Longtime head of Alabama-based Lakeshore Foundation retiring
May 24, 2021
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The longtime head of the Alabama-based Lakeshore Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with people with physical disabilities and chronic health problems, is retiring.
Jeff Underwood will step down as president and chief executive of Lakeshore after 30 years, the Birmingham-area foundation said in a news release.
Specializing in rehabilitation and therapy at a campus that includes research and advocacy programs, Lakeshore Foundation has been a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site and it works with USA Wheelchair Rugby. Its Lima Foxtrot program serves members of the military who are injured.
Underwood joined Lakeshore in 1991 serving as its first and only president for the last three decades. Lakeshore is recognized as a leader in fitness, recreation, sport, research and advocacy for people with physical disabilities.