President’s Column – 6/2025
Summer is here and things are popping up all over our FBI Birmingham Division. We are welcoming our new Special Agent in Charge David R. Fitzgibbons who has already hit the ground running. He hails from South Texas and was most recently Deputy Assistant Director at the Redstone Campus in Huntsville. He will be more officially welcomed soon and we will have an opportunity to meet him in person.
May has been full of activities and events. The Huntsville Academy Class has been meeting since April and will have graduated by the time you receive this Newsletter. There are 31 graduates in this Class and we want to extend our best wishes and look forward to getting many of them in our Chapter.
Our latest Fraud & Scams Conference in Arley served some 55 community members in Arley on May 1. Many thanks to our own David Little for putting together this event and Terry Collins for his support. Look for more of these Elder Fraud Conferences.
On May 13th we had 19 Chapter Members at a Lunch & Learn at the National Child Advocacy Center (NCAC) in Huntsville to hear ALEA and FBI Agents discuss the situation involving crimes against children in our Division. This briefing has spawned an interest in our Chapter becoming involved with the NCAC and other Centers like it throughout the Birmingham Division. We will be meeting with the leadership at NCAC the first week of June. Keep your eyes peeled on these pages for more information.
Fifteen more Huntsville Chapter Members came together for a social event at StoveHouse on the evening of May 22. Lots of fellowship and talk about how we can make a difference in our communities in 2025. It is the first social mixer we have had post-Covid and the folks were enthusiastic about plans for the future. Thanks to VP Chris Huys and Board Member Ginger Ory for putting the event together.
Teen Academy will be held at FBI HQ Birmingham in July and several Birmingham Chapter Members will be sharing a portion of the program discussing with the students about community service and volunteerism.
Look in this Newsletter for details on our First Annual All-Class Reunion July 24th at Birmingham HQ. All are invited from all Classes 2003-2025. You need to sign up early and plan for a great experience. We will also be sharing soon details on our Third Annual Redstone Tour in October, It has been a highlight of our year and this year will be the best ever. Come join us for a look at the FBI’s HQ2!
That’s all for now. Have a great Summer kickoff!
Rish Wood