Tommy Brigham
Chairman, CRB, ARC Realty
Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone (205) 969-8910
Property Types
Land, Residential
Markets
Birmingham, Columbus GA
Bio
Thomas H. Brigham, Jr. (Tommy) is the Chairman and Founding Partner of ARC Realty, recognized as one of Alabama’s fasting growing companies and currently one of the market share leaders in the Metro Birmingham. Mr. Brigham also serves as CEO of ARK Real Estate Strategies and the ARK Real Estate Opportunity Fund I. Tommy has been in real estate sales and development since his graduation from Emory & Henry College in 1974. He founded Brigham-Williams in 1982 and it quickly grew to be the third largest real estate company in Alabama. He merged Brigham-Williams with Johnson-Rast & Hays in 1998 to form Alabama’s largest real estate services company (including RealtySouth, TitleSouth, MortgageSouth and InsuranceSouth) and served as President and COO from 1998 to 2002. RealtySouth was sold in 2002 to HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and Tommy served as Chairman and CEO of RealtySouth from 2002 to 2007.
Brigham was recognized by the Birmingham Business Journal’s List of 2017 as one of the Top 25 of Birmingham’s Most Influential, and by AL.com’s The Birmingham News as part of the Gang of 7 as the 7th most influential group in the State of Alabama in sports in 2017. He was recognized in 1984 as Outstanding Young Business Leader of the Year by the Birmingham Jaycees and as Best Developer of the Year by Birmingham’s Business First Magazine. He was featured in 1998 in Today’s Realtor for implementing the only Mentoring Program in Alabama to help new agents get started in their real estate careers. He was also featured in Birmingham Magazine in 2004 as one of the TOP CEOs in Birmingham.
Tommy is a part of the UAB Athletics Campaign Committee and played a key role in bringing back UAB Football in the fall of 2017. He currently serves as Vice President of the UAB Athletic Foundation and is a member of the Foundation’s Executive Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Cornerstone Schools of Alabama and serves as a member of the Executive Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Addiction Prevention Coalition and The Center for Executive Leadership and is closely involved with The Early Childhood Learning Center in Woodlawn and the Woodlawn Foundation. Tommy has also served as chairman of two successful Capital Campaign drives: Mountain Brook Community Church and Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation.
Tommy is an active member of Mountain Brook Community Church. He is married to Cecile and has 3 children and 7 grandchildren.
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