Mr. Rogers currently serves as the Executive Vice-President for Business Development and Customer Service for the Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative in Rainsville, AL. He has worked 16 years for the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service and 15 years in Economic Development with the Jackson County Economic Development Authority. He is retired from the Army National Guard and Army Reserves as a Colonel with over 30 years of service. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from Auburn and a Master’s Degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and is also a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute. He resides in Scottsboro, AL.