Steering Committee Responsibilities

Amy West, Chair
Brian Lesley, Vice-Chair
Nicole Thomas, Secretary

Steering Committee Members:

Michelle Amos
Starkville Real Estate
mamos@starkvillerealestate.com

Monica Banks
Oktibbeha County Chancery Clerk
monicawbanks@hotmail.com

Dennis Bock
Bancorp South
dennis.bock@bxs.com

Rex Buffington
Stennis Center for Public Service
rex@stennis.gov

Armando de la Cruz
armandoac@yahoo.com

Bob Daniels
Century 21 Real Estate
bobd@nctv.com

Terry Kemp
Tennessee Valley Authority
tnkemp@tva.gov

Charlotte Leonard
Raised Praise
theflaglady@bellsouth.net

Brian Lesley
Morgan Keegan Investments
brian.lesley@morgankeegan.com

Jason Ryder
Reynolds Insurance
jryder@tkronline.com

Sammy Slaughter
Regions Bank
Sammy.Slaughter@regions.com

Melvin Terry
Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ
mdcsect@aol.com

Nicole Thomas
Starkville School District
nthomas@starkville.k12.ms.us

Jerry Toney
Cadence Bank
jerry.toney@cadencebanking.com

Orlando Trainer
Oktibbeha County Supervisor
orlandotrainer@hotmail.com

Robbie Ward
Mississippi State University – University Relations
rward@ur.msstate.edu

Amy West
Cadence Bank
amy.west@cadencebanking.com

Ex-officio
Alan Barefield
Mississippi State University Extension Service
alanb@srdc.msstate.edu

Chance McDavid
Greater Starkville Development Partnership
cmcdavid@starkville.org