Brandi Edmonds
The Wine Cellar
BRANDI, along with her husband Jason, is the owner of The Wine Cellar. Her background includes protein crystallography and healthcare. She and her husband purchased The Wine Cellar in 2021 after working there for several years with friend, Annette Birchfield.
The Wine Cellar has become a cultural hub for the community, a place where people gather to share their love of wine and make lasting connections. She takes people on a journey through wine to explore and expand their wine knowledge; she even researched and found a Galilean wine for communion for their home church. She and her cellar associates want to help everyone “Drink Outside the Box!”
The Wine Cellar works with business partners in the community to support charitable organizations. She’s worked with Rose’ Ball, Wine, Women and Shoes, The American Cancer Society, and many others. She considers it an honor anytime she can touch lives through her love of wine.
Brandi’s daughter, Mary Ella Edmonds, has been on the President’s list for three semesters studying digital marketing at UAB. Brandi and Jason can be found frequenting the Orion Amphitheater, Mars Music Hall, Furniture Factory or anywhere good music is being played. It has always been a dream of hers to be on Dancing with the Stars. She is very excited to be able to combine her love for philanthropy, music and dance by participating in HEALS this year.
Rhonda Gilyard
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
RHONDA was born and raised in Compton, California. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Davis. She started her Toyota career over 24 years ago and currently serves as Vice President of Administration at Mazda Toyota Manufacturing located in Huntsville, Alabama. Her responsibilities include leading the administration functions for Safety, HR, Training and Development, Accounting and Finance, Team Member Relations, and Production Control.
Rhonda recalls many proud and exciting moments as a Toyota team member, but the one that stands out in her mind is being recognized as a 2015 Step Award recipient in Washington D.C. Rhonda is passionate about serving her team members and creating opportunities and an environment for them to thrive and grow and she does this through defining success in terms of teams, collaboration, problem solving and especially respect for people and continuous improvement.
Rhonda has been a resident of the Huntsville area for almost one year and is a member of the Huntsville Committee of 100 and supports local organizations such as AUM Foundation dedicated to empowering girls to empower their community.
Outside of work, Rhonda enjoys spending time with her family, participating in church activities and auxiliaries such as the choir, leading STEM workshops for elementary to high school girls, praise dancing, weightlifting, sewing, and writing. She also enjoys participating in various community service activities on her own and through her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., where she has been a member for over 33 years.
Kevin Glouner & Mila Glouner
The Von Braun Center
KEVIN is the self-titled Ambassador of Fun. Kevin is
the Director of Food and Beverage at the Von Braun Center. He served as a Deputy Sheriff in Tuscaloosa for five years after attending the University of Alabama, then relocated to Huntsville where he joined the VBC full-time as Concessions Manager in 2006. Throughout his tenure at the VBC, Kevin has accepted additional roles and responsibilities including the management of Merchandise, and Food and Beverage at VBC special
events including Big Spring Jam, Heads-N-Tails Crawfish Festival and Von Brewski Beer Festival.
In 2021, following the retirement of Kevin’s mentor, Bruce Mitchell, he was promoted to Director of Food and Beverage where he oversees the entirety of the Food and Beverage operation at the VBC, including Rhythm on Monroe. In 2019 Kevin and business partner, Damont Hewlett, started a small business that rented party buses in Huntsville. In 2022, they started a non-profit organization called Driving Hope that serves transportation needs for disabled and less fortunate veterans. Driving hope’s main focus is free rides to the VA hospital in Birmingham and also serve local transportation to the polls for voting.
Kevin has been married to his wife, Jessica Glouner, for 10 years and has 2 daughters, Mila and Lyla. Kevin’s biggest dream is to beat his Grandfather’s accomplishment of retiring before the age of 50 and spend the rest of his days traveling the world with his family.
MILA is a student at Grace Lutheran School. Currently Mila is majoring in Playground Management and minoring in Barbie Make-Up Application and Techniques. Throughout Mila’s life she has yearned to be a mother to all of her baby dolls, and an advocate for equal play time for stuffed animals across the world. Mila’s most consuming role in her life on a day-to-day basis,
is raising money for her Disney World trip at Christmas.
Her fundraising efforts and responsibilities are taking the trash out, cleaning her room, and helping her mother with “Other Duties as Assigned”. As a daughter of the Ambassador of Fun at the VBC, Mila has many opportunities to con her way into lots of free popcorn and an occasional sprite from the concession stand. Mila has had numerous accomplishments in her life including being the first child born at the Avenue Apartments downtown, Preferred guest list nominee at Humphreys Bar and Grill, and most recently the innovation, and leadership excellence award recipient at Grace Lutheran School.
Mila is a life long resident of the City of Huntsville, and currently resides with her Mother, Father and baby sister.
