Board
Officers
Chad Driskell
Chairman
The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi
Hoppy Cole
Vice Chair
The First, A National Banking Association
The First, A National Banking Association
Rob Tatum
Treasurer
CR Properties, LLC
CR Properties, LLC
Abb Payne
Immediate Past Chair
InfusionPlus
InfusionPlus
Chad Newell
President
Area Development Partnership
Area Development Partnership
Executive Committee
Jeff Bowman
Economic Development Division Chair
Cooperative Energy
Cooperative Energy
Grant Walker
Chamber of Commerce Division Chair
BancorpSouth
BancorpSouth
Roman Galey
Member At-Large
SouthGroup Insurance
SouthGroup Insurance
John Griffith
Member At-Large
Regions Bank
Regions Bank
John A. Johnson
Member At-Large
Hood Companies, Inc.
Hood Companies, Inc.
Board of Directors
Allen Anderson
Anderson Design Center
Ronnie Blackwell
Clearpoint Consulting Engineers, P.A.
Stan Causey
Stan Causey Sate Farm
Chris Dunkley
Hattiesburg Coca-Cola
Kristy Gould
Hattiesburg Clinic
Anthony Harris
Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association
Greg Hodges
Hancock Whitney
Charlie Lewis
Trustmark National Bank
Susan Riley
Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC
Laura Thrash
Coldwell Banker Don Nace, Inc. Realtors
Steven Warren
Warren Paving, Inc.
Ex-Officio Members
Joe Bounds
Lamar County Board of Supervisors
Mayor Toby Barker
City of Hattiesburg
David Hogan
Forrest County Board of Supervisors
Mayor Hal Marx
City of Petal
Joe Stevens
Board Attorney
Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, PA
Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, PA
Tommy Walley
Perry County Board of Supervisors