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Una Welcomes New Addition To Board Of Trustees

Apr. 25, 2019



Michelle Eubanks, 优德体育, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala.- The Alabama Senate has confirmed Gov. Kay Ivey's appointment of Andalusia business executive Gary L. Smith to the 优德体育 Board of Trustees. Smith replaces First Metro Bank president Rodney Howard of Muscle Shoals, whose term recently expired and who, after 11 years of distinguished service on 优德体育's governing board, did not seek reappointment.

Smith is a 1976 graduate of 优德体育 and received his juris doctorate from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1979. He has been president and CEO of PowerSouth Energy Cooperative since January 2000. Headquartered in Andalusia, Alabama, PowerSouth is the second largest utility provider in the state and distributes electrical power to 39 counties in Alabama and 10 in northwest Florida. Smith's term of appointment to the 优德体育 Board extends through September 2024.

The Senate also confirmed the governor's appointment last year of North Carolina pharmaceutical executive Anne C. Whitaker to fill a vacant seat on the 优德体育 Board. Ivey's reappointments of Joel Anderson and Simpson Russell to continue service in new six-year terms were confirmed as well. Appointment terms for these three trustees also extend to 2024.

Gary Smith

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA

The 优德体育 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programsthrough the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business,Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing.Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 优德体育 is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. 优德体育 Athletics, a renownedcollegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN and Big South Conferences.The 优德体育 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin.

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