Staff
Meet the team.
Staff
Meet the team.
Mississippi's Arts + Entertainment Experience Administration
President/CEO
Mark A Tullos, Jr.
Email: tullos@msarts.org
Director of Hall of Fame
Marty Gamblin
Email: marty@msarts.org
Director of Finance
Christy Buckalew
Email: christy@msarts.org
Dr. Anthony Lewis
Curator of Education; Historian
Email: tony@msarts.org
Adult Educator
Elizabeth Alexander
Email: elizabeth@msarts.org
Graphic Designer
Paula Chance
Email: paula@msarts.org
Group Reservations Clerk
Ethan Grisham
Email: ethan@msarts.org
Administrative Assistant
Wendy Agrusa
Email: wendy@msarts.org
Maintenance Supervisor
Theodore "Ted" Reynolds
Housekeeping Supervisor
Barbara Shields
Curator of Exhibitions
Stacey Wilson
Email: stacey@msarts.org
Comptroller
Stanley Wright
Email: stanley@msarts.org
Director of Operations
Ida B. Tomlin
Email: ida@msarts.org
Director of Development
Erica Rivers
Email: erica@msarts.org
Director of Marketing and Communication
Jerome Trahan
Email: jerome@msarts.org
Marketing + Public Relations Assistant
Kristi Bruister
Email: kristi@msarts.org
Retail Store Manager
Jo Beth Bounds
Email: jobeth@msarts.org
Membership Manager
Margo Evans
Email: margo@msarts.org
Staff + Volunteer Manager
Laura Hester
Email: laura@msarts.org
Events Manager
Erin Lewis
Email: erin@msarts.org
Youth Educator
Candice Wade
Email: candice@msarts.org
Manager of IT/AVI Interactive Systems
Steven Sullivan
Email: steven@msarts.org
Visitors Services Manager
Aaron Windham
Email: aaron@msarts.org
Exhibition Advisory Consultants
George Bassi, Visual Art Advisor
Director, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Patti Carr Black, Literature Advisor
Director Emeritus, Museum Division/Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Melissa Booth Hall, Foodways Advisor
Managing Director, Southern Foodways Alliance
Ward Emling, TV/Film/Theater Advisor
Director Emeritus (Retired), Mississippi Film Office
Dr. William Ferris, Folk Art Advisor
Former Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Co-founder, Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and Senior Associate Director, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Greg Johnson, Music Advisor
Blues Curator/Professor, Department of Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi
Sara Camp Milam, Foodways Advisor
Managing Editor, Southern Foodways Alliance
Dr. Ted Ownby, Religion Advisor
Former Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi
Dr. Stuart Rockoff, History Advisor
Executive Director, Mississippi Humanities Council
