Board of Directors
William Bronson
President & CEO
Journal, Inc.
Tupelo, MS
Matt Bogue
President
Dutch Oil Company
Columbus, MS
Jason Brooks
CPA
Watkins, Ward & Stafford
Houston, MS
Mary Childs
President
The Peoples Bank
Ripley, MS
Bo Collins
CEO
BNA Bank
New Albany, MS
Phil Faulkner
Former Owner
NauticStar Boats
Amory, MS
Lisa Hawkins
Owner
Room to Room Furniture
Tupelo, MS
TIFFANNIE HEDIN
Manager, Corporate Communications
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Blue Springs, MS
Julie Henry
Executive Vice President
First Choice Bank
Pontotoc, MS
CLAY HOMAN
Manager, Corporate Communications
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Blue Springs, MS
Larry Kirk
Retired CEO
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Oxford, MS
Kirk Lewis
President
Blue Springs Metals
Tupelo, MS
Randy Long
President
Long Wholesale Distributors, Inc.
Corinth, MS
Robin McCormick
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Watkins, Ward, and Stafford, PLLC
West Point, MS
Luke Montgomery
President
Montgomery Enterprises
Fulton, MS
MILETTE NABORS
Co-Owner
Nabors Home Center
Houston, MS
Jack Reed, Jr.
President
R.W. Reed Co. ("Reed's")
Tupelo, MS
David Rumbarger
President & CEO
Community Development Foundation
Tupelo, MS
Dr. David Shaw
Provost & Executive Vice President
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Orma Smith
CEO
CanopyNation
Corinth, MS
Shane Spees
President & CEO
North MS Health Services
Tupelo, MS
Billye Jean Stroud
New Albany Director of Community Development and Main Street
New Albany, MS
Robyn Tannehill
Mayor
City of Oxford
Oxford, MS
Mark Tapp
President
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Booneville, MS
Lee Tucker
Plant Manager
Carpenter Company
Tupelo, MS
KYLE SMITH
Executive Vice President and CFO
The Peoples Bank
Ripley, MS
Board Counsel
Greg Pirkle
Attorney
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Tupelo, MS
Founders
George A. McLean
1904 - 1983
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
H.L. "Sandy" Williams
Guy Mitchell, III
Bobby Martin
1933 - 2020
Hassell Franklin
1936-2023
AUBREY PATTERSON
1942-2025
Guy Mitchell, III
Guy Mitchell, III
Officers
(left to right)
Mary Childs, Vice Chairman
Lisa Hawkins, Chairman
Mike Clayborne, President
Bryan Wilson, Past Chairman
Randy Long, Treasurer
David Rumbarger, Secretary
