The commission may employ or contract with an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and who shall be responsible directly to the commission for the general supervision, promotion, and development of the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial. The commission shall fix his or her compensation, the same to be paid from the funds of the commission and shall further designate his or her duties and authority.
Ala. Code § 41-9-954 (1975)