Board of Directors

Pat Thomasson

CEO, Thomasson Company
Immediate Past Chair

Philadelphia

Jane Moss

Chief Financial Officer, Viking Range LLC
Chair of the Board

Greenwood

Lex Lemmers, Sr.

PACCAR Engine Company
Chairman-Elect

Columbus

Kirk Lewis

President, Blue Springs Metals, LLC
Vice Chairman

Blue Springs

John McKay

Mississippi Manufacturers Association
President & CEO

Jackson

Duane Wilson

Site Engineering Manager/Public Affairs, Chemours
Secretary-Treasurer

Pass Christian

Jamie Yearwood

General Manager, Waring Oil Company, LLC

Vicksburg

Kenneth Cammarato

ROCKWOOL

Byhalia

Steven Prince

Systems Automotive Interiors
Plant Manager

Mantachie

Alan Hawkins

Hawkeye Industries, Inc
Plant Manager

Tupelo

Anderson Thomas

Shuqualak Lumber Company
Vice President

Shuqualak

Mitchell Carter

Stark Aerospace
Program Manager/Business Lead

Columbus

Brent Thompson

Thompson's Welding Services, Inc.
Finance Manager

Hamilton

Jason Minga

Tronox LLC
Manager of Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality

Hamilton

Tony Hardin

Varsity Pro, Inc. DBA The Little Birdie
Owner

Calhoun City

Donna Harvey

Hunter Engineering Company
Manager, Human Resources

Durant

Richard Titus

Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Site Director

Cleveland

Joe Richardson

Siemens Energy, Inc.
General Manager - Voltage Regulators

Jackson

Britt Bullock

Double G Coatings
PIC Manager

Jackson

Paul Jones

Multicraft International
President

Pelahatchie

Bill Hoge

United Plastic Molders, Inc.
President/Owner

Jackson

Clay Burton

Nucor Steel Jackson, Inc.
Environmental Manager

Jackson

Daniel Simoneau

La-Z-Boy South
General Manager

Newton

Scott Gipson

Gipson Steel, Inc.
President

Meridian

Michael Howard

Howard Industries
President of Transformer and Bolast

Laurel

Lee Thames

Thermo-Kool/Mid-South Industries
Vice President and Operations Manager

Laurel

Taylor Stringer

Stringer Industries, Inc.
Business Development Manager

Tylertown

Doug Boykin

Rex Lumber Brookhaven, LLC
General Manager

Brookhaven

Leslie Henderson

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Owner

Kiln

John Atherton

Waypoint, Inc.
President

Gulfport

Jeff Belcher

Caterpillar, Inc.
Global Operations Manager

Corinth

Earnie Gates

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Sr. Director of Operations

Ecru

Dave Liffrig

North American Coal Corporation
President

Ackerman

John Malone

Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi District General Manager

Tupelo

Jason Rice

Nissan North America, Inc.
Director PQA/PQE

Canton

Robert Taylor

The Taylor Group, Inc.
President & COO

Louisville

Billy Thornton

Miss. Power Company
Vice President, External Affairs

Gulfport

Lea Turnipseed

Entergy Mississippi
Vice President of Customer Service

Jackson

Erik Skaggs

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc.
VP of Manufacturing

Blue Springs

Neal Minich

Raytheon

Forest

Ben Herrin

Weyerhauser
Mill Manager

Bruce

Jack Norris

Ingalls Shipbuilding
Director, State and Local Government Affairs

Robbie Kemp

Entergy Jackson
Vice President, Customer Services

Jackson

Rusty Berryhill

Kevin Charles Furniture, LLC
Past Chairman

New Albany

Alan Sudduth

Chevron Products Company
Past Chairman

Pascagoula

Andrew Mallinson

Multicraft International
President

Pelahatchie

Roger Bland

Southern Motion
President & CEO

Robert Dews

C.L. Dews & Sons Foundry & Machinery Co.
Vice President

Hattiesburg

Tommy Dulaney

Structural Steel Services
President/CEO/Chairman of the Board

Meridian

Bryan Hawkins

Hawkeye Industries, Inc.
Founder, President/CEO

Larry Homan

Homan Industries
President & Owner

Don Mason

Seemann Composites, Inc.
Client Relations

Greg McNeely

McNeely Plastics
President & COO

Trent Mulloy

Laurel Machine & Foundry Company
President

Joe Sanderson

Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Chairman & CEO

Tony Stringer

Stringer Industries, Inc.
President

W. A. “Lex” Taylor, III

Taylor Machine Works, Inc.
President

Earl Walker

Airbus Helicopters Inc.
Senior Director/Government Relations/B.D.