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One state. One future. As a Mississippi-based business, we draw our strength from the people, places, and businesses that inspire us. Anyone helping build this economy is an ally of ours. So to all the incredible CEO’s piloting our state into the future— Congratulations from C Spire.

Proud of our leaders who make life better. Congratulations, Alon Bee, on being named one of Mississippi’s Top CEO’s 2017. Alon Bee, Regions City President of the Metro Jackson area, joined the bank in 1978 and has held various management roles throughout the years. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and completed the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He also earned the Series 7 license with the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Commercial Banking Certiﬁcation from Robert Morris Associates Commercial Banking Certiﬁcation. Alon serves on the board of directors for the Baptist Health Systems Foundation, the Madison County Business League and the Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce, serving as President Elect. He is past president of the board of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi and now serves on the boards of the university’s business school and alumni association.

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2017 CLASS NURIA ARIAS....................................8 Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce ALON BEE .........................................8 Regions Financial Corporation JULIE POLK BREAZEALE...................9 Polk’s Meat Products LINDA T. BYNUM..............................10 City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce KEVIN S. COOK ................................10 University of Mississippi Health System ELIZABETH R. CRISLER.....................11 Liquid Creative JOHN D. DAMON, PH.D. ...................12 Canopy Children’s Solutions EVAN DILLARD ................................12 Forrest Hospital ARTHUR DUCOTE ............................13 Regions Financial Corporation JOEY D. HAVENS..............................14 Horne LLP JACK T. HERRIN................................14 Herrin-Gear Automotive Group TONY JEFF .......................................15 Innovate Mississippi CHARMAIN KANOSKY .....................16 Mississippi State Medical Association MARK E. KEENUM............................16 Mississippi State University CON MALONEY, EDDIE MALONEY, JOHNNY MALONEY .........................17 Cowboy Maloney

MENDE MALOUF ALFORD ...............18 Old Capitol Inn GARY G. MARCHAND.......................18 Memorial Hospital at Gulfport TASHIA D. MCGINN ..........................19 Prestige Luxury Properties GREG MCKEE...................................20 The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia HU MEENA......................................20 Cspire JAY C. MOON ...................................21 Mississippi Manufacturers Association MARCO MORAN...............................22 Dewmar International BMC, Inc. AUSTIN MORGAN ............................22 T. L. Wallace Construction Co. BRAD ORRISON/BROOKE LEWIS ....23 The Shed Barbeque ROBERT STINSON .......................... 24 The Stinson Group MICHAEL SUNDERMAN .................. 24 M2Media Corp CHANCELLOR JEFFREY S. VITTER .. 25 University of Mississippi LARRY W. WHITE............................ 26 Calibration Services, LLC

EVENT PHOTOS .................................... 27-29 PAST WINNERS .......................................... 30

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Congratulations to Linda Bynum

The Board of Directors of the Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate Executive Director Linda Bynum for being named Top CEO in Mississippi. We appreciate your hard work, dedication, and service to the Ridgeland Business Community.

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Proud of our leaders who make life better. Congratulations, Arthur DuCote, on being named one of Mississippi’s Top CEO’s 2017. Regions is proud to congratulate our own Arthur DuCote on being selected as a Top CEO in Mississippi by the Mississippi Business Journal. Arthur has been with Regions for 25 years and leads banking operations in Mississippi. Prior to assuming the role of CEO in 2013, he held several positions with Regions, including Central Alabama Area President; Private Banking Line of Business Head; City President of Fort Myers, Florida; and West Coast Florida Business Banking Executive. Currently, Arthur is on the Mississippi Economic Council’s board of governors and on the Mississippi Bankers Association’s board of directors. He has also served on the Alabama State Banking Board. Arthur earned a bachelor’s degree in ﬁnance from Louisiana State University. Congratulations, Arthur, on your honorable achievement.

