Executive Advisory Board

2024 Executive Advisory Board
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Members

James Collins

  • President
  • One Accord Transportation & Management, LLC
  • Belleville, IL

Helen Currie

  • Chief Economist
  • ConocoPhillips
  • Houston, TX

Thomas F. Darnell (Emeritus)

  • EVP Chief Sales Officer
  • BancorpSouth
  • Tupelo, MS

Jan L. Gwin

  • Managing Director
  • Raymond James
  • Memphis, TN

John F. Hill

  • CEO
  • WealthPartners, LLP
  • Madison, MS

Paul J. Karre

  • Sr. VP – Human Resources & Communications-Retired
  • International Paper
  • Pawleys Island, SC

Lewis F. Mallory, Jr. (Emeritus)

  • Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer-Retired
  • Cadence Bank, N.A.
  • Starkville, MS

J. Michael McIlwain

  • CEO
  • Applied Technical Services
  • Kildeer, IL

Frank H. McWhorter, Jr.

  • CPA
  • Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC
  • Hattiesburg, MS

Lee Miller

  • President - Retired
  • Miller Transporters Inc.
  • Jackson, MS

Buddy Mortimer

  • Chairman of the Board
  • Bank of Kilmichael
  • Kilmichael, MS

Benji Nelson

  • President
  • Ben Nelson Golf & Utility Vehicles
  • Madison, MS

Shirley Olson

  • President
  • Olson Consulting Group, LLC
  • Jackson, MS

Richard Puckett Sr. (Emeritus)

  • Chairman & CEO
  • Puckett Machinery Company
  • Flowood, MS

Ken B. Robinson

  • Vice President, Global Internal Audit
  • Procter and Gamble
  • Cincinnati, OH

James “Jim” Rouse (Emeritus)

  • Vice President-Retired
  • ExxonMobil Corporation
  • Houston, TX

William A. “Lex” Taylor, III

  • Chairman/CEO
  • The Taylor Group of Companies
  • Louisville, MS

Jimmy L. Walden

  • Real Estate Management
  • Walden Group, LLC
  • Jackson, MS

M.L. Waters (Emeritus)

  • Secretary and Treasurer
  • Waters International Trucks, Inc.
  • Meridian, MS