Our Staff

• Sarah Kountouris, Executive Director, 601.853.4210
• Mary Carol Patrick: Assistant Director, 601.853.4441
• Jessica Barrett: Communications and Media Director, 601.853.4687

Our Board of Directors

1. Chair: Sandra Powlett, Entergy Mississippi
2. Vice-Chair: Hardy Graham, Jr., Meridian Coca-Cola Bottling Company
3. Secretary: Gay Austin  National Garden Clubs Inc. Former President
4. Treasurer: Richard Brown, Mississippi Beer Distributors Association
5. Past Chair: Brandon Wynn, Nucor Steel Jackson
6. Ron Aldridge, Mississippi Beverage Association
7. Evelyn Copeland
8. Mississippi Power Company
9. Steve Gray, Mississippi Supervisors Association
10. Thomas Gregory, Executive Director, Leflore-Carroll Economic Development Foundation
11. Sean McCarthy, Toyota Motor Manufacturing MS
12. Joni McClain, McClain MVP Sonic
13. Hal Miller, Mississippi Trucking Association
14. Morgan Clark-Schnur, Clark Beverage Group
15. Sherry Smythe, Leland Chamber of Commerce
16. Shari Veazey, Mississippi Municipal League
17. Lauren Waring, Small business owner, Lauren’s on Washington
18. Joel Yelverton, Yelverton Consulting

Our Advisory Board:

• State Senator Lydia Chassaniol
• State Representative Greg Haney
• State Representative Price Wallace