Mr. Bunt earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Samford University in 2001. He earned his Masters of Education in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Montevallo in 2008. With more than 18 years working in the nonprofit sector, Mr. Bunt has volunteered and worked with a wide range of individuals. He began volunteering at the Amelia Center, a comprehensive grief counseling center, in 2002, completed internship there while working toward his Master's degree, and has worked as a counselor and education coordinator since 2010. Mr. Bunt has also worked with at-risk and adjudicated youth through the Alabama Youth Homes, Spirit of Hope Youth Ranch, and Mustard Seed Society's Rescue Our Children program. He has received training in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy and has volunteered with and served on the Board of Directors of Mustard Seed Society, which provides equine-assisted psychotherapy groups to at-risk and adjudicated youth.

Mr. Bunt is also a therapeutic horseback riding instructor, certified through the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, International. Through his work at Special Equestrians and the Red Barn, he has worked with individuals with a variety of disabilities.

Mr. Bunt has provided training in the area of grief and working with children and adolescents who have experienced grief and trauma to a number of schools and organizations in Alabama. He has presented twice at the National Alliance for Grieving Children's Annual Symposium. He has also taught Death and Dying and Counseling Foundations as an adjunct professor in Samford University's Human Development and Family Studies department.

Robert Smith, MA, LPC-S serves as Executive Director for The Amelia Center, a comprehensive grief counseling center of Children's of Alabama. Mr. Smith is responsible for short and long-range planning and management of The Amelia Center. Other duties include family and individual counseling, development of sound fiscal, program and support policies and teaching educational programs sponsored by The Amelia Center. Mr. Smith is also a Supervising Counselor.

Mr. Smith has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of UAB where he taught Death and Dying and has been a guest lecturer on the topics of Death and Dying, Grief, and Hope at the University of Montevallo and Samford University and has been a presenter at the 8th and 9th National Symposium on Children's Grief Support. Mr. Smith has worked in over 40 schools involved in crisis and is experienced in crisis intervention and suicide prevention through his work with The Crisis Center of Birmingham.

Mr. Smith received his Master of Art in Community Agency Counseling in June of 2000 and Bachelors degree in Psychology in June of 1995 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In February of 2001 he received advanced training in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, and in October of 2001 received training in Psychotraumatology, both from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland.