Finance and Economics Advisory Board
Members
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Lee G. Barkley - Chairman
- Senior Associate
- Soverein's Capital
- Huntsville, AL
Joe G. Rice Jr., AAMS® - Immediate Past President
- Senior Vice President, Investments
- Managing Director, Investments
- Raymond James & Associates
- Ridgeland, MS
Bertram "Buddy" Mortimer
- President & CEO
- Bank of Kilmichael
- Kilmichael, MS
Donna Sims
- Market President
- Renasant Bank
- Starkville, MS
Jim H. Harper
- Commercial Credit & Underwriting Executive
- Cadence Bank, N.A.
- Birmingham, AL
Jerry L. Toney, CFP®
- State President & Senior Financial Consultant
- Cadence Bank, N.A.
- Starkville, MS
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Chris Boone
- President of Property & Casualty Insurance
- BXS Insurance
- Jackson, MS
H. Tal Clark
- CEO / Founder
- Instant Financial, LLC
- Pensacola Beach, FL
T. Irvin Ellard
- Owner / Manager
- Ellard Properties, LLC
- Madison, MS
Stephen L. Farr
- Executive Vice President
- Director of Development for Mergers & Acquisitions
- Alliant
- Nashville, TN
Alan Hotard
- Senior Vice President
- Sales Development Manager, Advisor & Model Effectiveness
- Wells Fargo Wealth Management
- Atlanta, GA
Rhoshunda Kelly
- Commissioner
- Department of Banking & Consumer Finance
- Jackson, MS
Priscilla Gardner King
- Multi-Line Insurance Agent
- Shelter Insurance Companies
- Columbus, MS
Marcus E. Mallory
- Executive Vice President
- BankFirst Financial Services
- Columbus, MS
John Marchetti
- Area Senior Vice President
- Gallagher
- Madison, MS
Cindy L. Palmer
- Vice President and Mortgage Lending Manager
- Cadence Bank, N.A.
- Starkville, MS
Stephen Palmer
- Writer, Speaker, & Financial Counselor
- Atlanta, GA
Jonathan Peterson
- Real Estate Financial Analyst
- Housing Credit Investments
- Enterprise
Lynn Phillips-Gaines
- Certified Financial Planner Professional
- Phillips Financial
- Starkville, MS
W. Kirk Purvis
- Head of Timberland & Forest Products Group (Ret.)
- Olive Branch, MS
Cate Robinson, CFP®
- Vice President & Wealth Advisor
- Cadence Bank, N.A.
- Starkville, MS
Board Members Emeritus
Jeffrey N. Carver
- Berkley Southeast Insurance Group
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Gabe P. Baldwin
- BankPlus Mortgage
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Jackie D. Cawthon
- Office of the Controller of the Currency
- FEAB Member (2010-2011)
Tommy F. Darnell
- BancorpSouth
- FEAB Member (2010-2013)
Ted J. Duckworth
- Duckworth Realty
- FEAB Member (2010-2013)
Chris Grice Sr.
- Amegy Bank of Texas
- FEAB Member (2010-2019)
Moak Griffin
- BankFirst Financial Services
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
John F. Hill, CFP, CPA
- Wealth Partners, LLP
- FEAB Member (2012-2018))
Tom Kendall
- Trustmark Bank
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Jim A. McAlexander
- BankFirst Financial Services
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Greg L. McKee
- Citizens Bank of Philadelphia
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Marcia McKinzie
- Capital One Bank
- FEAB Member (2010-2012)
Renee W. Rice
- BankFirst
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Jeremy Tabor
- Tabor Construction & Development
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
Tommy Tomlinson
- Renasant Bank
- FEAB Member (2012-2018)
Jodi White Turner
- PrimeSouth Bank
- FEAB Member (2010-2018)
Alan H. Walters
- First Commercial Bank
- FEAB Member (2010-2021)
David Watson, CFA
- Montag & Caldwell
- (FEAB Member 2010-2019)
William “Bill” Wells
- Alabama One Credit Union
- FEAB Member (2010-2019)
Charlie Winfield
- Winfield Law Firm, P.A.
- (FEAB Member 2010-2021)
