Our Staff

• Sarah Kountouris, Executive Director, 601.853-4210
• Jan Richardson, Assistant Director, 601.853.4441
• Kimberly Thompson, Education Outreach, 601.853.4441

Our Board of Directors

• Chair: Joel Yelverton, Yelverton Consulting
• Vice-Chair: Brandon Wynn, Nucor Steel
• Secretary: Chanda Roby, R.E.A.L Christian Foundation
• Treasurer: Richard Brown, Mississippi Beer Distributors Association
• Ron Aldridge, Beverage Association of Mississippi
• Gay Austin
• Buford Clark, Waste Management
• Cindy Duvall, Mississippi Power Company
• Hardy Graham, Jr., Meridian Coca Cola Bottling Company
• Steve Gray, Mississippi Supervisors Association
• Thomas Gregory, Mississippi Main Street
• Joni McClain, McClain Lodge
• Sandra Powlet, Entergy
• Morgan Clark-Schnur, Clark Beverage Group
• Shari Veazey, Mississippi Municipal League
• Lauren Waring
• Mark Williams, Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality

Our Advisory Board:

• State Senator Lydia Chassaniol
• State Representative Becky Currie