President’s Column – 4/2025

By the time you read this the pollen count will be down and the rains will cleanse the air

(we hope!). Our Annual Quantico-Washington trip will be underway and Acting SAC

James DeLoatch will be at the helm of our Birmingham Division of the FBI. We bid

farewell to SAC Carlton Peeples, who is navigating the long-sought retirement trail.

Also, our old friend Paul Daymond retired after 38 years with the Bureau to get to sleep

late. Congrats to all and may your next steps be blessed!

We are planning several events for the next few months which will include a special

Academy Reunion for all alumni. You’ll want to participate! Keep an eye peeled on these

pages for details.

Our Chapter will be hosting a Tour of FBI Redstone this year, which has been a favorite

for many of our Members. Plans are being developed as we speak.

Please join me in welcoming new Board Members Kristi Redford and Tine Hoffmeister,

who will be assisting and ultimately taking over our Membership Team from April

Tolbert. Our new Secretary is Steve Ray and he is already at work in keeping up with

our paperwork. Alex Brewer is now Vice-President Birmingham and will be assisting me

in leading new initiatives for the rest of 2025.

We still need more help in leadership, events and Member engagement. Please let us

know if you are willing to make yourself available in sharing the opportunity to serve our

Chapter and community this year by emailing me directly at president@fbicaaa-

bham.org.

Our Chapter will begin adding service opportunities you can take advantage of each

week in our weekly email blast publicity alerts. Look for those opportunities each week.

Special thanks to David Little for his leadership in setting up our next Elder Fraud

Conference in Arley on May 1 st . He and the Elder Fraud Awareness Team led by Terry

Collins have conducted events since last October. Our own Alex Brewer presented an

excellent program at one of these events. It takes all of us working together to make a

difference in our community. We appreciate the dedication of all those mentioned.

We look forward to several other areas of community service we can ALL become

involved with to help expand the mission awareness of the FBI.

Until next month,

Best Blessings!