Schools Foundation has new board members

Homewood City Schools Foundation recently welcomed five new board members.

Courtney French is an attorney and founding partner of Fuston, Petway & French. He graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in 1998, and then served as a law clerk for Justice Ralph D. Cook of the Supreme Court of Alabama. He is married to Judge Liz French, and they have three children, two of whom are students at Shades Cahaba Elementary.

Kris Griffin is a graduate of Homewood High School and Samford University. She has five children in the school system, one at Homewood Middle School and four at Shades Cahaba Elementary. She has served as a room parent, the Winter Festival volunteer coordinator and most recently, as the PTO president. She is the owner of Art4Tots, which offers art classes for preschool children. She and her husband, Mark, are active members at Dawson Family of Faith. 

Tom Jeffries is a 1993 Homewood High School graduate and is currently employed by The Medicines Company in pharmaceutical sales. He is active in a number of leadership capacities at Trinity Methodist Church, including as a member of the Administrative Board and the Finance Committee. He is married to Louisa, and has three children, Reed, a sixth-grader at HMS, and Anne and Eva, twins who will start kindergarten next year at Edgewood.

Kristie McCullough is a graduate of Homewood City Schools and is employed as a senior consultant at Clarus Consulting Group. She has extensive nonprofit experience and is a member of the Leadership Birmingham Class of 1994. She has served in various leadership positions at Trinity United Methodist and has also been active in The Women’s Network and the Leading Edge Advisory Board. Kristie has a daughter, Sarah Trammell, who is a tenth-grader at HHS.

Kirk Mills is a 1994 Homewood High School graduate and is a vice president at Volkert, Inc., an engineering and planning firm. He has held a number of leadership positions at Trinity United Methodist, is active in professional engineering organizations and has been actively involved in Homewood recreational sports. He has also been a participant in the Leadership Birmingham program. Kirk is married to Suzanne, and they have twin sons, Luke and Paul, who are first-graders at Hall-Kent, and two year old, Sam, who is at Trinity in Pre K.