M. Miller Gorrie
Description M. Miller Gorrie, 74, has been a trustee since 1993. Since 1995, Mr. Gorrie has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C., a regional general contracting firm located in Birmingham, Alabama that was ranked 17th in the Engineering News Record?s ?Top General Building Contractors? based on 2008 construction revenues. He currently serves on the boards of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Civil Engineer Advisory Board. In the past he has served as a director of AmSouth Bank Corporation, Baptist Hospital Foundation, United Way of Central Alabama, the Associated General Contractors, Alabama Chamber of Commerce, the Building Science Advisory Board of Auburn University, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, the Business Council of Alabama and the Metropolitan Development Board. Mr. Gorrie is chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees. Mr. Gorrie has a comprehensive background in the real estate and building construction industries. In particular, he has served for years as chief executive officer of a commercial construction company through which he has developed an extensive understanding of the construction industry in the Sunbelt, and through which he has been involved in overseeing a number of our development, re-development and expansion projects. With this background, Mr. Gorrie brings to our board of trustees an intimate knowledge of many of our properties and valuable experience in the construction industry, a key area for us as a developer and owner of real estate properties primarily in the Sunbelt. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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