David P. Abney

Chief Operating Officer

UPS

Atlanta, GA

Clyde Manning

Retired

BellSouth

Greenwood, MS

Richard C. Adkerson

President & Chief Executive Officer

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

Phoenix, AZ

Don Mason

VP/External Affairs & Corporate Services (Ret)

 Consultant - MS Power Company

Gulfport, MS

Drew Allen

President

Allen Beverages, Inc.

Gulfport, MS

Lee Miller

President

Miller Transporters, Inc.

Jackson, MS

Rick Anderson

Managing Director

PTV Sciences

Austin, TX

Bob Montgomery

Partner

Montgomery, McGraw Collins

O’Cain & Coleman, PLLC

Canton, MS

Richard Armstrong

Director of Business Development

Gipson Steel, Inc.

Meridian, MS

Jay C. Moon

President & CEO

Mississippi Manufacturers Association

Jackson, MS

Marsha Blackburn

Member of U.S. Congress

Seventh District – Tennessee

Franklin, TN

Roderick A. Moore

Executive VP & CEO (Retired)

Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.

Brandon, MS

Charles P. Boyd

VP & Chief Operations Officer

(IBM, Retired)

LMA Communication, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

Debrah Oberkirch

Principal

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Stanley L. Bulger

Sr. Director

Central Garden & Pet

Walnut Creek, CA

Shirley Olson

President

Olson Consulting Group, LLC

Jackson, MS

Tony Clark

V.P. North American Risk Ventures

Global Geophysical Services

Missouri City, TX

Ron J. Ponder

Partner

Hudson Heights Partners

New York, NY

James A. Coggin

President & Chief Administrative Officer

SAKS Incorporated (Retired)

Jackson, MS

Cynthia Cooper

President and CEO

The CooperGroup, LLC

Brandon, MS

R.L. Qualls

President & CEO (Retired)

Baldor Electric Co., Inc.

Little Rock, AR

Alan Crockett

Sr. VP of Finance

Fred’s, Inc.

Memphis, TN

Billy Roberts

President & CEO

AmFed Companies

Ridgeland, MS

Larry Favreau

Senior VP/Chief Financial Officer

Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance

Jackson, MS

Pat S. Robertson

Executive Director

MS Public Employees

Retirement System

Jackson, MS

Linda M. Garrett

Principal

Garrett Associates, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

James Rouse

Vice President (Retired)

ExxonMobil Corporation

Houston, TX

H. Devon Graham, Jr.

President & Trustee

R.E. Smith Interest, Inc.

Houston, TX

Carolyn Shanks

Vice President (Retired)

Enexus Energy Corporation

Ridgeland, MS

Jan L. Gwin

Managing Director

Morgan Keegan, Inc.

Memphis, TN

Robert A. Sheely

Manager of Business Systems and

Information Technology

MSU Ctr for Advanced

Vehicular Systems

Canton, MS

John M. Hairston

CEO and Chief Operating Officer

Hancock Holding Company

& Hancock Bank

Gulfport, MS

William A. “Lex” Taylor, III

President

Taylor Machine Works Inc.

Louisville, MS

Arthur M. "Mac" Jones

Chairman of the Board & CEO

Avista Health Management, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

Cyndi A. Tucker

Director, Business Development

BIOFUELS – ConocoPhillips

Houston, TX

Charles A. Jordan, Jr.

President

Planters Bank

Greenville, MS

Jimmy L. Walden

Investment & Financial Consultant

Walden Group, LLC

Jackson, MS

Paul J. Karre

Sr. VP- HR & Communications

International Paper

Memphis, TN

Mark L. Williamson

President and CEO

High Point Bank and Trust

High Point, NC

Lewis F. Mallory, Jr.

Chairman of the Board & CEO

Cadence Bank, N.A.

Starkville, MS