Leadership

Our amazing team of leaders who are advancing our profession

Executive Committee
Jim Lovell, DVM
President
Brett Brooks, DVM
President Elect
Wesley Clendinen, DVM
Vice President
Susan Parsons, DVM
Treasurer
Whitney Terrell, DVM
Member-at-Large
Babette Authement, DVM
Immediate Past President
ALVMA House of delegates to avmA
Hal Pate, DVM
AVMA Delegate
Babette Authement, DVM
Alternate Delegate
Constituent Associations Reps

Central Alabama VMA

Bill Sternenberg, DVM

Colbert-Lauderdale County VMA

Whitney Terrell, DVM

East Alabama VMA

Homer (Buddy) Bruce, DVM

Gulf Coast VMA

Chuck Flowers, DVM

Jefferson County VMA

Tom Dawkins, DVM

Madison County VMA

Shelby Agnew, DVM

Mobile VMA

Tom Fell Jr., DVM

North Alabama VMA

John Hammons, DVM

South Central VMA

Hank Lee, DVM

Southeast Alabama VMA

Amanda Joki, DVM

Tuskegee VMA

Tomeshia Hubbard, DVM

West Alabama VMA

Hal Pate, DVM

Ex Officio Members

Heather Vaughn

Executive Director

Susan Parsons, DVM

President of Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation

Hal Pate, DVM

Delegate to AVMA

Babette Authement, DVM

Alternate Delegate to AVMA

Anthony G. Frazier, DVM

State Veterinarian

Judy DeWitt

President, Auxiliary to ALVMA

Chris Schreiber

Editor, Alabama Veterinarian

Dee Jones, DVM

Public Health Veterinarian

Thea Richards

Auburn Student Representative

Haleigh Johnson

Tuskegee Student Representative

2025-2026 ALVMA officers: Dr. Susan Parsons, Treasurer (McCalla); Dr. Whitney Terrell, Member-at-Large (Florence); Dr. Wesley Clendinen, Vice President (Huntsville); Dr. Brett Brooks, President Elect (Enterprise); Dr. Babette Authement, Immediate Past President (Fairhope); and Dr. Jim Lovell, President (Athens)