SALUTE DR. ANTHONY C HOOD:

Dr. Anthony C. Hood serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for First Horizon Bank. He also serves on the corporation’s Operating Committee. Dr. Hood’s tenure as a DEI executive has garnered a number of leadership awards including from Savoy Magazine, the American Marketing Association and the Birmingham Business Journal. He previously served as the Director of Civic Innovation in the Office of the President at UAB as well as a Tenured Associate Professor of Management in the Collat School of Business at UAB. An electrical engineer by training, Dr. Hood enjoyed a 10 year career with Bellsouth and AT&T supporting startup telecom companies in the firm’s wholesale division. He was honored with the Pinnacle Award, the company’s highest honor for productivity and leadership. He left AT&T to pursue his PhD full time at the University of Alabama. Since completing his PhD, he has completed studies at the Harvard Business School, Stanford University and the Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Hood received his undergrad and MBA from UAB (Go Blazers!). In 2019, Dr. Hood was honored by the UAB Alumni Association with the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Hood is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and serves on the boards of a number of organizations including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Birmingham Education Foundation. He is also the Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District, the largest affordable housing provider in the state.