The Leadership Birmingham Members Association hosted 6 events with over 400 attendees this year:

• Opening Retreat Breakfast at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens featuring the film I’m Still Here, a documentary by Class of 2023 member Sam Miller and his study group that features Smithfield natives Barbara Shores, Judge Houston Brown, and Jefferson Drew. To date, this film has appeared in 8 national film festivals, premiered on PBS online in February, and broadcast nationally on PBS in April.
• Author Margaret Renkl in conversation with Thank You Books co-owner and Class of 2024 member Elizabeth Goodrich at Bottega. Thank you to event sponsors Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, EBSCO Industries, and Vulcan Materials. 
• Ramadan dinner and program at the Hoover Crescent Islamic Center. 
• Author Robert Edsel in conversation with John Saxon at Innovation Depot about his latest book, Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II. 
• End of Year Celebration at Jones Valley Teaching Farm with alums and the Leadership Birmingham Class of 2025. 
• Walking Tour of Historic Second and Morris Avenues led by experts and historians David Fleming (’09) and Michael Calvert (’86).

The winter 24/25 issue of Leadership Birmingham Magazine was titled Behind the Health Care Headlines and featured a story about trends shaping Alabama’s health care landscape. Other stories were about Hardware Park, the history of the new Shuttlesworth mural at the airport, and YLF becoming YLB. There is also a great story about friendships that developed through Leadership Birmingham.

The Summer 2024 issue of Leadership Birmingham Magazine showcased a cover story about local leaders connecting communities through trails. It also included a story about a mother-daughter who participated in Leadership Birmingham and Youth Leadership Birmingham in the same year.