Dr. Douglass Sullivan-González Dean, Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Dr. Mary Graham President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS
Dr. Temika Simmons Director, Local Government Leadership Institute, Delta State University
Greenville, MS
Dr. Ebony Lumumba Chair, Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication, Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
Mr. George Bassi Director, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
Ms. Melanie Deas Link Centre
Tupelo, MS
Ms. Linda Fondren Founder, Catfish Row Museum
Vicksburg, MS
Dr. Miranda Freeman English Professor and Dean of Humanities at Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS
*Ms. Kathy Henry
Madison, MS
J. LaKeysha Greer Isaac Magistrate Judge
Madison, MS
Mr. Tyrone Jackson President, Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, MS
*Ms. Betty Lou Jones MS Parole Board
Meridian, MS
Mr. Tim Lampkin CEO, Higher Purpose Co.
Clarksdale, MS
*Ms. Holly Lange Executive Director, Mississippi Book Festival
Jackson, MS
*Mr. Brian Perry Mississippi Dept. of Agriculture & Commerce
Jackson, MS
Ms. Amanda Clay Powers Professor and Dean of Library Services, MUW
Columbus, MS
Dr. Donald Shaffer Professor of English & African American Studies, MS State University
Starkville, MS
Dr. Deanne Stephens University of Southern Mississippi
Biloxi, MS
Ms. Carla Wall Community Leader
Jackson, MS
*Ms. Shannon Warnock Community Leader
Ridgeland, MS
Mr. Jay Wesley Director, Chahta Immi for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Choctaw, MS