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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