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Aubrey Miller
Aubrey Miller retired as Executive Vice President of Financial Development of the YMCA of Greater Birmingham. He also retired as Executive Director of the Alabama Chapter-Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) following almost a decade of successful leadership and service.
Aubrey is also a Director of First US Bank and immediate past President of the Shelby County Board of Education. Prior to his move to JDRF, he served 15 years with Baptist Health System; 11 years as a member of the Board of Trustees, 1year as Chairman and 3 years as President and CDO of Baptist Health Foundation. Aubrey enjoyed a distinguished career in the Travel Industry beginning in the Cabinet of Governor Fob James as Director of the Alabama Department of Tourism and Travel followed by 7 years as Director of Travel for Southern Living Magazine.
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Aubrey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Samford University and a Master of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Alabama. Additional Studies: Cumberland School of Law and Candler School of Theology.
He is active throughout the region in community and civic affairs serving on or having served on the boards of the Alabama Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, The Lakeshore Foundation, The Greater Shelby Education Foundation, Alabama Youth Homes, The Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes, and he is a member of the Kiwanis Club. He is an alumnus of both Leadership Birmingham and Leadership Shelby County.
In matters of Faith, Aubrey is passionately engaged as Pastor of Faith Church at Midfield. He has served as a Church planter across the region and he is a strong advocate of education as a means of achieving social equality.
Aubrey has been married to Beverly Miller, retired Shelby County school administrator for 46 years.
Christian Rieseberg
Christian has over 31 years as a non-profit Executive with the YMCA from Upstate New York, to the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and most recently in Birmingham, Alabama. Throughout his YMCA career experiences, he has provided leadership from small to large YMCA’s comprising over 17,000 members with seven figure annual budgets.
Christian’s first YMCA Executive Leadership position was in Manchester, Tennessee, where he had the opportunity to start a small-town YMCA from the ground up. During his three years in Tennessee, he established a Board of Directors, guided the organization through its YMCA and IRS 501(c)(3) chartering process, raised capital start-up funds, and oversaw the construction of a new YMCA facility.
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, Christian served as Branch Executive Director at two of their facilities. He was tasked with opening their flagship and largest branch, the Parkview YMCA. At Parkview, Christian formed the branch’s first volunteer Advisory Board team, built the staff, conducted their inaugural Annual Campaign, and positioned the branch for capital expansion within its first 14 months of operation. The Parkview YMCA, with over 17,000 members, achieved a surplus of nearly $1,000,000 in its first operating year.
In Christian’s most recent role in Birmingham, Alabama, he held the positions of Downtown Branch Executive and the Association’s Director of Development. Christian utilized his skillset in Board Development, Annual Campaigns, Capital readiness, and Community Development to elevate the branch to a new level of community engagement and service.
In Birmingham, Christian played a crucial role in leading the Association to a record-breaking Annual Campaign, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic. In 2020 the Birmingham Association has raised over $1,100,000 in contributed Annual Campaign dollars. His Downtown branch has consistently led the Association in total funds raised, the total number of campaigners, and the percentage of members who are donors.
In Birmingham, Christian has also been actively involved in the Capital Campaign readiness and feasibility process, strategic planning, and has led numerous community stakeholder initiatives. Christian serves on the NAYDO Hot Topics committee for the 2020 and 2021 conferences.
Christian holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a Master’s Degree from Springfield College in Recreation Management. His interests include gardening, hiking, and spending time with his wife of 30 years, Robin, and his 28-year-old son, Graham.