Committee Members

The following business and community leaders have been invited to serve on the committee to help the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners determine future uses, to provide for renovation and/or restoration of the Barton Academy school buildings.

  • Jaime W. Betbeze, Chairman
  • Dr. Roy Nichols Superintendent, MCPSS
  • Bill Seifert, Regions Bank
  • Elizabeth Sanders, Downtown Mobile Alliance
  • Linda Ingram, Mobile Area Education Foundation
  • Palmer Hamilton, Attorney, Jones Walker
  • John Peebles, Real Estate Broker/Developer, Peebles & Cameron, LLC
  • Nick Holmes, III, Architect, Preservationist, Member of Mobile Historic Development Commission
  • Michael Pierce, Executive Director, MLK Avenue Redevelopment Corporation & Chairman of Commonwealth Bank
  • Sandra Martin, Retired Resource Officer, MCPSS & Professor/Instructor at Bishop State Community College and Phoenix School
  • Robert Davis, Retired Teacher, MCPSS & Officer of Retired Teacher Associations
  • Dr. Lee Taylor, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum & Instruction, MCPSS
  • Nancy Pierce, Supervisor of Public Relations/Communication, MCPSS
  • Chris Lee, Executive Director, J. L. Bedsole Foundation
  • Allan Gustin, White-Spunner Construction
  • Member of Advisory Board of Historic Mobile Preservation Society
  • Joe Mareno, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce


Our Goal

In partnership with the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners and other interested parties, to provide for renovation and/or restoration of the Barton Academy school buildings.

Upcoming Events

As a support committee, we are planning many events to help promote the efforts to Save Barton Academy. Stay tuned for more information on Alumni events, planning meetings and our Annual Open House.