MAY 14, 2026
SPONSORS
HOST GOLD
SILVER
Alabama ONE Bryant Bank
BRONZE
Mesirow
Shelton State Community College
WAR Construction, Inc.
Warrior Met Coal
TABLE SPONSORS
TABLE
BankFirst
Buffalo Rock - Pepsi City of Northport
Community Service Programs of West Alabama
DCH Health System
Duncan Coker Associates, P.C.
FirstBank Hunt Refining Company
JamisonMoneyFarmer PC
SmartBank Synovus TTL, Inc.
Visit Tuscaloosa
PROGRAM
WELCOME
Kyle South
The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
INVOCATION
SPEAKER INTRODUCTION
Bobby Bragg
JamisonMoneyFarmer
SPEAKER
Anoop Mishra
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Birmingham Branch
CLOSING
Kyle South
SPEAKER
Anoop Mishra
Anoop Mishra is the Regional Executive for the Birmingham Office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He leads the Atlanta Fed’s monetary policy work in the state of Alabama, including collecting and synthesizing economic intel from business and community leaders. Anoop oversees the Birmingham Branch’s board of directors, the District’s Agriculture Advisory Council, and leads the Atlanta Fed’s outreach efforts in Alabama.
Before joining the Bank in 2018, Anoop owned a business consulting firm and was previously the chief executive officer of WorkforceQA, a national employment screening and compliance provider. He served as the chief operating officer for EDPM for 12 years prior to its acquisition by WorkforceQA. While there, he served on the Atlanta Fed’s Human Capital Advisory Council. Anoop also worked for Accenture in Atlanta in its Strategy / Financial Services practice.
Anoop received a BA in political science from Birmingham-Southern College and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is active in the Birmingham community, serving on the boards of the United Way of Central Alabama, Prosper Birmingham, and the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is board president for the Alabama Economics Club. He is an alumnus of Leadership Birmingham and Leadership Alabama. Anoop and his wife, Manisha, live in Homewood and have two grown kids.
