Leadership

Leadership

Vallery Brown, CFA

President

Vallery Brown has extensive experience across the energy and financial industries. She currently serves as the Vice President of Financial Structuring for Southern Power Company, where she leads an organization responsible for market analysis, financial valuation, and tax equity structuring for energy facilities. She’s held multiple leadership positions at Southern Power, including developing an organization responsible for energy trading and contract optimization for renewable assets located in energy markets across the U.S. Vallery also served as an assistant bond portfolio manager at Protective Life and has been a CFA charterholder since 2006. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Finance and German and a master’s degree in Finance from the University of Alabama.  Vallery also serves on the board of Red Mountain Grace.

Ivan Truss, CFA

Vice President

Ivan Truss, CFA is a Financial Advisor at Shades Creek Wealth Advisors where he works with clients to develop financial plans and investment strategies, with a special focus on alternative investments and structured products. Previously, Ivan worked at Brasfield & Gorrie, where he was part of the Corporate Strategy & Investments group, performing due diligence on private equity, real estate, and private debt investment opportunities. Ivan is a graduate of Samford University and has been a charterholder since April 2021.

Steven Elseroad, CFA

Treasurer

Steven Elseroad, CFA, CPA is as an Audit Senior Manager in KPMG’s Birmingham office. In his role with KPMG, Steven provides professional audit services to financial institutions ranging in size from community banks to multinational groups in accordance with PCAOB and AICPA requirements and U.S. GAAP. His audit experience includes SEC filings, IPOs, and debt and equity offerings. Steven currently serves at KPMG’s co-lead for Banking & Capital Markets industry automation group and serves as a KPMG National Instructor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance and master’s degree in Accountancy from Samford University. Steven is a CPA and has been a CFA charterholder since 2019.

Adrian A. Hughes, CFA

Secretary

Mrs. Hughes received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Finance and an M.A. in Finance from The University of Alabama. Mrs. Hughes joined Regions Bank (previously AmSouth Bank) in August 1997 as an investment analyst and again in July 2012 as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager.   In this role, Mrs. Hughes serves as a portfolio manager with a focus on short term fixed income strategies. In between her two stints at Regions Bank, Adrian worked as a senior investment analyst from 2003-2012 at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama where she provided accounting and analysis for investment portfolios along with the preparation of quarterly and annual insurance regulatory reports.  She currently serves on an advisory board for Samford University and on the Board of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham’s Defined Benefit Plan for Priests.  Mrs. Hughes is a CFA® charterholder and is a current board member and past president of the CFA Society of Alabama.

Board Members

Mike Anderson, CFA

Mike Anderson, CFA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Brownlee-Morrow Enterprises, Inc, a leading manufacturer and distributer of liquid and air handling equipment for industrial applications.  As CFO, Mr. Anderson oversees the accounting function and guides the capital allocation, funding, and growth planning process.  Prior to joining Brownlee-Morrow, Mr. Anderson was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Collateral Holdings, LLC, and has also served as the Treasurer of a $2 billion bank and Chief Investment Officer of a $200 million insurance company.  Mike is a graduate of The University of Alabama and has been a charterholder since August 2018. 

Santosh Singh, CFA

Santosh is a vice president and works as a valuation analyst in Balance Sheet Management group in the Corporate Treasury division at Regions Bank. His job responsibilities include, but not limited to, estimating fair value for the bank's portfolio loans (residential mortgages, commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, consumer unsecured) using discounted cash flow methodologies (DCF) via modeling contractual and expected cash flows over the life of the loan and discounting them to present value using an all-in market yield in an analytical framework system. Valuation team further collaborates with other treasury teams for various corporate strategic initiatives such as portfolio acquisition, balance sheet optimization etc. 
In his spare time, Santosh enjoys reading, yoga, and tennis.

Trey Cartledge, CFA

Trey Cartledge, CFA holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama, a master's degree from Samford University, and is a CAIA charterholder. Mr. Cartledge has worked in the finance industry since 2013, holding various positions in the fixed income asset management and insurance sectors. Trey has held the roles of President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary for CFA Society Alabama and has been a charterholder since 2017.

Justin Mayfield, CFA 

Justin Mayfield serves as a Private Wealth Manager with Merrill Private Wealth Management. He previously served on the Client Service team at Vulcan Value Partners, a long-only equity manager in Birmingham, AL.  Prior to joining Vulcan Value Partners, Justin served as Vice President and Treasurer for Ligon Industries, LLC, where he was responsible for managing corporate defined benefit pension plans, including setting the strategic asset allocation, manager selection, and ongoing due diligence for current and prospective managers.  Previously, Justin served as Consultant and Institutional Sales executive for FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 

Stephen Daniels, CFA

Mr. Daniels is a portfolio manager at Regions Investment Management where he is head of the Growth and Equity Income Strategies.  Mr. Daniels is also a member of the RIM Investment Strategy Group.  His industry experience began in 2003.  Mr. Daniels graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s in science and business administration. 

Jason T. Ogletree, CFA

Mr. Ogletree is currently serves as Finance Supervisor of FP&A for the Alabama Power Company. Previously Mr. Ogletree worked for Protective Life in Asset and Liability Management. Mr. Ogletree received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management and a Master of Business Administration from Samford University. Mr. Ogletree has been a charterholder since August 2019 and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Dr. Robert (Bob) E. Brooks, CFA

Brooks is the Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Culverhouse College of Business. He has authored numerous publications on financial instruments, derivatives, and trading. Dr. Brooks received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Florida. Dr. Brook has been a charter holder since September 1991.

Past Presidents

Charles S. Northen III 1987-1988

John H. Goff Jr., CFA 1988-1989 

Winfield Maxwell Baird, CFA 1989-1990

James G. Tatum, CFA 1990-1991

Valjean B. Brookshaw Jr., CFA 1991-1992

Pedro Verdu, CFA 1992-1993

Carter E. Anthony, CFA 1993-1994 

Brian B. Sullivan, CFA 1994-1995

Gary T. Partridge, CFA 1995-1996

Luther L. McDougal IV, CFA 1996-1997

John von Eschenbach, CFA 1997-1998

Rhonda E. Hoggle, CFA 1998-1999

Norman Darden III, CFA 1999-2000

James Lockwood Savage, CFA 2000-2001

Gary T. Partridge, CFA 2001-2002

Thomas R. Gale, CFA 2002-2003
John Preston Boston, CFA 2003-2004​

Johnny R. Givens Jr., CFA 2004

Gary T. Partridge, CFA 2004-2005

Michael Thomas Lytle, CFA 2005-2006

Zachary Paul Turnage, CFA 2006-2007

John P. Maloney, CFA 2007-2008

Timothy E. Parker, CFA 2008-2009

Adrian A. Hughes, CFA 2009-2010

Kevin W. Gamble, CFA 2010-2011

Kenton L. Russell, CFA 2011-2012

Stephen Smith, CFA 2012-2013

Zach Ivey, CFA 2013-2014 

Courtenay Bloodworth, CFA 2014-2015

Adam Rogers, CFA 2015-2016

C. Johan Grahs, CFA 2016-2017​

William Aycock III, CFA 2017-2018

Stephen Daniels, CFA 2018-2019​

Andy Webb, CFA 2019-2020

Jason Murray, CFA 2020-2021

Trey Cartledge CFA 2021 - 2022

Santosh Singh, CFA 2022-2023

Mike Anderson, CFA 2023-2024