Beverly M. Cooper, Treasurer & Secretary and Co-Founder of Stand Up Mobile, and chairman of CNB Bancorp Inc., holding company, Mobile, AL, has joined the Legal Services Alabama (LSA) Board of Directors to help guide the organization’s delivery of legal aid services.

LSA is Alabama’s only statewide provider of free civil legal aid services in all 67 counties. The organization’s core service areas include housing, family law and domestic violence, consumer issues, elder law and estate planning, public benefits, and record expungements. In 2025, LSA closed over 13,000 cases across the state, many of which were resolved out of court easing the burden on Alabama’s court system.

Beverly brings a wealth of experience to her new role on the LSA Board. She is the retired President of the Christian Benevolent Funeral Home, a family-owned business of more than 96 years.; chairman of the CNB Bancorp Inc. holding company of Mobile; and the Treasurer, Secretary, and Co-founder of Stand Up Mobile, a non-profit, non-partisan voter education and advocacy organization based in Mobile. She has over five decades’ experience in management, consulting, marketing, and strategic planning.

Beverly has served on the board of numerous local and statewide organizations including Chairman, Mobile County Department of Human Resources Board of Directors and State-wide Chairman. She previously served as President of the Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF); President of Mobile County Bicentennial Commission; Board Member of Leadership Alabama; Co-Chair of Yes We Can Education Reform Initiative for the MAEF; Vice Chairman, Board of Directors of the Mobile Museum of Art; U.S. Small Business Administration Advisory Council for the State of Alabama and the National Advisory Council; and member the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.

Beverly’s professional and volunteer work demonstrate a commitment to promoting civic rights and equality in Mobile.

LSA welcomes Beverly Cooper to their Board of Directors and looks forward to the ideas and contributions to be made by Mrs. Cooper.