Leadership
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Beverly Hogan
President
Tougaloo College
President
Rhea Williams-Bishop
President-Elect
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Director of Mississippi and New Orleans Programming
Tricia Walker
Secretary
Big Front Porch Productions
Director/Owner
Nora Miller
Treasurer
Mississippi University for Women
President
Amy Whitten
Immediate Past President / President’s Circle Co-Chair
The Whitten Group, P.A.
Principal
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Carol Puckett Palmer
Membership/Nominating Committee Chair
Viking Hospitality Group | President (Ret.)
Geraldine Chaney, M.D.
Membership/Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Capital City Children’s and Adolescent Clinic, PLLC
Owner
Lisa Percy
Communication Committee Chair
Community Activist
Rita Wray
Presidents’ Circle Co-Chair
Wray Enterprises, Inc. | CEO
PRESIDENTS’ CIRCLE
Carol Puckett
1997-1998
Jamie Martin
1999-2000
Liza Looser
2001-2003
Sylvia Stewart
2004-2006
Frances Lucas
2007-2008
Courtney Blossman
2009-2010
Carol Burger
2011-2013
Debra Billups
2014-2015
Myrtis Tabb
2016-2017
Ann Shackelford
2018-19
Rita Wray
2020-2021
Amy Whitten
2022-2023