Officers
Paul Ott, President
  TV/Radio Entertainer/Singer
Bill Brown, Vice President
  Brown Bottling Group Inc.
Frank Farley, Treasurer
  Rush Health Systems
Connie Royal, Secretary
  Meridian Arts Council

Directors
Fred Cannon–BMI
Greg Cartmell–Cartmell Gallery
Derrick Cooper–Buckwyld Production & P.E.G. Record Co.
Marty Gamblin–Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Wanda Grabert–Merdian/Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau
Checky Herrington–Entergy of Mississippi
Ann Hebert–Tybear, Inc.
Melinda Hood–MB Communications
Chief Phillip Martin–Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Hu Meena–Cellular South
Joe Norwood–Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors
Mary Peavey–Peavey Electronics
Natalie Robohm–Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony
Tina Shumate–Department of Marine Resources
Duffee Williams–Bonita Lakes Development Authority, retired

Advisory Board
Marsha Barbour–First Lady of Mississippi
Katherine Esters–Community Activist
Tim Hedgepeth–Mississippi Arts Commission
Wade Jones–East Mississippi Business Development Corp.
Commissioner Lester Spell–Mississippi Department of Agriculture
Dr. Judy Phillips–Stennis Institute of Government
Carla Carruth Tigner–TV/Radio Personality

Personnel
Laura Gidden
Ronnie L. Walton, Legal Counsel to the Board
Maureen Lofton, Volunteer Staff–City of Meridian
Rea, Shaw, Giffin and Stuart , CPA