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Nuria Arias Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce

uria Arias is Chief Executive Director for the Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce. Since Arias took the leadership of the Chamber a year ago, it has aligned its work with city and county leaders in order to lead and support economic development for the area. She has also worked in gaining financial stability and will finish off the fiscal year in good standing. The Chamber has also seen the reinstatement of the Chamber’s 501C6, which was lost in 2015. Her work with the board of directors and her leadership has allowed the Chamber to regain its nonprofit status. She previously worked at Digital Opportunity Trust, Slidell Head State and the Louisiana Department of Education. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Political Science at Loyola University in New Orleans, and her Master’s Degree in International Education from Framingham State University. Arias is a 2016 Mississippi Development Authority Ambassador, a Lighthouse Women of Achievement and Young Careerist Awards nominee, and a member of the Mississippi Business Journal’s 2011 class of 50 Leading Businesswomen.

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Alon Bee Regions Financial Corporation

lon Bee, City President for the Metro Jackson area of Regions Bank, has worked with the bank and its predecessors for more than 35 years. In addition to his dedication to Regions, Bee also has great love for his alma mater, the University of Mississippi, where he earned his BA in 1979. He expressed that love for his school and his late wife, Vicki, who died in 2005 when he and his children Paige Bee Dodgen and Blake Bee endowed a scholarship in her memory at the University of Mississippi School of Nursing. The award is given to the Mississippi Student Nurse of the Year, which Vicki received in 1980. He was recognized with the Goodwill Industries Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2013, and was a 2001 graduate of Leadership Jackson. Bee is a board member with the Baptist Health Systems Foundation, the Mississippi Heritage Trust and the Madison County Business League and Foundation. His hobbies include golf, sporting clays and Ole Miss sporting events.

Julie Polk Breazeale

ulie Polk Breazeale, a Prentiss native, grew up in her family’s business, learning all aspects of the meat products industry from her father. Today, Breazeale is the Chief Executive Officer for Polk’s Meat Products in Magee. Breazeale believes small businesses like Polk’s are the lifeblood of the Mississippi economy. Active in her community, the mother of three children is a member of the Junior Auxiliary of Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Board of Directors and the Oak Grove Primary PTO. Breazeale earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management in 2000 from the University of Southern Mississippi, and her MBA in 2007 at USM. Breazeale enjoys family outings and watching her sons play baseball.

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Linda T. Bynum

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City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce

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s Executive Director of the City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce, Linda Bynum oversees day-to-day operations of the chamber that include publicizing and promoting the chamber’s membership, implementing a yearly Program of Focus, coordinating all fundraising events and developing and implementing all chamber activities designed to help the chamber’s membership grow their business. Bynum says her most significant professional accomplishment, which she feels has benefited others the most, is evolving the Ridgeland Chamber into an organization that truly works for its members and the city it services. Bynum believes a strong community is essential for business to flourish. If there’s a need in the community, Bynum finds a way to meet that need. Over the years, she has helped raised over $100,000 and in-kind donations to complete the Chapel on the Hospice Ministries Campus; raised funds to purchase American flags for every classroom in all Ridgeland public schools; gathered canned goods and non-perishable items for Our Daily Bread Ministries and MadCAAP (Madison Countians Allied Against Poverty); raised funds for Hope Hollow, a camp in Madison County for children and adults with special needs; raised money for the American Cancer Society and raised funds to purchase bullet proof vests for the Ridgeland Police Department. A graduate of Mississippi University for Women, Bynum is a Top Ten Finalist of the 50 Leading Business Women in Mississippi, 2014; a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow; a graduate of Leadership Madison County; a member of Executive Women International, Jackson Chapter and a member of Mississippi University for Women Jackson Metro Alumni Chapter.

