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Study Leaders Gerald Carter
Gerald Carter & Associates • 256-496-3590 A graduate of Troy University and George Washington University, he is a former special agent with the U.S. Treasury Department and an assistant professor at Troy University. An expert in the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator assessment, Carter works extensively with clients conducting investigative interviews and setting up hiring systems utilizing personality profiles. He has worked with a variety of organizations including Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, Community Bankers Association of Alabama, Pennsylvania State Police, Texas Rangers and U.S. Secret Service. Carter conducted the personality assessment portion of the project, interviewing teachers and administrators.
Larry Lee
Director, The Center for Rural Alabama • 334-240-7272 Lee has worked with rural development for many years. He is the co-author of two publications, Beyond the Interstate, the Crisis in Rural Alabama and Crossroads and Connections, Strategies for Rural Alabama, with Dr. Joe Sumners of Auburn University. A graduate of Auburn University, he is the former Executive Director of the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission. He frequently writes about rural issues for state newspapers. Lee did the community assessments and was primary author of this report.
Dr. Owen Sweatt
Adjunct Professor, Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama • 205-932-3505 He spent 25 years as a public school educator in Alabama and is a former principal of Fayette Elementary in Fayette County. His specialty is educational leadership and organizational behavior. He has consulted with school systems in Randolph, Bibb, Crenshaw, Marion, Limestone, Lauderdale, Autauga and Fayette counties as well as the University of Alabama and Auburn University. His Ph.D. was in the field of educational leadership and education research. He has published in the Journal of School Leadership. Sweatt is a retired Colonel in the Alabama National Guard and was a Senior Fellow of the Army War College while attending Tufts University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Alabama. Sweatt was the primary evaluator of school leadership and teacher and student performance.
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The Center For Rural Alabama • (334) 240-7272