Culverhouse alumni continue to make their mark in meaningful ways. They are leaders, innovators and problem-solvers who carry the spirit of this college into every industry and community they serve. From global corporations to local initiatives, their work reflects a commitment to excellence, integrity and impact.
Through the Culverhouse Alumni Awards, we celebrate individuals who exemplify these values, those who have achieved distinction in their careers while staying connected to the place where it all began. Their stories are powerful reminders of the lasting influence of a Culverhouse education.
Here are the 2026 honorees:
Outstanding Achievement Award
David Turner
David Turner recently retired as Regions’ chief financial officer and is a member o
f the Regions Executive Leadership Team. Turner led all finance operations, including financial systems, investor relations, corporate treasury, corporate tax, management planning and reporting, accounting, and mergers and acquisitions.
Turner joined Regions in 2005 and led the Internal Audit Division before being named chief financial officer in2010. The company’s stock price has grown by approximately 320% during Turner’s tenure.Prior to joining Regions, Turner served as an audit partner of KPMG LLP and previously served Arthur Andersen in several positions, including audit partner, audit manager, senior auditor and staff auditor.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Culverhouse in 1987 and a master’s from Wake Forest.
Turner has served on numerous boards of directors and the executive committees and is a member of the President’s Cabinet of the University of Alabama.
He and his wife Karla, also a Culverhouse graduate in accounting, live in
Birmingham and have three children who all graduated from Alabama.
Outstanding Achievement Award
Lana English Sellers
Lana English Sellers has been president of Advanced Labelworx, Inc. since 1999, and later purchased the controlling stock interest in the company in 2005. Advanced Labelworx is a manufacturer of industrial durable pressure s
ensitive labels sold to international customers like Rheem, Lennox, Schneider Electric, Eaton Corporation, John Deere, Denso, and Bosch.
She started as an accountant with Ernst & Young in 1974 and later joined the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand. In 1855 she formed The Remington Fund, Inc. venture capital fund and served as its president until 1990 when she formed a second venture fund, Jefferson Capital Fund, Ltd., and served as the managing director until its dissolution in 2003.
A member of University of Alabama Culverhouse Board of Visitors, Sellers graduated from UA in 1974 with degree in accounting. She received the Austin Cup award for the most outstanding graduate in the college of commerce and business.
She has served on the board of directors for several companies and has served on numerous advisory boards, including UA.
She and her husband Charles, a 1973 graduate of Culverhouse, live in Birmingham.
Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement
Evie Koslosky
Evie Koslosky is a global investment research associate at Goldman Sachs. She serves as lead covering analyst for the Life Science Tools & Diagnostics team within the Global Investment Research division at Goldman Sachs. She interned at Vulcan Value Partners in Birmingham and later at Goldman Sachs, where she ultimately accepted a full-time offer in New York City after graduation.
Her research primarily covers the medical and life sciences sectors, including companies like Thermo Fisher Scientific, Agilent Technologies, and Danaher. She was a global investment research associate with Goldman Sachs for two years before taking on her current role.
Koslosky graduated from Culverhouse in 2021 with a degree in finance, specializing in financial engineering. During her time at UA she held leadership positions in the Culverhouse Investment Management Group and the Investment Banking Acade
my, experiences that helped shape her career in equity research.
Koslosky lives in Akron, Ohio.
Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement
Arie Kouandjio
Arie Kouandjio is a senior business rotation professional at NextEra Energy, Inc., the world’s largest producer of wind and solar energy. In this role, Kouandjio works on various strategic projects across the company’s business units, applying analytical skills, leadership abilities, and industry knowledge to drive growth and innovation.
Before joining NextEra Energy, he interned at NGP Capital, a growth-stage venture capital firm, and Blue Origin, a leading space company.
Kouandjio graduated with a finance degree in 2013 and received his master’s in economics from UA in 2014. He earned a master’s from the Warton School of Business in 2023. Koua
ndjio, an offensive lineman for the Crimson Tide football team, was part of the 2011 and 2012 national championship teams and an All-American for the 2014 season. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Washington Commanders. He played five seasons with Washington.
Kouandjjio and his wife Brittany, a former Crimson Tide volleyball player who earned a bachelor’s and master’s in marketing from Culverhouse live in Wellington, Florida, with their two young sons.
Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science Alumni Leadership Award
Dr. E.G. Miller
Dr. E.G. Miller is a professor emeritus at the Virginia Commonwealth School of Business. Miller has been a dynamic presence at VCU’s business school for more than 45 years.
He was an assistant professor of insurance and management science at the Virginia Commonwealth School of Business for seven years before taking the role of director of insurance studies in 1979. Miller was named associate dean for administration in 1991 before serving two years as active dean of the VCU business school. Miller then served as senior associate dean and later chair of the management department, and director for the Risk and Insurance Studies Center.
Miller received a bachelor’s degree in statistics from Culverhouse in 1969 and a master’s in statistics in 1970. He earned his PhD from Alabama in 1976.
