Mobile Matters Podcast | 2025 Eagle Award Winners: Albert Edwards of CERM and Alan D. Rice of Rice & Reese Funeral Home

In this episode of Mobile Matters, Mobile Chamber President & CEO Bradley Byrne celebrates the winners of the 2025 Eagle Awards, honoring minority-owned businesses that exemplify excellence, innovation and impact across our community.

First, Bradley sits down with Albert Edwards, CEO and president of Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM), a vertically integrated civil and environmental engineering and program management firm with roots in Mobile and a growing footprint across the Southeast. Albert shares how mentorship and early exposure to engineering helped shape his path, how a disciplined business plan fueled CERM's growth and why giving back through workforce development and a structured student shadowing program is part of the company's DNA.

Then, Bradley is joined by Alan D. Rice, owner and president of Rice & Reese Funeral Home, who talks about serving families with dignity, comfort and grace. Alan explains how personal experience shaped his "no room for error" standard of care, how their community outreach includes college tours that expand what students believe is possible and the values that keep him grounded while leading in one of life's most emotionally demanding professions.

Guests:

• Albert Edwards, CEO and President, Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM)

• Alan D. Rice, Owner and President, Rice & Reese Funeral Home

Host: Bradley Byrne, President & CEO, Mobile Chamber
Sponsored by: Visit Mobile

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