Board of Directors

William Bronson

President & CEO
Journal, Inc.

Tupelo, MS

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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

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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

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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

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