*Kevin and Mila are the first ever father/daughter duo to participate in STARS Dancing for HEALS!
Jimmy & Mary Jenkins
BlueHalo
JIMMY, Colonel (Retired) James H. Jenkins III (Jimmy) currently serves as the President and General Manager of the Defense Sector at BlueHalo. Prior to that he was the Director of Strategic Programs Strategy and Capture for Dynetics working hypersonices, high energy lasers, indirect fire protection capabilites (IFPC), space systems, sensors, and other areas. He previously spent 5 years at Northrop Grumman culminating as the Operating Unit Director for Integrated Air and Missile Defense Systems where he had profit and loss responsibility over multiple programs.
COL(R) Jenkins’ awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (2nd award), Meritorious Service Medal (7th award), Army Commendation Medal (3rd award), Air Force Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (4th award), Volunteerism Medal (3rd award), other service and deployment awards, Space Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Australian Airborne Wings, and German Armed Force Proficiency Badge (Gold).
COL(R) Jenkins graduated from West Point in 1986 with BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Management. He also has an MS in Operations Research and Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology and an MA in Strategic Art from the U.S. Army War College. He has also attended many courses at the University Chicago Booth School of Business.
MARY was born in Minot, ND. She attended Minot State College earning BA degrees in Elementary Education and Physical Education. She with her sister and two friends were recruited to teach in El Paso, TX, and decided to give it a try, if it didn’t work, they’d be home in 9 months. Mary enjoyed it, and the School District so admired she and her friend’s work ethic, they hired her to help recruit additional teachers from the Minot area. She and her friends help recruit over 200 teachers and coaches from ND.
Mary taught 2nd 3rd and 4th grades including teaching English as a second language for five years. Once her first child was born coupled with being now part of a military family, Mary dedicated her time to her four children and husband.
She and her husband moved 19 times and settled in the Huntsville, AL area to stabilize their younger children in one school district. It was a wonderful decision for their family, and they continue to enjoy being a part of this community.
Today, her four children are all out of college, and two are married with three children each. She and her husband do their best to enjoy their growing family across the country.
Jenny Massey
reMax Unlimited
JENNY is a native of Huntsville, Jenny has had the privilege of working in education, entrepreneurship, and real estate. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a BA in English/Communications and spent 18 wonderful years teaching AP Language & Composition at Buckhorn High School. During her time there, she was honored to receive recognition such as Madison County Teacher of the Year, District 8 Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for Alabama Teacher of the Year. She also earned National Board Certification in Secondary English. While teaching, Jenny coached the Buckhorn Varsity Dance Team and ran her own dance studio.
In addition to teaching, Jenny has been involved in various community projects. She started the Santa’s Little Helpers Christmas project at Buckhorn, a school-wide Angel Tree to support local children, and participated in Relay for Life, inspired by her oldest son’s journey as a childhood cancer survivor. Another project close to her heart was the Greater Goods Pop-Up Shop, which provides food, school supplies, and hygiene products to families in need. Currently, she works alongside Madison United, helping families and students across Madison County.
When her husband became Superintendent of Madison County Schools, Jenny made a career change to online sales and eventually to real estate, joining The Cornerstone Team at RE/MAX Unlimited. She loves helping people find their dream homes and achieve their investment goals. She also co-owns an online boutique, Vintage & Vine, and a marketing agency, Amplify Marketing Solutions.
On a personal note, Jenny has been happily married to Matt for 22 years, and they have three amazing kids: Jessie, Cooper, and Tucker. She loves being involved in her community, reading, spending time at the lake, traveling, and enjoying life with family and friends.
John Mark & Nicole McClelland
First Horizon Bank & Hampton Cove Elem.
JOHN MARK AND NICOLE met in high school, needing a date to senior prom. They have now been together for 10 years and married for over 4 years.
John Mark McClelland is Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at First Horizon Bank. He has been with First Horizon Bank (formerly IBERIABANK) for over 5-years. John Mark earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from Samford University. He is passionate about serving his clients as well as his community, and currently does so in various capacities. He serves on the Executive Leadership Team of the American Heart Association’s Huntsville Heart Walk. He is also a Campaign Chair for United Way of Madison County and is part of the Connections group for HudsonAlpha. He also serves as a mentor for Operation Hope’s 1 Million Black Businesses Initiative. John Mark is an active member of Willowbrook Baptist Church, where he coaches the church softball team and is on the serve team with his wife, Nicole.
