Executive Advisory Board

2024 Executive Advisory Board
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Members

James Collins

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

Thomas F. Darnell (Emeritus)

  • EVP Chief Sales Officer
  • BancorpSouth
  • Tupelo, MS

John F. Hill

  • CEO
  • WealthPartners, LLP
  • Madison, MS

Frank H. McWhorter, Jr.

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

Buddy Mortimer

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

Shirley Olson

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

Jimmy L. Walden

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

Loretta Walker

  • EVP & Chief People Officer
  • MedStar Health
  • Columbia, MD
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Boyce Adams, Sr.

Columbus, MS

Founder, BankTEL Systems
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Richard C. Adkerson (Emeritus)

Phoenix, AZ

President and CEO, Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
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Theresa Brady-Goldberg

Tupelo, MS

Mississippi Department of Banking & Consumer Finance
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Nap Bryan

Denton, TX

B-737 Captain, American Airlines
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Stephen Buehler

Nashville, TN

Founder, Astra Ventures, Creator, Astra Insights
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James A. Coggin

Jackson, MS

President & CAO (Retired), SAKS Incorporated
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Cynthia Cooper

Brandon, MS

President & CEO, The CooperGroup, LLC
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Helen Currie

Houston, TX

Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips
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Walter V. "Walt" Davis

Marietta, GA

President, WDJF, LLC
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Haley R. Fisackerly

Jackson, MS

President & CEO, Entergy Mississippi
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Larry Galloway

Covington, LA

Vice President, Geophysical Pursuit, Inc.
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Jan. L. Gwin

Memphis, TN

Managing Director, Raymond James
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Shawn Hunter

Mobile, AL

CEO & Owner, Industry Services Co., Inc.
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Paul J. Karre

Pawleys Island, NC

Retired SVP, Human Resources & Communications, International Paper
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Lewis F. Mallory, Jr. (Emeritus)

Starkville, MS

Retired Chairman & CEO, Cadence Bank, N.A.
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Don Mason

Gulfport, MS

Vice President, External Affairs & Corporate Service (Retired), Mississippi Power Company
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J. Michael McIlwain

Kildeer, IL

CEO, Applied Technical Services, LLC
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Lee Miller

Jackson, MS

President - Retired, Miller Transporters, Inc.
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Mickey Milligan (Emeritus)

Jackson, MS

Director, Existing Industry & Business, Mississippi Development Authority
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Benji Nelson

Madison, MS

President, Ben Nelson Golf & Utility Vehicles
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Richard Puckett, Sr. (Emeritus)

Flowood, MS

Chairman & CEO, Puckett Machinery Company
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Joe G. Rice Jr.

Ridgeland, MS

Managing Director, Investments, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
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James M. Robinson

Birmingham, AL

President, P & R Metals, Inc.
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Ken B. Robinson

Cincinnati, OH

Retired Sernior Finance Executive, Procter & Gamble, Echelon Corporation
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James "Jim" Rouse (Emeritus)

Houston, TX

Retired VP, ExxonMobil Corporation
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Kathy St. John

Madison, MS

Managing Director & Contracts Consultant (Retired), NAPA Healthcare Connection, Inc.
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William A. "Lex" Taylor, III

Louisville, MS

Chairman & CEO, The Taylor Group of Companies
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Roland Terry

Lauderdale, MS

Vice President, Construction Services, Inc.
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Cyndi A. Tucker

Houston, TX

Director, Retired Business Development, ConocoPhillips
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M. L. Waters (Emeritus)

Meridian, MS

Secretary & Treasurer, Waters International Trucks, Inc.