Carolyn Reed is a very active civic and community volunteer in Birmingham. She has a special interest in cultural organizations, having served on the boards and advisory councils for Alabama Operaworks,
Junior Women’s Symphony Committee, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, C.M. Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, and Birmingham Music Club. She has also served on the boards of the Auburn University Foundation and the Baptist Health System Foundation. A graduate of Auburn, in 1992 Reed was named one of Auburn’s 200 Most Outstanding Women Alumnae.