Meet The Team
Our staff
Program Director
Stacy McKean
Stacy McKean is the co-owner of Grant Management LLC, a company that secures state and federal grants for infrastructure projects, specializing in public water and sewer projects for rural areas. H2 Alabama grew out of a need identified by Grant Management to bring water wells to areas not being reached by grant funds. Ms. McKean has a Master’s Degree in community counseling, served as the Grant Administrator for the Baldwin County Commission, and previously directed several other non-profit organizations in Alabama.
Well Construction Manager
Ted Butler
Ted Butler recently retired from Sheppard Services in Mobile, AL where he worked on pump and pipe repairs for household and industrial water and wastewater systems. He was a longtime employee of the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System. He has a wide range of expertise in constructing, operating, and maintaining water related facilities. Ted loves traveling throughout Alabama, has developed relationships with many of the rural water authorities and looks forward to helping people receive clean water.
University of Alabama at Birmingham AMERICORPS VISTA PROGRAM
H2 Alabama relies on the Volunteer Support of the UAB VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. Since 2021, UAB has placed VISTA Volunteers in the most poverty-stricken areas of the Black Belt Region of Alabama, covering 9 counties. VISTA's serve as connectors to resources and work on projects focusing on food security, public health (including clean water and sanitation issues), environmental sustainability and education. These VISTA Volunteers provide the on the ground outreach and support required to get households connected to new water wells.
Our Board
President
Dr. Mark Barnett
Mark Barnett is a Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Auburn University. Dr. Barnett has thirty years of national and international environmental engineering and science experience in industry, government, and academia. His technical research focuses on the chemical processes controlling water quality and contaminant behavior in natural and engineered systems. His current interests include environmental policy; sustainable development; and water, sanitation, and health in underserved communities.
Second Vice President
marcus campbell
Marcus Campbell is the Chairman of the Sumter County Commission, President of the Alabama County Commission Association, and a member of the National Association of Counties Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. He concurrently serves as a project manager at the Black Belt Community Foundation, where he runs a large Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant. Mr. Campbell is also a former professional basketball player and is the founder of the Marcus Campbell Future Stars Basketball Camp in Alabama.
Vice President
Dr. amy chatham
Amy Hutson-Chatham is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for undergraduate education at the UAB School of Public Health. Dr. Hutson-Chatham concurrently serves as the director of the UAB AmeriCorps VISTA statewide program and has more than 30 years’ experience working with communities in the Black Belt. She currently leads the UAB Sanitation Health Program to study and address sanitation related health problems in Alabama’s Black Belt counties.
Treasurer
shawn graham
Shawn Graham is the Executive Director of the Hope Community Group and the founder and executive board member of the Equity Project Alliance, organizations that are dedicated to confronting systemic racism and promoting transformative thinking, unity, and equity in the community. He currently works as a Regional Director for Xerox Business Solutions, previously worked in sales and account management, and is a former financial advisor.
Secretary
tom haase
Tom Haase is the owner of Baldwin Well Drilling and Pump Repair, a residential private well construction company that has been operating out of Mobile County for over 20 years. Mr. Haase is the past President of the Alabama Groundwater Association and serves as a member of the Baldwin County Environmental Advisory Board.
Tim Hurson
Tim Hurson is currently attending medical school at the UAB. He recently served as the Rural Health Liaison at the UAB School of Medicine, where he helped develop community partnerships to address sanitation related health problems in the Black Belt. Tim previously served as a US Army Officer for four years, where he held various leadership roles in financial management, strategy development, and project management.
