Project Corporate Leadership

In October 1988, top business leaders throughout Birmingham organized Project Corporate Leadership. The program, sponsored by the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, is an issues-based nine month interpersonal and relationship-building course designed for upwardly mobile managers and professionals working within the Birmingham region.

Project Corporate Leadership is proud to present the graduates of 2008. 25 participants from a variety of employment sectors make up the 20th class to graduate from PCL. Congratulations to all alumni of the program! To see a complete list of all PCL participants from the past 20 years,, please visit the Project Corporate Leadership website.

  • Vera Copeland, Vulcan Material Company
  • Missy Heard, Brasfield & Gorrie
  • Mike Hall, Coca Cola United
  • Brent Yarborough, Zarzaur & Schwartz
  • Jackie Barnes, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
  • Natalie Bailey, Alabama Power Company
  • Erica Huffman, AT&T
  • Chip Boswell, AT&T
  • Jason Hammond, AT&T Southeast
  • W. Patton Hahn, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, Berkowitz
  • David Burkholder - Balch and Bingham
  • C. Merrimon Epps - Barber Companies
  • Rob Perkins - Southern Natural Gas Company/El Paso
  • Scott Crocker - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
  • Roosevelt Brock - UAB
  • Jeff Shoffner - Coca Cola Bottling Company, United
  • Robert Moore - Compass Bank
  • Shanta Owens - Jefferson County District Attorney's Office
  • Amanda Ross Schwating - Energen
  • Scott Jenkins - First Commercial Bank
  • Damian Veazey - Lakeshore Foundation
  • Charlene Perkins-Hoyle - Protective Life
  • Roxann Leonard - Southern Company
  • Jamika Kirk - Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce

PCL, the region's only leadership program for upwardly mobile managers, is now entering its 19th year. PCL begins in October each year and runs through May. Most PCL graduates take with them improved managerial skills and a stronger appreciation and knowledge of the community in which they work and live. Using a unique issues-based curriculum, PCL facilitators teach students valuable communication and team building skills. For more information about PCL, please visit the website at www.projectcorporateleadership.com.