Chairman:  Lt. Gen. Clark Griffith
Administrative Director:  Joe Cloyd
Executive Assistant:  Verdell Hawkins

Issue Committees:

 

A.  INFRASTRUCTURE   

1. Affordable Housing (Chair, Craig Bounds) – affordable and workforce residential development
2. Land Use (Chair, Jerry Creel) - zoning, building codes, water, sewer, solid waste, utilities and commercial development
3. Intermodal Transportation (Chair, Kevin Coggin) - rail, shipping, highways, roads, and public transit
4. Historical Preservation - (Chair, Lucy Denton) – repairing and rebuilding our historical structures

B. FINANCE – (Chair, Jamey Hunt) - public finance, private capital    

 

C. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  --  (Chair, Wes Fulmer)

1. Tourism (Chair, Gavin Schmidt)
2. Defense & Government Contracting (Chair, Hank Salcido) – Keesler AFB and shipbuilding
3. Small Business/Entrepreneurship (Chair, Alele Lyons)
4. Seafood Industry (Chair, Richard Gollott) fishing, shrimping, and processing

D. SERVICES (Chair, Rick Stewart)

1. Education (Chair, Paul Tisdale) – early childhood education, K-12, higher education, workforce training   
2. Health & Human Services (Chair, Tim Mitchell) 
3. Non-governmental Organizations  (Chair, Nancy Wilson) - Faith-based organizations, community organizations, and non-profits

E. ADVISORY

1. Legal Counsel (Ron Peresich and Clare Hornsby)
2. Publicity (Reed Guice, Vincent Creel, and Ted Riemann)
3. Public Service (Bruce Dunagan and David Roberts)