Board of Directors
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William Bronson
President & CEO
Journal, Inc.
Tupelo, MS
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Matt Bogue
Vice President
Dutch Oil Company
Columbus, MS
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Jason Brooks
CPA
Watkins, Ward & Stafford
Houston, MS
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Mary Childs
President
The Peoples Bank
Ripley, MS
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Grace Clark
Community Volunteer
Tupelo, MS
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Bo Collins
CEO
BNA Bank
New Albany, MS
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Phil Faulkner
Former Owner
NauticStar Boats
Amory, MS
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Lisa Hawkins
Owner
Room to Room Furniture
Tupelo, MS
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TIFFANNIE HEDIN
Manager, Corporate Communications
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Blue Springs, MS
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Julie Henry
Executive Vice President
First Choice Bank
Pontotoc, MS
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Larry Kirk
Retired CEO
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Oxford, MS
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Kirk Lewis
President
Blue Springs Metals
Tupelo, MS
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Randy Long
President
Long Wholesale Distributors, Inc.
Corinth, MS
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Robin McCormick
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Watkins, Ward, and Stafford, PLLC
West Point, MS
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Luke Montgomery
President
Montgomery Enterprises
Fulton, MS
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Jack Reed, Jr.
President
R.W. Reed Co. ("Reed's")
Tupelo, MS
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Becky Rollins
Community Volunteer
Tupelo, MS
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David Rumbarger
President & CEO
Community Development Foundation
Tupelo, MS
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Dr. David Shaw
Provost & Executive Vice President
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
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Orma Smith
CEO
CanopyNation
Corinth, MS
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Shane Spees
President & CEO
North MS Health Services
Tupelo, MS
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Billye Jean Stroud
New Albany Director of Community Development and Main Street
New Albany, MS
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Robyn Tannehill
Mayor
City of Oxford
Oxford, MS
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Mark Tapp
President
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Booneville, MS
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Lee Tucker
Plant Manager
Carpenter Company
Tupelo, MS
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Mitch Waycaster
President & CEO
Renasant Bank
Tupelo, MS
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Bryan Wilson
Retired, Managing Partner
Tacoma Ag, LLC
Starkville, MS
Board Counsel
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Greg Pirkle
Attorney
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Tupelo, MS
Founders
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George A. McLean
1904 - 1983
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Anna Keirsey McLean
1906 - 2000
Director Emeritus
felix Black
1917 - 2003
J.C. Whitehead
1921 - 2004
Jim Ingram
1930 - 2006
James Hugh Ray
1927 - 2007
Jack Reed, Sr.
1924 - 2016
Guy Mitchell, III
Bobby Martin
1933 - 2020
Hassell Franklin
1936-2023
AUBREY PATTERSON
H.L. "Sandy" Williams
Guy Mitchell, III
Guy Mitchell, III
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Officers
(left to right)
Mary Childs, Vice Chairman
Lisa Hawkins, Chairman
Mike Clayborne, President
Bryan Wilson, Past Chairman
Randy Long, Treasurer
David Rumbarger, Secretary