Board of Directors

Rusty Berryhill

Kevin Charles Furn., LLC
Past Chairman

New Albany

Alan Sudduth

Chevron Products Company
Chairman

Pascagoula

Pat Thomasson

CEO, Thomasson Company
Chairman-Elect

Philadelphia

Jane Moss

Chief Financial Officer, Viking Range LLC
Vice Chairman

Greenwood

John McKay

Mississippi Manufacturers Association
President & CEO

Jackson

Lex Lemmers, Sr.

PACCAR Engine Company
Secretary-Treasurer

Columbus

Jamie Yearwood

General Manager, Waring Oil Company, LLC

Vicksburg

Dave Hillis

Olin Corp. - Winchester Division

Oxford

Kenneth Cammarato

ROCKWOOL

Byhalia

Steve White

RockTenn
General Manager

Saltillo

Jim Pritchett

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Plant Manager

Tupelo

Vince Overholt

Kimberly Clark Corporation

Corinth

Kirk Lewis

Blue Springs Metals, LLC
President

Blue Springs

Alan Hawkins

Hawkeye Industries, Inc
Plant Manager

Tupelo

Brent Thompson

Thompson's Welding Services, Inc.
Finance Manager

Hamilton

Charles Thomas, III

Shuqualak Lumber Company
Vice President/General Manager

Shuqualak

Jason Minga

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

Hamilton

Ray Robertson

Borg Warner
Plant Manager

Water Valley

Michael Howe

Modine Grenada, LLC
Regional Manager of Human Resources

Grenada

Tony Hardin

Varsity Pro, Inc. DBA The Little Birdie
Owner

Calhoun City

Ryan Cole

Kengro Corporation
Executive Advisor

Charleston

Richard Titus

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Cleveland

Keith Mangum

Double G Coatings Company, L.P.
President / CEO

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

Lee Thames

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

Laurel

Jody Norris

Metal Casting Operations, C.L. Dews & Sons Foundry & Machinery Company, Inc.
General Manager

Hattiesburg

Taylor Stringer

Stringer Industries, Inc.
Business Development Manager

Tylertown

Doug Boykin

Rex Lumber Brookhaven, LLC
General Manager

Brookhaven

Duane Wilson

Chemours
Site Engineering Manager/Public Affairs

Pass Christian

Leslie Henderson

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Owner

Kiln

Ray Ables

Tyson Foods
Complex Manager

Forest

John Atherton

Waypoint, Inc.
President

Gulfport

Jeff Belcher

Caterpillar, Inc.
Global Operations Manager

Corinth

Stephen Coleman

Raytheon Co., Space & Airborne Systems
Manager of Program Operations for F/A-18 Radar Products

Forest

Aaron Foster

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc.
Chief Manufacturing Project Engineering General Manager

Blue Springs

Earnie Gates

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Sr. Director of Operations

Ecru

Dave Liffrig

North American Coal Corporation
President

Ackerman

Michael Lipski

Ingalls Shipbuilding
Vice President of Strategy

Pascagoula

Kevin Logan

Unipres Southeast USA, Inc.
President

Forest

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

Stan Webb

Weyerhaeuser Company
Plant Manager

Philadelphia

Trent Mulloy

Laurel Machine & Foundry Company
President

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

Jim McIngvale

Ingalls Shipbuilding
Director of Communications/Public Affairs

Greg McNeely

McNeely Plastics
President & COO

Joe Sanderson

Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Chairman & CEO

Tony Stringer

Stringer Industries, Inc.
President

George Taylor

Reed Manufacturing Company
Vice President of Finance

W. A. “Lex” Taylor, III

Taylor Machine Works, Inc.
President

Earl Walker

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