About Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund

Our Mission & Values

At the Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund (AOSF), our mission is to empower families to choose the school that best fits their child’s unique educational needs.

AOSF provides scholarships to low-income, K-12 children who are not succeeding in their current environment. Scholarships are funded by the donation of corporate and individual Alabama income tax liability.

Every Alabama child has an equal opportunity to a quality education, which can only occur when educators and local communities are empowered to create diverse learning options and all parents are empowered to match their children to the learning option that best meets their needs.

69% of AOSF parents are employed; 13% hold more than one job.

Since 2013, AOSF has awarded over 15,000scholarships, distributing more than$60 millionto students.

81% of students are minorities.

100% of General Scholarship awards are to low-income children.

Our Board of Directors

AOSF is governed by an unpaid, volunteer board of directors.

Bill Brown

Bill is a CPA and Principal at Pearce, Bevill CPAs and Advisors. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Master of Studies in Law in Taxation from Georgetown Law. Actively involved in his community, Bill serves on the John Carroll Catholic High School Advisory Board and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Adam Langley

Adam L. Langley was raised in Boaz, Alabama, by his parents, who were both schoolteachers. After graduating from Boaz High School, he earned a degree in Accounting from Auburn University. Adam has established a career being an insurance advisor and a registered representative and is also a poultry and cattle farmer. He has been actively involved in community leadership, including serving on educational boards and participating in fundraising for school systems. He enjoys the outdoors, including hunting and fishing, cooking, boating, and spending time with his family.

Andy Ryan

Andy came to Alabama in 2012 through the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education teaching fellows program. Before joining the AOSF team, he taught and administrated at a K-8 school in Mobile, where he witnessed firsthand the lives that were being transformed by the scholarship program. Andy earned his BA in English Writing and Rhetoric from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas and his Master of Education from the University of Notre Dame.