Debbie Long (‘80), Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer for Protective Life Corporation, will deliver the University of Alabama School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Coleman Coliseum.
Long joined Protective Life as General Counsel in 1992. Prior to joining the company, she was a member of the Maynard, Cooper & Gale law firm in Birmingham, Ala., where she practiced in the areas of insurance, banking and finance, business acquisitions and mergers, and general corporate law.
Long is a Director for the Law School Foundation, and she serves on the boards of various Alabama charitable organizations, including Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham, A+ Education Partnership, Alabama Women’s Commission and the Protective Life Foundation.