Board of Directors
Executive Board
Dr. Rickey Thigpen
PresidentPresident & CEO
Visit Jackson
Laura Beth Strickland
President ElectExecutive Director
Visit Vicksburg
Kurt Allen
Vice PresidentPresident & CEO
Mississippi Aquarium
Paige Hunt
Secretary/TreasurerExecutive Director
Visit Starkville
Christy Burns
Past PresidentExecutive Director
Visit Corinth
2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AREA I: HILLS
Nadia Thornton
Visit Oxford (3 Year Term)
Gary Worsham
Grenada Tourism (2 Year Term)
Stephanie Coomer
Tupelo CVB (1 Year Term)
AREA II: DELTA
Lisa Cookston
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (3 Year Term)
Kinchen “Bubba” O’Keefe
Lower Delta Partnership (2 Year Term)
Vanessa Burse
Horseshoe Casino (1 Year Term)
AREA III: PINES
Laura Carmichael
Visit Meridian (3 Year Term)
Kim Gleason
Pearl River Resort (2 Year Term)
Penny Kemp
Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience (1 Year Term)
AREA IV: CAPITAL/RIVER
Katie Blount
Mississippi Department of Archives & History (3 Year Term)
Janet Reihle
Flowood Chamber & Visitor Center (2 Year Term)
Lynsey Gilbert
Visit Natchez (1 Year Term)
AREA V: COASTAL
Annette Rand
DoubleTree Biloxi (3 Year Term)
Marlo Dorsey
Visit Hattiesburg (2 Year Term)
Judy Young
Coastal Mississippi (1 Year Term)
AT-LARGE
Jonathan Pettus
Visit Jackson (3 Year Term)
Nancy Carpenter
Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation (2 Year Term)
Kinney Ferris
Visit Oxford (1 Year Term)