Commission

Music Development Program Manager

Alex Thomas – Jackson, Miss

Statutory Members

Bill McPherson, Chairman – Indianola, Miss.

Mary Beth Wilkerson, MDA Tourism Director – Jackson, Miss.

Jay Woods, Acting Executive Director, Mississippi Public Broadcasting – Jackson, Miss.

H.T. (Hank) Holmes, Executive Director, Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History – Jackson, Miss.

Ted Ownby, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the Univ. of Mississippi – Oxford, Miss.

Malcolm White, Director, Mississippi Arts Commission – Jackson, Miss.

Trina George, State Director of USDA Rural Development Agency – Jackson, Miss.

Dr. Luther Brown, Director, Delta Center for Culture and Learning, Delta State University – Cleveland, Miss.

Dr. Marvin Haire, Director, Delta Research and Cultural Institute, Miss. Valley State University – Itta Bena, Miss.

Governor Appointments

Dr. Edgar E. Smith – Jackson, Miss.

James Butler – Clarksdale, Miss.

Jimmy Clayton – Indianola, Miss.

Eddie Guillot – Jackson, Miss.

Jesse Robinson – Jackson, Miss.

Bill Seratt, Executive Director, Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau – Vicksburg, Miss.

Lt. Governor Appointments

Senator Lydia Chassaniol – Winona, Miss.

Senator Billy Hewes – Gulfport, Miss.

Speaker Appointments

Representative Sara Thomas – Indianola, Miss.

Representative Willie Bailey – Greenville, Miss.

Alternates

Katie Blount, Public Information Officer, Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History – Jackson, Miss.

Mary Margaret Miller, Heritage Director, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson, Miss.

Mississippi Blues Trail Project Coordinator

Wanda Clark – Greenwood, Miss

Mississippi Blues Trail Writing and Research Team

Jim O'Neal – Kansas City, Missouri

Scott Barretta – Oxford, Miss.

Attorney for the Mississippi Blues Commission

Bob Arentson, Attorney, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC – Jackson, Miss.

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