"Blessed are the Peacekeepers" -Liesel Schmidt Born and raised in Alabama, Huey Hoss Mack has spent almost his entire life in Baldwin County—creating personal ties that inspired a career of service to the community he grew up loving. It was his grandfather’s murder in...
Community Leader: Cecil Christenberry -Liesel Schmidt With two generations of his family having attended schools in the Fairhope feeder schools, Cecil Christenberry’s concern for who runs things in the Baldwin County Board of Education is a very personal one. First...
The Opera Buff: Pelham “Pat” Pearce -Liesel Schmidt The arc of Pelham “Pat” Pearce’s career reads like a libretto, following him on a journey that began in the late ’80s. His opening role was that of General Director of the Mobile Opera, where he served for a decade....
A Lover of Animals -Liesel Schmidt “I’ve always believed that how we treat animals says the most about who we are as people. I love animals and feel a connection with them.” While Abby Pruet may have majored in English, the USA alum holds a role that’s less about...
Guiding the Tribe: Stephanie Bryan -Liesel Schmidt As much as the American people celebrate their national legacy as a free country, the Indigenous Tribes were here before the first settlers stepped foot on what is now U.S. soil. Theirs is a heritage filled with a...
Developing a Community: Leonard Kaiser-Liesel SchmidtWhen Hurricane Frederick destroyed his home in 1979, Leonard Kaiser took the challenge and decided it was an opportunity to do something new. With his newly minted real estate license, the resourceful 29-year-old...
An Educated Woman -Liesel Schmidt After retiring from the Alabama State Department of Education, former teacher Meg Lowry stepped into the role of Executive Director of the Fairhope Educational Enrichment Foundation (FEEF) in August of 2021. “I wanted to find...
At the Heart of the Matter -Liesel Schmidt In the 17 years that Dr. Christopher Malozzi has been practicing medicine, his career has followed a trajectory that he might never have imagined when he graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in...
Welcome the Children: Tracie Brown and Sonya Smith -Liesel Schmidt To give them the best future, children need a healthy place to socialize, learn and play. It can be a struggle to find that, but organizations like the Ruff Wilson Youth Organization, Inc., offers...
A Seat in the House: Representative Matt Simpson -Liesel Schmidt As a former prosecutor in the Mobile and Baldwin District Attorney's Office, Matt Simpson has seen first-hand how the laws passed by the legislature affected people every day. Having been a part of the...
Mayor. Wikipedia defines the word as “the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.” With that title comes a great deal of responsibility, and for Robin LeJeune, it is one he wears with great humility and reverence. As the...
Chamber Life -Liesel Schmidt For Casey Gay Williams, the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce is something that holds a special place in her heart and always has—ever since she was a child, running around the office while her father served as manager. Now, she...