Myla Calhoun
President, Alabama Power Foundation; Vice President of Charitable Giving, Alabama Power
Myla Calhoun is president of the Alabama Power Foundation and vice president of charitable giving for Alabama Power. Previously, she was the general counsel and senior vice president of regional development and public policy for the Birmingham Business Alliance and legal counsel for United States Pipe and Foundry Company. Calhoun is a 2018 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow and a member of the advisory board for Stonehenge Capital. She serves on the Alabama Workforce Council and is a board member of Children’s of Alabama, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, Indian Springs School, and the Virginia Samford Theatre.
Highlights
Big IdeaLet's not fall prey to the psychology of scarcity, that if one or two or three of us [women] are in a room, that's enough... We must indeed lean into each other, support one another, lift up each other, and correct one another when necessary. All in the spirit of love, of love, and love.Myla Calhoun
Previously
The past years have seen a tremendous mobilization of women, from #MeToo and Time’s Up to climate strikes and marches for political freedom. The potential to shift women’s pol...