Elberta Reid was formerly a member and chairman of the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission and represented the county on several committees of the Regional Planning Commission. She has been active in local arts and community organizations and a number of environmental groups, including the Birmingham Audubon Society, Alabama Audubon Council, The Alabama Conservancy, Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, and Friends of Jemison Park. Elberta was chairman of the ad hoc committee of environmental organizations that sponsored and lobbied through the Alabama legislature, over a four-year period, legislation for the Forever Wild land acquisition program. Shortly afterward she was the recipient of a Malcolm Stewart Award for Conservationist of the Year from The Alabama Conservancy and a Golden Leaf Award from the Nature Conservancy of Alabama. Elberta’s main hobby is birding, and she also enjoys reading, bridge, tennis, and canoeing. Elberta joined Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s Board of Directors in 2007 and currently serves as Treasurer.