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Volume 95 Issue 34
World’s Largest Kiwanis Club
June 12, 2012
Mike Hubbard
Speaker of the House
State of Alabama
Mike Hubbard serves the citizens of East Alabama as a member of the Alabama Legislature where he holds the position of Speaker of the House. He
also serves as President Auburn Network, Inc., an Auburn, Alabama-based
media and marketing company.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in radio and television,
Hubbard came to Auburn two weeks after graduation where he worked for six years
in the Auburn Athletic Department as Associate Sports Information Director. During
his athletic media relations career, Hubbard worked directly with two successful Heisman Trophy efforts - Herschel
Walker at Georgia and Bo Jackson at Auburn.
In 1990, he left Auburn University to head up Auburn’s radio and television sports network. In 1994, Hubbard
formed his own company, Auburn Network, Inc., to handle Auburn’s multi-media rights. In 2003, Hubbard sold the
multi-media sports division of the company to International Sports Properties.
Hubbard’s company, Auburn Network, Inc., owns and operates four commercial radio stations in the AuburnOpelika market, publishes a quarterly general interest magazine and is also a partner in Craftmaster Printers, Inc.,
a commercial printing company based in Auburn.
In 1998, Hubbard, in his first attempt at elected office, was elected to a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. Hubbard represents District 79, which includes portions of Auburn and Opelika. He was re-elected in 2002,
2006 and 2010.
In addition to his legislative service, Hubbard served two terms as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
During his tenure as Chairman, Republicans won all statewide offices and gained control of both houses of the
legislature for the first time in 136 years.
During the December 2010 Special Legislative Session, Hubbard was elected by his colleagues in the Alabama
House of Representatives as Speaker of the House, becoming the first Republican Speaker since Reconstruction.
He was re-elected to the position for a four-year term in January of 2011.
In addition to his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, he also holds a certificate in Change Leadership from Cornell University.
Hubbard’s wife, Dr. Susan Hubbard, is a Professor and Associate Dean in Auburn University’s College of Human
Sciences. They have two sons, Clayte, and Riley. The Hubbards are active members of the Auburn United Methodist Church.
SPEAKER’S ADDRESS: 11 South Union Street / Montgomery, AL 36130
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Next Tuesday’s Program
June 12, 2012, 12 noon
Mike Hubbard
Speaker of the House
INSIDE THIS ISSUE - June 12, 2012
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S p e a k e r ’s I nf or m a t i o n
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B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S / U p c o m i n g P r o gr am s
Upcoming Programs
Jun 19
Jun 26
State of Alabama
Tony Barnhart, Sports Reporter
Atlanta Journal Constitution and CBS Sports
Chris Hastings, Owner / Chef
Hot & Hot Fish Club
Jul 03
NO MEETING Kiwanis Int’l Convention
New Orleans, LA
Jul 10
Benjamin Busch, Author
“Dust to Dust”
Jul 17
John Neiman - Solicitor General of Alabama
Discuss Supreme Court’s Decision on
Healthcare
Nominations for Directors of the Board will be accepted from
the floor on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Elections are scheduled
for June 19.
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Scott L. Berte
CPA-Partner / Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Ralph Cook
Attorney-Partner / Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton
Kate Cotton
Executive Director / Protective Life Foundaiton
Cindy Crawford
Editor / Birmingham Business Journal
Sam Donnell
VP & Sr. Financial Advisor:Retired /
Merrill Lynch, Inc.
Henry Frohsin
Managing Partner / Frohsin & Barger, LLC
Carol Hines
VP-Trust Officer / Regions Bank
Carey Hollingsworth, III
Carey Hollingsworth Architect, Inc.
Anoop K. Mishra
COO / EDPM, Inc.
Jay Patton
Attorney-Shareholder / Ogletree, Deakins… PC
Joseph E. Sandner, IV
President / Sandner Commercial Real Estate
Forest Whatley
Managing Director / Oakworth Capital Bank
2011-2012 Directors
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Lt. Governor - Division 6
Alabama District of Kiwanis
Armand St. Raymond
Financial Planner
Ameriprise Financial Planners
2011-2012 District Officer
Assistant Treasurer
M. Owens Sims
Retired Partner / Dudley, Hopton-Jones,
Sims & Freeman
Treasurer
Kelly Todd
CPA Shareholder / Forensic/Strategic Solutions, PC
Vice President / President Elect
Harry “Buck” Brock, III
Vice President - Business Affairs
Samford University
Immediate Past Secretary
Tom Thagard
Attorney-Shareholder/
Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC
Secretary
Donna Smith
Vice President - Human Resources
Alabama Power Company
Immediate Past President
Ann Florie
E.D. / Leadership Birmingham
President
Drayton Nabers, Jr.
Attorney / Shareholder
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
2011-2012 Officers