The 2026-2028 Fellows Chairperson is Zac Riddle. Learn more about Fellows Chairperson responsibilities. Zac Riddle Zac Riddle is a certified public accountant and is currently employed as Assistant Controller with Medical Properties Trust, Inc., in Birmingham. Prior to joining Medical Properties Trust, he was employed with BBVA Compass Bank and KPMG LLP. He serves on…
The 2026-2028 Fellows Internal Vice-Chairperson is Royce Dickerson. Learn more about Fellows Internal Vice-Chairperson responsibilities. Royce Dickerson Royce L. Dickerson, MBA, is a member of the Blackburn Class of 2019. He serves as a Logistics Readiness Officer in the United States Air Force. He also serves as Director, Strategic Health Initiatives at Aflac. Prior to these…
The 2026-2028 Fellows External Vice-Chairperson is Sydney Gabrielson. Learn more about Fellows External Vice-Chairperson responsibilities. Sydney Gabrielson Sydney is currently an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. Prior to HBS, she was an investor at TA Associates, a $65B AUM global private equity firm, where she focused on technology investments. Sydney began her career at Morgan…
A 2017 graduate of The University of Alabama, Caitlin Cobb Goodwyn formally joined the Blackburn community in the spring of 2016, though the values and mission of the Institute had been instilled within her years before. Caitlin’s mother, former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, has been a consistent supporter of Blackburn for decades and…
The Senator Howell Heflin Fellows Endowed Support Fund provides $2,500 to support activities of Blackburn alumni (Fellows) that actively address the needs of Alabama communities. Priority will be given to activities that impact literacy, both youth and adult, and voter education initiatives consistent with the vision, mission, and values of the Blackburn Institute. engagement activities,…
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama funded the following Fellows’ projects. Fellows projects are now funded by the Senator Howell Heflin Fellowship. 2020 Fellow Projects Shaping Our State is a multichannel campaign, anchored by three animated videos. The short films aim to educate, encourage and empower young Black women in Alabama to engage in all levels of government, from…
