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New Officers & Directors Named For The Greater PineBelt Community Foundation

The Greater PineBelt Community Foundation has named new officers and directors for 2011.  New officers include:

· President:  Hayden Mitchell, Executive Vice President, The First – A National Banking Association

· Vice President: Iris Easterling, Department of English, William Carey University

· Secretary:  Paul Laughlin, First Vice President & Trust Officer, Trustmark Bank

· Treasurer: Richard Topp, Partner, Nicholson and Company, PLLC

· Immediate Past President:  Ed Langton, Chairman and CEO, Grand Bank

New Directors include:

· Alex Agnew, CFO, Hattiesburg Clinic

· Mike Axton, ChFC, CLU, Corporate and Endowment Solutions, Inc.

· Jim Compton, General Manager & CEO, South Mississippi Electric Power Association

· Dr. Frances Karnes, Director, The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies

· Michelle Mabry, CFP®, AIF®, Senior Financial Officer, Wealth Management Consultants

· Joshua Mars, JD, LLM, Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush, P.A.

· Dr. Steve Ramp, JD, Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church

· Jon Mark Weathers, JD, University Council, The University of Southern Mississippi

The new officers and board of directors are joined by current board members: Dr. Ben Carmichael, Retired Cardiologist with Hattiesburg Clinic; Mike Collins, Mississippi Power; David Fortenberry, Stewart Sneed Hewes; Drew Foxworth, Foxworth & Shephard, P.A.; Bernard Green, Bernard Green Insurance, Inc; William P. “Phil” Hanberry, Hanco Corp; Dan Kibodeaux, United Way of Southeast Mississippi; Edward J. “Ed” Langton, Grand Bank; Morgan McCarty, Regions Bank; Stace Mercier, USM Foundation;Gene Owens, Owens Business Machines, Inc; Lucy Parkman, Community Leader; Michael Shemper, Michael J. Shemper, PLLC; Ralph Simmons, retired Vice President, Sunbeam-Oyster Corporation; Sheila Varnado, R3SM, Inc; and Benny Waddle, Hancock Bank.

Board of Directors who have served since the inception of the PineBelt Foundation and who will be rolling off the Board of Directors include:  Robert Jackson, Sr., Gwen James, Andy Leslie, Dr. Aubrey Lucas, Andy Mercier, and Wanda Simpson.

Other Board of Directors rolling off include:  Dr. Richard Clark, Skippy Haik, Bob Pierce, Lou Ann Poynter, Mike Ratcliff, Andy Stetelman, Dr. Christy Thornton, Larry Watson, and Jim Yelverton.

The mission of The Greater PineBelt Community Foundation is to build better communities through philanthropy.  The PineBelt Foundation, a 501(c)(3), manages numerous charitable funds set up by compassionate donors who want to leave a legacy and make a difference.  Some of the endowed funds include United Way, The Domestic Abuse Family Shelter, The Association for the Rights for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (ARC), The DuBard School for Language Disorders, The Family YMCA and The Southern Pines Animal Shelter.

For more information about the PineBelt Foundation, please visit www.PineBeltFoundation.org, www.Facebook.com/PineBeltFoundation or call 601.583.6180.

Filed under: Business, Featured, Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Alex Agnew, Andy Leslie, Andy Mercier, Andy Stetelman, Association for the Rights for Individuals, Aubrey Lucas, Ben Carmichael, Bernard Green Insurance Inc, Bob Pierce, Christy Thornton, Dan Kibodeaux, David Fortenberry, Department of English, Drew Foxworth, DuBard School for Language Disorders, Ed Langton, Endowment Solutions Inc., Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies, Frances Karnes, Gene Owens, Grand Bank, Greater PineBelt Community Foundation, Gwen James, Hanco Corp, Hancock Bank, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hayden Mitchell, Iris Easterling, Jim Compton, Jim Yelverton, Jon Mark, Larry Watson, Lou Ann Poynter, Lucy Parkman, Mike Axton, Mike Collins, Mike Ratcliff, Mississippi Electric Power Association, Other Board of Directors, Owens Business Machines Inc, Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Paul Laughlin, Ralph Simmons, REGIONS BANK, Richard Clark, Richard Topp, Robert Jackson Sr., Sheila Varnado, Stace Mercier, Steve Ramp, Stewart Sneed Hewes, The Domestic Abuse Family Shelter, The Southern Pines Animal Shelter, Trustmark Bank, USM Foundation, Wanda Simpson, William Carey University

Kiss a Pig Fundraiser at Southern Miss

University of Southern Mississippi Vice President for Advancement Bob Pierce make a donation to the "Kiss a Pig" fundraiser. (Photo by David Tisdale)

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The “Kiss a Pig” contest gives University of Southern Mississippi students, faculty and staff a chance to support a great cause while bidding for a prominent campus figure to be chosen to kiss a live pig.

In support of this year’s annual Start! Heart Walk, set for Saturday, Sept. 25 at the university’s Pride Field, members of the university community will choose a campus celebrity in the “Kiss a Pig” fundraiser with the winner kissing a live pig Friday, Sept. 17 before the Golden Eagles’ home football game against the University of Kansas. All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.

Votes for the celebrities can be made by putting monetary donations in jars representing the contestants, which will be placed at the library plaza Sept. 7-10 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. and in Shoemaker Square Sept. 13-17 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. The celebrity contestant with the largest donation total wins.

Celebrities in the Kiss a Pig contest include Southern Miss President Martha Saunders; Provost Bob Lyman; Vice President for Student Affairs Joe Paul; University Police Chief Bob Hopkins; and Vice President for Advancement Bob Pierce. The competition culminates on Century Lawn where the winner will kiss the pig prior to Eagle Walk.

Another way the campus community can support Start! Heart Walk and the American Heart Association is the “Pass the Bacon” contest, which runs through Sept. 17. Held in conjunction with the “Kiss a Pig” contest, faculty and staff pass decorated pigs to offices across campus with the goal of raising funds for the Heart Walk. When the faculty/staff member has paid $5 to have the pig removed from their desk, their name will be placed in a drawing for prizes.

For more information, contact your Heart Walk team captain for details, or contact Patricia Linton at 601.266.5767. To learn more about the Start! Heart Walk, online visit www.forrestlamarheartwalk.org.

USM Public Relations

Filed under: Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Marion County, USM, American Heart Association, Bob Hopkins, Bob Lyman, Bob Pierce, fundraiser, Hattiesburg Mississippi, Joe Paul, Martha Dunagin Saunders, Martha Saunders, mississippi, President, University of Southern Mississippi, University Police, Vice President for Advancement, Vice President for Student Affairs