USA Health Board Member Named 2024 Trustee Of The Year

Jimmy Shumock, a member of the University of South Alabama (USA) Board of Trustees and chairman of the USA Health Board of Advisors, was recently named the 2024 Trustee of the Year by the Alabama Hospital Association. This recognition, presented at the annual Alabama Healthcare Leadership Summit in Birmingham, celebrates Shumock’s enduring dedication to healthcare and the state. Appointed in 2010 to the USA Board of Trustees, he now chairs its Health Affairs Committee. In May 2023, Shumock was named chair of the newly created Board of Advisors for USA Health. Since, he has taken an active role in providing governance for the academic health system. Shumock works closely with senior leadership and other board members to offer input and make recommendations on key issues. He was also recognized as chair pro tempore emeritus by the USA Board of Trustees in June 2022. Throughout his career, he has been involved in a variety of local initiatives, including the Mobile Area Sports Commission, the Coastal Conservation Association, the Mobile Preschool for the Sensory Impaired, Mobile Baykeeper, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, the Mobile Jaycees, the Greater Gulf State Fair, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo and Leadership Mobile.