of the Year", Alabama Jaycees

1974 - Selected for a Jaycee International Senatorship

1974 - "Outstanding Jaycee of the Year", Birmingham Jaycees

1976 - One of the "Volunteer Activists of Alabama"

1976 - Nominated for the "Liberty Bell Award", Birmingham Bar Association

1977 - Nominated for "Birmingham's Man of the Year"

1979 - Nominated for "Birmingham's Man of the Year"

1985 - Received the "Peggy Spain McDonald Award" for Outstanding Service to the Development of Community Education in the Greater Birmingham Area

1986 - Participant, Leadership Birmingham, Class of 1987