Advisory Boards and Corporate Advisors
At TruFund, we value community input to ensure that we are deeply connected to the communities that we serve. Our Advisory Board members and Corporate Advisors are community advocates, bankers, lawyers, and local officials. They provide advice and oversight for our programs in Alabama, Louisiana, and New York.
New York
Maurice Coleman
Senior Vice President – Community Development Banking
Bank of America
Gina D. Nisbeth
Director of Structured Lending & Investments
Citibank
Alabama
Paul Carruthers, Interim Chair
Senior Vice President
Regions Bank
Donald J. Burback
CRA Community Development
BB&T
Richard Busby
Vice President – Senior Community Development Officer
Government and Community Relations Group
Wells Fargo – Mid-South Region
Dr. Youssouf Diabate
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics Business Development Specialist
Tuskegee University
Michelle Gilliam-Jordan
Executive Director
Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Tyson Howard
Executive Director
South Central Regional Planning Commission
Eula Jackson
Vice President
CRA Community Development Officer
Cadence Bank
Felecia Jones
Executive Director
Black Belt Community Foundation
Joseph Lee
Department of Community Planning and Urban Studies
Alabama A&M University
Dr. Carl H. Marbury
Former President, Alabama A&M University
William Pompey
Attorney-at-Law
Philip Nigel Roberts
Director, Community Planning & Development
City of Mobile
The Honorable Marvin W. Wiggins
Circuit Judge – Fourth Circuit of Alabama
Dr. Stephanie R. Yates
Associate Professor, Director of Institute of Financial Literacy, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Louisiana
Cheri Morial-Ausberry, Chair
Customer Service Manager
Entergy
Tyra Banks
Program Manager
Metromorphosis Baton Rouge
Rodney Braxton
President
Southern Strategy Group – Louisiana
Kimberly Lavon Burbank
President
Palesa Development
Melissa S. Lee
Senior Advisor
New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
Monique Scott-Spaulding
Owner
Jani-King Franchise (Baton Rouge)
Samuel Sanders
Executive Director
Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance (Baton Rouge)
LaVerne Saulney – Toombs
Special Assistant
St. John the Baptist Parish President
Chris Tyson
CEO
Build Baton Rouge
Stacie Williams
CEO
Susan G. Komen Louisiana