Executive Advisory Board
Members
Boyce Adams, Sr.
- Founder
- BankTEL Systems
- Columbus, MS
Richard C. Adkerson (Emeritus)
- President & Chief Executive Officer
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
- Phoenix, AZ
Marsha Blackburn
- Member of Congress
- Seventh District TN
- Franklin, TN
Stephen Buehler
- Founder, Astra Ventures
- Creator, Astra Insights
- Nashville, TN
James A. Coggin
- President and Chief Administrative Officer (Retired)
- SAKS Incorporated
- Jackson, MS
James Collins
- President
- One Accord Transportation & Management, LLC
- Belleville, IL
Cynthia Cooper
- President and CEO
- The CooperGroup, LLC
- Brandon, MS
Helen Currie
- Chief Economist
- ConocoPhillips
- Houston, TX
Walter Van Davis
- President
- WDJF, LLC
- Marietta, GA
Thomas F. Darnell (Emeritus)
- EVP Chief Sales Officer
- BancorpSouth
- Tupelo, MS
Haley R. Fisackerly
- President and CEO
- Entergy Mississippi
- Jackson, MS
Larry Galloway
- Vice President
- Geophysical Pursuit, Inc.
- Covington, LA
Jan L. Gwin
- Managing Director
- Raymond James
- Memphis, TN
John F. Hill
- CEO
- WealthPartners, LLP
- Madison, MS
Shawn Hunter
- CEO and Owner
- Industry Services Co., Inc.
- Mobile, AL
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
Don Mason
- Vice President/External Affairs & Corporate Service-Retired
- Mississippi Power Company
- Gulfport, 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
Mickey Milligan (Emeritus)
- Director Existing Industry & Business
- Mississippi Development Authority
- Jackson, MS
Roderick A. Moore
- Exec. VP & CEO-Retired
- Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
- Brandon, 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
Joe G. Rice, Jr.
- Managing Director, Investments
- Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
- Ridgeland, 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
Kathy St. John
- Managing Director & Contracts Consultant (Retired)
- NAPA Healthcare Connection, Inc.
- Madison, MS
William A. “Lex” Taylor, III
- Chairman/CEO
- The Taylor Group of Companies
- Louisville, MS
Roland Terry
- Vice President
- Construction Services, Inc.
- Lauderdale, MS
Cyndi A. Tucker
- Director, Retired Business Development
- ConocoPhillips
- Houston, TX
Jimmy L. Walden
- Real Estate Management
- Walden Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
M.L. Waters (Emeritus)
- Secretary and Treasurer
- Waters International Trucks, Inc.
- Meridian, MS
