Keep The Shoals Beautiful (KTSB) has a 17-member Board of Directors, which is comprised of representatives from Colbert County and Lauderdale Counties. The Board members possess proven knowledge, experience and dedication in many pertinent and helpful areas, including education, solid waste management, recycling, law, city planning and community development. The Board has taken an active leadership role in the development of the organization – its goals, objectives and action plan.

Beth Agee is from Muscle Shoals and is a recent graduate of The University of North Alabama. She is the Coordinator for Convention & Group Services coordinator for Florence/Lauderdale Tourism. She is involved with Florence First Fridays, Shoals Earth Day Fest and Alabama Renaissance Faire Committees.

Sarah Cabler of Florence, is currently the Prevention Program Manager at Riverbend Center for Mental Health, and holds a Master of Arts in Community Counseling. She volunteers with Safeplace and is President on the Lauderdale County Domestic Violence Response Coalition. Cabler currently serves as Vice President for the UNA chapter of Chi Sigma Iota.

Paul Graham has served as the director of urban forestry and horticulture for the city of Florence for two years. He is responsible for the care and development of landscapes for the Department of Arts and Museums, municipal streetscapes and urban forest management. Graham has a B.S. from UC Davis in Environmental Horticulture with a specialization in urban forest management. He has spent over 20 years in the landscape maintenance and design industry.

Delores J. “Dee” Hubbert has served in many capacities for local environmental and beautification groups. She is standing member and officer of the Florence Beautification Board, Shoals Beautification Alliance and the Shoals Master Gardeners. She is the chairperson of the Florence First United Methodist Church Garden Committee. Hubbert retired after working 35 years with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, where she directed licensing of child day care facilities and supervised programs of adoption and foster care. Hubbert resides in Florence, where in addition to being a community volunteer, is a landscape design consultant.

Joel Kendrick has served as director of the Tuscumbia Parks and Recreation Department for over 17 years. He has coordinated the development and maintenance of Tuscumbia’s many recreation facilities and areas, including Spring Creek Golf Course. He has maintained continuing education studies in many areas, including grant administration, arboriculture, administration and parks and maintenance. Kendrick is an active member of the International Society of Arboriculture, Alabama Tourism Association and Alabama Recreation and Parks Association.

Rachel Mansell is the City of Florence Education Outreach Coordinator for the Solid Waste, Street, & Recycling Department. She has also taught elementary school for a number of years is currently working on a Masters of Education. Mansell serves on the Boards of Shoals Earth Month Incorporated and the Children’s Museum of the Shoals.

Joan Marsh spent 23 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as an information systems specialist with Occupational Health and Safety division and the Environmental Quality staff. She taught technique classes and hazardous materials training in regional TVA facilities. Since retirement, Marsh has been active as a volunteer with the Community Action Program, distributing seeds and plants for gardens; and, has been active in church outreach programs assisting Hurricane Katrina victims and with abused children and women’s facilities. Marsh lives in Muscle Shoals.

Goodloe “Bud” Pride, Jr. has been an active participant in community and civic organizations for many years. He spent almost 10 years on the Florence City Council, and has been a Florence Planning Commission member since 1978. The Florence, Alabama native is retired from the banking industry, where he spent his professional years as an executive in several local banking and financial institutions, including SouthTrust, Shoals National Bank (now AmSouth) and Real Estate Financing (now Regions Mortgage Company). Pride enjoys outdoor activities, including fishing, hunting and camping.

Martha Sneed is a recent retiree from the Florence City School system. During her tenure as an elementary school teacher, Sneed chaired an environmentally-focused, science committee. The committee initiated and implemented environmental and beautification events to educate and inspire school-age children. She has long been an active civic and community volunteer in Florence and The Shoals. She has served on the Florence Beautification Board since 2001. In addition, Sneed is involved with C.A.S.A., the University of North Alabama Festival of Trees and local garden clubs.

Hugh “Bo” Stanley is the director of the Tuscumbia Public Works Department, where he has worked for over six years. He advances his continuing education through professional certifications, including those in wastewater management, street and sanitation and arboriculture. He is an active member of the International Society of Arboriculture and Society of Water Professionals. Stanley is also the superintendent of Tuscumbia’s Street and Sanitation Department. An avid golfer, fisherman and outdoors-person, he lives in his native Tuscumbia with his wife and two children.

Steve Stanley, a life-long Shoals area resident, was graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in Business Management. He is a real estate broker associate with Weichert Realtors, ProSouth. An active civic volunteer, Stanley is on the board of directors for several local organizations, including Shoals Symphony at UNA and Sheffield Kiwanis. He has served as chairman for Sheffield Redevelopment Authority since 2005, and is currently the vice chairman for the Sheffield Planning Commission and serves on the Sheffield City Council.

Jabari Sullen was born in Oxnard, California, and has lived all over the country but has called Florence home for last couple of years.
He is currently the Tobacco Prevention and Control Coordinator for the Alabama Department of Public Health. He graduated from the University of Alabama with degrees in Athletic Training and General Health Studies. He is the chair of the Health Committee of the Lauderdale County Children’s Policy council, active with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and serves on the advisory boards for the Shoals Treatment Center and the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Alabama. He is also involved with various other entities in the community.

Nita Thornell who has her Masters in Education, is a retired teacher and taught at the elementary, high school and college levels. She has recently moved to Florence, and is active with the Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts as well as the Florence Lauderdale Public Library Used Book Store.

Margaret “Marg” Webb volunteers with Keep The Shoals Beautiful, Florence Garden Club and is a Master Gardener. Marg was the former head of a hospital Hematology Department and a former office manager of Family Practice Associates in Florence. She was a school board member nine years and served as Chair for three. Marg also served on the Safeplace Board Member for seven years and served as Chair for two years. Currently she is the business manager of Webb MDPC and is a homemaker.

Charles Wickwire is a retiree from Norfolk southern Corporation where he served as Senior Claim Agent. A resident of Florence, he has served on the Board of Directors for Shoals Habitat for Humanity and is now working with several Shoals area anti litter groups.

Ex-officio members of the KTSB Board of Directors are Teresa Rogers and
Joy Rossin.

Judy Keenum is the Coordinator of Keep The Shoals Beautiful. She is employed by the Shoals Chamber of Commerce, where she serves as leadership coordinator and game coordinator for the NCAA Division II Football National Championship Game. She is a resident of Florence, Alabama.