Miller is a member of the American Statistical Association, the International Insurance Society, America Risk and Insurance Association, Risk and Insurance Management Society, and Southern Risk and Insurance Association, and is an honorary member of the Alabama Insurance Society.
Miller and his wife Kathleen, also a University of Alabama graduate, live in Richmond, Virginia.
Accounting Alumni Leadership Award
Amy Brachio
Amy Brachio was named CEO of Carbon Measures in September 2025 after nearly three decades at Ernst & Young (EY). At Carbon Measures, she leads a coalition of major corporations, including BlackRock, ExxonMobil, Santander, BASF, Linde and Mitsui, in a campaign of advancing the evolution of how global organizations navigate the complex intersection of climate action, business resilience, and the urgent need for accurate, verifiable data to underpin solid decision-making.
In her previous role as partner and global vice chair for sustainability at EY, she drove EY’s offerings to help thousands of global clients achieve their sustainability goals, led the company’s ambitious 40% carbon emission reduction by 2025, and established EY as the global leader in sustainability services.
Brachio graduated from UA with an accounting degree in 1995 and received her Master of Accountancy in 1996. She recently earned her master’s degree in sustainability from Hult University.
Brachio and her husband, Ben, have three daughter and she is an active member of her community in Burnsville, Minnesota.
Outstanding Service Award
Cade Warner
Cade Warner is CEO of The Westervelt Company in Tuscaloosa, an industry leader in land management, wood products manufacturing and environmental mitigation. Warner has held several leadership roles at Westervelt, including COO and chief sustainability officer, overseeing operations across forestry, wood products, ecological services, real estate, and international business.
Before joining Westervelt in 2017, he spent two and a half years with Conservation Resources as an investment analyst for acquisitions and dispositions. He also had internships in forestry and public policy.
Warner graduated from Alabama in 2012 with a degree in commerce and business administration and earned his master’s in business administration in 2022. He also received a master’s degree from the University of Georgia in 2015. He holds several professional certifications, including Chartered Financial Analyst®, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst®, Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst®, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Warner and his wife April, also a Culverhouse graduate, have two children and enjoy exploring nature together. He actively supports his community and industry through various leadership and serves on several boards.
Economics, Finance and Legal Studies Alumni Leadership Award
Alex Flachsbart
Alex Flachsbart is the founder and CEO of Opportunity Alabama, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization focused on generating economic development in Alabama’s distressed communities. Under his direction, OPAL has helped close $100 million in Opportunity Zone projects across Alabama and has been recognized by Forbes as the best statewide OZ community development organization in the US.
Prior to OPAL, Flachsbart’s professional career spanned from practicing tax and economic development law at Balch & Bingham LLP to teaching high school geometry in Mosses, Alabama through Teach for America.
He received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2009 and a master’s degrees in economics in 2010. He also earned a J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Flachsbart serves on the board of Main Street Alabama and the PARCA Roundtable, is a fellow in the Blackburn Institute and the Alabama Leadership Initiative, and a member of the Birmingham Rotary Club. He was recently named one of the top 100 national influencers in commercial real estate by the Business Journals of America.
Flachsbart and his wife Elizabeth, also a graduate from Culverhouse, reside in Birmingham.
Management Alumni Leadership Award
Daniel Rodda
Daniel Rodda is a partner with Meridian Compensation Partners and a trusted advisor to corporate boards and executive leadership teams on matters of executive and director compensation. Over the past two decades, he helped shape compensation strategies for companies ranging from small-cap organizations to Fortune 50 enterprises, guiding leaders through complex governance, regulatory, and shareholder environments.
Rodda’s work centers on aligning executive pay with long-term performance, strengthening governance practices, and helping organizations navigate evolving expectations from investors and regulators. He has advised companies across a wide variety of industries and is particularly recognized for his leadership within the financial services sector. He serves on Meridian’s Executive Committee and provides leadership to the firm’s Atlanta office and Banking Industry team.
Rodda earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce and business administration in 2001 before completing his MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Rodda and his wife, Angela, reside in Dunwoody, Georgia, with their three children. They are active members of Dunwoody Baptist Church and are committed to supporting children and families involved in the foster care system.
Marketing Alumni Leadership Award
Neil Duthie
Neil Duthie is vice president of category management for Mars Petcare. He widely recognized as a category management and shopper insights leader and a respected authority on strategic business planning, organizational design, and analytics.
He is a champion of process enhancements, programs, and training initiatives that optimize organizations and strengthen internal and external customer relationships.
Prior to joining Mars in 2011, Duthie served in a variety of category management positions at Kellogg Company, including senior director of category management and shopper insights for Walmart and Sam’s Club. In that role, he gained captaincy for five categories and established strategic thought leadership for assortment and shelf space management that delivered growth across six categories.
He earned a degree in commerce and business administration from Culverhouse in 1994 and a master’s degree in business administration from UA in 1996.
Duthie is a member of the board of directors of the Category Management Association (CMA) and is also a member of the Shopper Insights Management Association (SIMA) and the Digital E-Commerce Category Association (DECA).
Duthie and his wife Rachel live in Franklin, Tennessee.