Board of Directors
· Chairman: John Dane III
· Vice Chairman: Pending
· Secretary/Treasurer: Keith Voigts
Ashley Edwards ‑ Governor’s Office
Senator Tommy Gollott ‑ Mississippi State Senator
Mary Beth Wilkerson ‑ Director of Tourism, Mississippi Development Authority
Myrtis Franke ‑ U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s Office
Dr. Willis Lott ‑ President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
John McKay ‑ President, Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Steve Seymour ‑ Hancock County Board of Supervisors
Johnny Atherton ‑ V.P. of External Affairs; Mississippi Power
Larry Barnett ‑ Executive Director, Harrison County Economic Development Commission
Chevis Swetman- President, The Peoples Bank
Bill Holmes- Executive Director, Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Jack Zink-Executive Director ‑ Hancock County Development Commission
George Freeland- Executive Director- Jackson County Economic Development Commission
Ben Stone ‑ Attorney, Balch & Bingham LLC
Jerry Levans – Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan & Levans; CPA
Danny Hansen ‑ Harrison County Convention & Visitors Bureau/Ex-Officio
Executive Committee
John Dane III
Chevis Swetman
Keith Voigts
Jack Zink
Johnny Atherton
Clay Wagner
Louis Peters
Executive Director
Scott E. Ratcliff Bio for Scott Ratcliff
13247-A Seaway Road
Gulfport, MS 39503
Phone: (228)276-1713
Fax: (228)896-0146