Excerpt from Code of Alabama (1975), Title 16 - Education
Section 16-51-3. Board of trustees - Created; membership; appointment, terms, expenses, etc.
- There is created a Board of Trustees for the University of North Alabama, the state educational institution at Florence, Alabama. The board of trustees shall consist of all of the following:
- Six members who are residents of the fourth and fifth congressional districts, as those districts were constituted on January 1, 2018, at least two of whom shall be residents of the county in which the institution is located.
- Three members from the state at large.
- Two at-large members from within or outside of the state.
- The Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board.
Board seats are grouped together accordingly to representation area and are assigned “seat numbers” for ease in identification and reference.
UNA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Martin R. Abroms
Seat 1: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts

Joel R. Anderson II
Seat 2: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts
Nancy G. Sanford
Seat 3: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts

Steven F. Pierce
Seat 4: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts

Simpson Russell
Seat 5: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts

William A. Trapp
Seat 6: 4th & 5th Congressional Districts

Kyle Buchanan
Seat 7: Alabama State at Large

Jim M. Page
Seat 8: Alabama State at Large

Gary L. Smith
Seat 9: Alabama State at Large

Wendell W. Gunn
Seat 10: At Large

Anne C. Whitaker
Seat 11: At Large

Governor Kay Ivey
Seat 12: Ex Officio
Mail:
Board of Trustees
c/o Office of the President
University of North Alabama
UNA Box 5004
Florence, AL 35632-0001
Phone: 256-765-4211
Friday, March 14, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.
Friday, June 13, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.
Friday, September 12, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.
Friday, December 5, 2025 - 9:00 a.m.
Meetings will be held in Banquet Hall C of the Guillot University Center (2nd floor).