Board Of Directors
With representation throughout Northeast Mississippi, our board of directors brings a wealth of experience and deep community insight. Their leadership guides the foundation forward and strengthens our impact in the region.
eddie Blakeley
President & CEO
Journal, Inc.
Tupelo, MS
MATT BOGUE
President
Dutch Oil Company
Columbus, MS
MARY CHILDS
President
The Peoples Bank
Ripley, MS
BO COLLINS
Retired CEO
BNA Bank
New Albany, MS
PHIL FAULKNER
Former Owner
NauticStar Boats
Amory, MS
ROBERT HALL
Executive Vice President
Journey Medical Training
Tupelo, 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
Vice President
Homan Forest Products
Blue Springs, MS
Kirk Lewis
President
Blue Springs Metals
Blue Springs, 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
MILLETTE 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 Mississippi Health Services
Tupelo, MS
Billye Jean Stroud
Director of Community Development
New Albany
Main Street Association
New Albany, MS
Mark Tapp
Retired President
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Booneville, MS
Lee Tucker
Retired Plant Manager
Carpenter Company
Verona, MS
KYLE SMITH
Executive Vice President and CFO
The Peoples Bank
Ripley, MS
Board Counsel
Greg Pirkle
Attorney
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Tupelo, MS
Officers
RANDY LONG
Chair
JACK REED, JR.
Vice Chair
DAVID RUMBARGER
Treasurer
MARY CHILDS
Past Chair
ORMA SMITH
Secretary
Founders
George A. McLean
1904 – 1983
Anna Keirsey McLean
1906 – 2000
Director Emeritus
Guy Mitchell, III
LARRY KIRK
H.L. “Sandy” Williams
felix Black
1917 – 2003
J.C. Whitehead
1921 – 2004
Jim Ingram
1930 – 2006
James Hugh Ray
1927 – 2007
Jack Reed, Sr.
1924 – 2016
Bobby Martin
1933 – 2020
Hassell Franklin
1936-2023
AUBREY PATTERSON