Nicole McClelland is a Special Education Collaborative Teacher for 4th and 5th grade students at Hampton Cove Elementary School. Nicole received a Bachelor of Science in Education with certifications in Early Childhood Special Education, Elementary Collaborative Special Education, Elementary Education, and Early Childhood Education at Samford University. She also received a Master of Education in Differentiated Instruction with a concentration in Autism Spectrum Disorders from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
As an academic professional that has worked in multiple school systems, Nicole has seen firsthand the importance that healthcare access has on a student’s academic performance and overall wellbeing.
10-years after senior prom, John Mark and Nicole will be dancing again. This time, for a cause that they are both truly passionate about.
Drs. John Nall & Annsley Noterman-Nall
Tempus Primary Care & Medical Spa
JOHN AND ANNSLEY have been practicing medicine since moving to Huntsville for residency in 2015. They have been together since shortly after meeting in an elevator on the campus of University of Florida on their undergrad orientation day. Their travels have led them all over the world for mission work and eventually to Poland for medical school. Together they own and operate Tempus Primary Care and Medical Spa on Whitesburg, providing family medical care and aesthetics services.
Annsley grew up in Sarasota, Florida and developed a love for the arts at an early age, attending performing arts schools throughout childhood, majoring in ballet studies and performance, and eventually dancing in regional companies. Her mother’s terminal illness sparked a transition in passion from dance to medicine in her early twenties, and Annsley has devoted her life to diagnostic and preventive medicine since.
John was raised in a small town in northeast Florida and grew up learning multiple hands-on trades, eventually working as a pipefitter while finishing college. His interest in providing medical care for others today stems from seeing his young parents’ early struggle to afford medical care for his family. John now splits working hours between addressing the health inequity crisis as an emergency physician and utilizing his nutritional background to provide preventive care at Tempus.
The “NoterNalls” stay busy with their four young children and enjoy hiking, traveling, and horseback riding: Annsley competes in dressage, and John “jumps over stuff.” Annsley and John have been proud supporters of HEALS and are thrilled to be a part of this year’s event!
Dr. Jonathan White
Huntsville Hospital
JONATHAN is a board-certified internist with a diverse career in medicine. He has worked as a medical director for an HIV project in Ethiopia, as well as a hospitalist and palliative medicine physician. Currently, he serves as the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Huntsville Hospital, where he is responsible for leading the Medical Staff office. He also works to improve patient safety and quality of care by coordinating the intersection of medical care and information technology.
Jonathan grew up on a farm in north Alabama and is happy to have found his way to Huntsville. He obtained his B.S. in Biology from the University of Alabama and received his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Carraway Hospital in 2003. After working in Ethiopia, Jonathan decided to pursue computer programming as a hobby. However, this interest grew, leading him to move to Huntsville in 2015 to use his knowledge of medicine and technology to improve patient care.
Jonathan and his wife, Jessica, have five children: Walker, Georgia, Parx, Ava, and Vivian. They enjoy hiking, climbing, and mountain biking in the fantastic local outdoors. They reside in Madison, Alabama.
Christopher Dawson
Independent Instructor
Gabriela Gonzalez
Baila Huntsville
Aaron Greer
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Victoria Greer
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Arsen Havryshcuk
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Ricky Lawrence
Independent Instructor
Hal Reid
Independent Instructor
Sofia Ward
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Mike Wright
Vice President & General Manager
WAAY-31 TV
MIKE
He has served local communities through hundreds of civic events and fundraisers, and was recently honored to be named as one of four “Educators of the Year” from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum for his work with Former First Lady Barbara Bush’s “Reading Literacy” initiative. While General Manager of KBTX, Wright was named Texas Broadcaster of the Year. WAAY-TV was honored to be named the Alabama Station of the Year by the Alabama Broadcasters Association in back to back years of ’22 and ‘23, a first by any television station in Alabama.
Mike and his wife Bethany have been married 29 years and are proud parents of 24-year old twins Macy, Texas A&M graduate class of ‘22, and Mason, class of ’23 at Stephen F. Austin University and a Master’s Student at the University of Texas. A native of Mexia, Texas, Mike holds an Associate of Arts from Blinn College and a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from Baylor University.
Demetria Green
Journalist
WAAY-31 TV
DEMETRIA anchors WAAY 31 News Mornings weekdays starting at 4:30a.m. Demetria was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, where she was inspired by award-winning journalists and their desire to tell compelling stories. She hopes to continue that legacy by pursuing the truth, while shining a light on our community’s successes and challenges. Her work has received several honors, including an Associated Press award for Best Series on “Alabama’s Immigration Debate.” Prior to joining WAAY 31, Demetria was the morning news anchor at PHL17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While there, she played a vital role in expanding the morning news coverage. Demetria is a proud alumna of both Florida A&M University and Governor’s State University.
In her spare time, she serves as an adjunct instructor at Calhoun Community College. Demetria lives in Huntsville with her husband and two children.
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