Kiwanis Club of Birmingham to induct six new leaders into Birmingham Business Hall of Fame

(Nathan Watson / Bham Now)

Today, the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham announced the six community leaders who will be inducted into the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame during this year’s ceremony. Read on to learn more about these inductees and the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame.

Meet the 2023 Inductees

A. Page Sloss, Sr., Sloss Real Estate

Carrie Tuggle, The Tuggle Institute

Col. James W. Sloss, Sloss Furnace

Dr. Will Ferniany, UAB Health System

Odessa Woolfolk, founding president and chair of The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will mark its 25th year. (Frank Couch Photography)

Pete Sloss, Sloss Real Estate

(Photos provided by Kiwanis Club of Birmingham)

The six community leaders chosen as 2023 Inductees for the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame are:

• Dr. Will Ferniany, UAB Health System
• Col. James W. Sloss, Sloss Furnace
• A. Page Sloss, Sr., Sloss Real Estate
• Pete Sloss, Sloss Real Estate
• Carrie Tuggle, The Tuggle Institute
• Odessa Woolfolk, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

About the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame

2022 Inductee W. Edgar Welden and his family at the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame. (Birmingham Business Hall of Fame)

Since 1997, the 540+ members of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham have selected business leaders that have, “exemplified strong leadership and made extraordinary contributions to the Greater Birmingham area” for induction into the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame. Inductees can be living or deceased, and to date the Club has inducted 147 business leaders from Birmingham into this prestigious Hall of Fame.

Current sponsors of the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame event include:

• Bridgeworth Financial
• Featheringill Foundation
• FiveStone Group
• Forvis
• Oakworth Capital
• Protective Life Corporation
• The Welch Group

The six honorees will be inducted during the 25th Birmingham Business Hall of Fame event, held at the Harbert Center on Thursday, August 24 from 6PM to 8:30PM.

To learn more about the Birmingham Business Hall of Fame, past honorees or to purchase tickets and sponsorships, please visit kcob.org/events/bbhof/.