2009-10 Advisory Boards
The School of Business Administration would like to thank the dedicated members of its advisory boards for contributing their time and resources to the school and its students. For more information on taking part in an advisory board, contact Kathy Mikell at kmikell@bus.olemiss.edu or 662-915-5499.
Business Advisory Board
William Alias Jr., Security Holdings, LLC
Bill Andrews, Viking Range Corporation
Cindy Ayers Elliott, Delta Foundation, Inc.
Diane Davis-Barrentine, Davis Pizza Enterprises, Inc.
Dottie Berry, FedEx Corporation
John Cassimus, Maki-Fresh
Jeff Conley (board chair), Conley Buick GMC Subaru, Inc.
Terry Crawford, Conimar Corporation
Chip Crunk, R.J. Young Co.
Greg Davis, Mayor of Southaven
Melanie Dowell, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Inc.
Steve Ethridge, Stewart and Patten Co., LLC
Cathy Freeman, BancorpSouth
Eddie Fritts, The Fritts Group, LLC
Bill Fry, Oreck Corporation
Carmine Galati, Galati Yacht Sales
Bill Gates, USI of Tennessee, Inc.
V. Patrick Gray, V. Patrick Gray Custom Homes
Van Hedges, Southern Insurance Consulting
Dan Hughes, Palisades Corporation
Charlie Joiner, Innovative Financial Solutions, LLC
Johnny Maloney, Cowboy Maloney Electric City
Rachel McPherson, The Good Dog Foundation
Mike Mitchell, FNC, Inc.
Ella Jane Putnam, Trustmark National Bank
Donna Ruth Roberts
Jack Robertson, Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance
Jeff Rogers, Hewlett Packard
Gwin Scott, EmergeMemphis
Preston Thomas, Colliers, Wilkinson, Snowden
Matt Thornton, SmartSynch, Inc.
Wanda Truxillo, Covente, Inc.
Bill Turner, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Beau Whittington, Convention Display Services, Inc.
Banking and Finance Advisory Board
Tommy Adams, First Tennessee
Jimmy Brown, Regions Bank
Carl J. Chaney, Hancock Holding Company
Theodore Cunningham
Ken Cyree, Frank R. Day/MBA Chair of Banking
Julie C. Farrell, Trust One Bank
Trey Fyfe, Duncan-Williams, Inc.
Rick Garraway, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
George Lotterhos, Morgan Keegan & Company
Douglas M. McDaniel, McDaniel & Register
E. Robinson McGraw, Renasant Bank
W. Holt McMullan, Trustmark National Bank
S. Griffin Norquist Jr., Bank of Yazoo City
Hugh S. Potts, Merchants & Farmers Bank
Rodney Taylor, Taylor & Company
James Threadgill, BancorpSouth
Charles R. White, Sterne, Agee and Leach, Inc.
Insurance Advisory Board
Robert Arnold, Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
Mike Breedlove, W.S. Pharr & Co.
W. M. Bryson (emeritus), Bryson & Co.
Charlie Chandler, Stewart Sneed Hewes
Steve Collins, Mass Mutual Financial Group
C. Ray Dixon Jr.
Thomas Elfert, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. of Mississippi
Mr. Mike Ely, Allstate Insurance Company
Robert S. Forster (ex officio), Mississippi Small Business Development Center
Preston Gough Jr., Southern Cross Underwriters, Inc.
Clinton A. Graham, Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi
Tiffany C. Hawkins, Travelers
Van E. Hedges (emeritus), Southern Insurance Consulting
Rita Howard, State Farm Insurance
Matthew J. Lammel, Marsh USA, Inc.
Jack Laseter, Bryson Insurance
John R. Pittman Sr., Stewart-Sneed-Hewes
Charles F. Porter, Barksdale Bonding & Insurance
Thomas G. Quaka (emeritus), FCCI-Group
Dicky Robertson, GEICO
Jack W. Robertson (emeritus), Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance
Chadwick W. Russell, Southern Farm Bureau Life
Charlene Smith, Union Standard Insurance Group
Ike S. Trotter, Ike Trotter Agency, LLC
Ronald Tubertini, SouthGroup-Jackson
Dan Webb, Webb, Sanders & Williams, PLLC
John P. Wells, Mississippi Department of Insurance
M. B. “Snooky” Williams (emeritus), Williams-Week Insurance
Dudley D. Wooley, Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc.
Millicent W. Workman, International Risk Management Institute, Inc.
Harper M. Young, SouthGroup-Greenville
MBA Alumni Board
Joshua Biles, Horne LLP
Jerry Dent, Alvarez & Marsal
Brad Gentry, Southern Baptist Educational Center
Russell Harris, FTN Financial
Whitney Harris, BancorpSouth
Terri Hudson, Ameriprize Financial Services
Louis Parchman, United Communications
Elizabeth Randall, Randall Perkins Group, LLC
Ed Ratliff, McGehee Cruise & Vacation
Tami Rhudy-Busby, The Image Center
John Snyder, John Snyder Real Estate Services, LLC
R. Scott Taylor, AutoZone
John Toohig, Morgan Keegan & Co.
Charles Vianey (president of the board), Mainline Information Systems
