Sherman Collins Jr., is a local businessman and twice elected Birmingham School Board representative. During his first term Sherman proudly served as Vice-President and committed himself to protecting Birmingham City Schools and being a voice for parents and students. 

Being a servant leader comes naturally for Sherman since he has been a husband, currently a father, a volunteer basketball coach/mentor, boys and girls scout volunteer, and a proud recipient of the NAACP “Community Empowerment Award.”  

Sherman received a B.S degree in Business Administration from Samford University and he is a proud graduate of Huffman High school.  Sherman lives by the quote “If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day, but if you teach him how to fish.  He will eat for a lifetime.”