Board of Advisors

TYRONE FENDERSON JR.

SYNOVUS BANK

Fenderson is currently market president for Synovus Bank with responsibility for Mobile and Baldwin counties. Fenderson has been active in shaping policy in the banking industry to ensure regulatory burdens do not have a negative impact on economies and business growth in local communities. Fenderson serves on the boards of Alabama School of Math and Science Foundation, Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) and he is the immediate past chairman of Leadership Alabama. He is also a commissioner with the Mobile Housing Board. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Faulkner University and a master’s degree in business administration from Troy University. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania.

COREY HANSON

WALA-TV

Hanson is vice president/general manager of WALA-TV. She oversees the FOX affiliate in Mobile owned by Meredith Corp. Hanson has more than 20 years’ experience in the broadcast industry. Most recently, she served as station manager at Meredith’s duopoly in Portland, Ore., Hanson has worked for Meredith since 2004, starting as an executive producer at KPTV/KPDX in Portland, then moving steadily up the ranks, serving as creative services director and executive news director. She is a graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Ore., with a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric and media studies and has continued her education at the UNC Kenan-Flagler School of Business.

FRANK MCFADDEN

MCFADDEN ENGINEERING INC. AND WATER RECLAMATION SOLUTIONS LLC

McFadden has nearly four decades of environmental and civil engineering experience as the co-founding principal (with his wife, Hope) of McFadden Engineering Inc. and Water Reclamation Solutions LLC, an environmental/civil engineering firm and wastewater process manufacturing company, respectively. While continuing his role as president of McFadden Engineering, he has developed a patent-pending wastewater treatment process focused on advanced biological treatment for domestic and industrial wastewater and water reuse. McFadden earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and master’s degree in civil engineering with environmental specialty from Auburn University.