Board of Directors
The Community Foundation is a 501.c.3 charitable corporation governed by a volunteer board of 22 directors representing all eleven counties of Northwest Mississippi. These directors bring diverse experience, expertise and perspectives for policies, financial support and grants. Each director is elected for a 3-year term and may serve two consecutive terms.

Billy Myers
Board Chair
DeSoto County

Cindy Gordon
Vice Chair
DeSoto County

Becky Beard
Treasurer
DeSoto County

Colie Sanford
Secretary
DeSoto County

Ann H. Lamar
Past Chair
Tate County

Sandy Lipscomb
DeSoto County

Sanford Johnson
Coahoma County

Crandall Craigen
DeSoto County

Mickey Aldridge
Panola County

John Rodgers Brashier
Sunflower County

Will Brown
DeSoto County

Cynthia Pride Gleeton
DeSoto County

Robin Hurdle
DeSoto County

Kirkwood H. McClintock
Tunica County

Mimi Mehrle
Quitman County

Lisa Melton
Leflore County

Jack Nichols
Lafayette County

Becky Nowell
Bolivar County

Toya Brooks Pride
DeSoto County

Linda Turner
Marshall County

Julia Mitchener Turnipseed
Tallahatchie County
