College of Education and Professional Studies Advisory Council

Moulton Tower

 

The USA College of Education and Professional Studies Advisory Council assists in advancing the interests of the college and provides advice and support to help guide and improve the quality of programs.

▼   CEPS Advisory Council Members
Advisory Council
Carolyn Akers
Executive Director
Mobile Area Education Foundation
Gigi Armbrecht
AT&T (Retired)
Frank Barrow
Director of Army Instruction
Mobile County Public Schools 
Travis Bedsole, Jr.
Attorney (Retired) 
David Clark
President/ CEO
Visit Mobile 
Rufus Hudson
Vice President-Commercial Banking
Regions Financial
Rufus Hudson
Vice President-Commercial Banking
Regions Financial
Betty Huff
Senior Consultant
AACRAO Consulting
Dr. Aaron Milner
Superintendent
Saraland City Schools
Eric Patterson
Advisory Council Chair
Alabama Power (Retired)
Martha Peek
Superintendent
Mobile County Public Schools (Retired)
Paige Plash
Co-Owner
Encore Rehabilitation, Inc.
Jeanne Sanderford
School Counselor (Retired)
Terrance Smith
Director
Mobile Innovation Team
Mark Spivey
Vice President-Commercial Banking
Truist Bank
Chresal Threadgill
Superintendent
Mobile County Public Schools
Eddie Tyler
Superintendent
Baldwin County Public Schools

A Story of Love and Passion for Giving

Pam and Eric Patterson walking at the Moulton Tower.Eric Patterson has served on the USA College of Education and Professional Studies Advisory Council since 2016 and currently serves as the advisory chair. In 2018, he made a donation to South to create the “Pam Lynne Patterson Endowed Scholarship in Education" in honor of his wife, who has worked in public education for more than 45 years. “When I told her about it, the first thing she did was start crying and crying. That was reward enough right then and there to know that it meant a lot to her, and it did because of all that she's invested in her life. It was a way to honor her and honor all the things she's done. As I say, if she could have, she would have been extremely successful in anything else in the world and made a whole lot more money. But, this is something that she loved and it was important to her.”