C. Dowd Ritter

AmSouth Bancorp provides banking and other financial services including internet banking, personal banking, commercial banking and wealth management services. It also provides residential mortgages, equity lending, credit cards, loans for automobile and other personal financing products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL

Protective Life Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. Its products include term life, whole life, and universal life insurances. It offers asset protection plans, commercial mortgages, affinity program, and structured settlements services. The company was founded by William Dorsey Jelks in 1907 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Alabama Power Co. engages in the generation, distribution and sale of electricity. The firm owns coal reserves near its Plant Gorgas and uses the output of coal from the reserves in its generating plants. It also sells, and cooperates with dealers in promoting the sale of electric appliances. The company was founded by William Patrick Lay, James Mitchell and Thomas W. Martin on December 4, 1906 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Regions Bank provides consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

The Business Council of Alabama operates as a chamber of commerce. The non-profit company is based in Montgomery, AL.

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Inc. assists in economic development programs. Its focus on helping the state attract and retain industry. The firm fills a role in the industrial recruitment process by marketing and promoting Alabama as a business location, and by providing research, information and proposals to companies and consultants that are actively searching for a site. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.