Kevin S. Cook University of Mississippi Health System

evin Cook is CEO of the University of Mississippi Health System. A native of Miami, Fla., Cook previously served as president and CEO of St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, and was the Metro President of Toledo for Mercy Health Partners, part of a large non-profit health system operating in Ohio and Kentucky, before joining UMMC. Cook earned his bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y., in 1990 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps, serving from 1991-99. He earned his Master of Science in business administration from Boston University and took on his first role in health care as an administrator at River Region Health System in Vicksburg in 2002. In 2006, Cook made the switch to not-for-profit health care, transitioning to COO of Mercy Hospital Mt. Airy in Cincinnati in 2006. Within that system, he soon took on leadership roles in Scranton, Pa., then Toledo, where he oversaw a number of projects at the regional health-system level, helping to improve financial performance through operational transformation.

Elizabeth R. Crisler

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n 1999, Elizabeth opened a branch of a Dallas advertising agency, but purchased the branch in 2003 and changed the name to Liquid Creative. She is owner and president of the agency. Elizabeth’s areas of expertise are strategic marketing and planning and new business development in marketing and advertising for telecommunications, finance, national exhibitions, construction/land development, law, retail, medical, and non-profits. She directs all aspects of account service, from budget planning through strategic planning and implementation. Elizabeth was recognized by Mississippi Business Journal as one of 2003 Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women. In 2015, Elizabeth was recognized by Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi, with Champion of Children Award. Liquid Creative was recognized in 2009 as MBJ’s Fast 40, one of Mississippi’s fastest growing businesses. Elizabeth volunteers regularly as a DECA local and state judge for Mississippi’s high schools and believes in giving back to the community. Every year since 1999 the company has provided free agency time for a full year to help 18 non-profits. Elizabeth earned a BS in business from Belhaven University. Elizabeth shares, “Running my business has been my main focus in life for many years. But, I could not do what I do without my husband’s support and listening ear and a talented staff that cares. Additionally, I am only as good as the legacy I leave behind. I am proud of my accomplishments in business, but I hope my legacy will be the work I’ve done with the non-profits we have served.”

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John D. Damon, Ph.D. Canopy Children’s Solutions

amon’s clinical and executive leadership experience spans more than 25 years. Joining Canopy — Previously known as Mississippi Children’s Home Solutions -- in 1993, he began as a therapist at the CARES Center Jackson. He went on to become Clinical Director and serve in the capacity of CARES Center Director and Chief Operating Officer before transitioning to CEO in 2013. Damon plays a role in fostering relationships between Canopy and other leading healthcare providers, political entities and professional thought leaders and organizations. He is president of the Mississippi Association of Child Caring Agencies, past president and board member for the National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health in Washington, D.C., and past president of the board of directors for the Behavioral Health Society of the Mississippi Hospital Association. In 2013 he was appointed to the Mississippi Autism Advisory Committee and serves on the Mississippi Children’s Justice Commission. He has also served on various other committees. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Mississippi College, a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Reformed Theological Seminary, and earned his doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Jackson State University. He completed his residency in Child Psychology at University of Mississippi Medical Center. John and his wife have of ﬁve children and live in Madison.

Evan Dillard Forrest Hospital

van Dillard is been President and CEO of Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. He has been at Forrest General since 2008 when he was hired as Chief Operating Officer. He previously was Chief Operating Officer at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, a 770-bed tertiary care medical center that was recognized as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders in 2007. Dillard earned his Bachelor’s Degree a the University of Alabama, and his Master’s Degree and MBA at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dillard is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Arthur DuCote

rthur DuCote is State President of Mississippi for Regions Financial Corporation. DuCote grew up in a rural community outside of New Orleans and went on to graduate from Louisiana State University where he majored in ďŹ nance. Before to assuming his current duties in 2013, he held several positions since joining the bank in 1994, including Central Alabama area president, West Coast Florida business banking executive, city president of Fort Myers, Fla., and private banking line of business head. Before joining Regions, he was Business Banking Manager at Fortune Bank, a commercial lender and management associate at Barnett Bank, and a management associate at Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

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Regions Financial Corporation

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Joey D. Havens Horne LLP

oey Havens is the executive partner at HORNE LLP where he leads the firm’s more than 500 team members. Before taking his executive partner role, Joe led the firm’s government services group and was the partner in charge of health care services. He is a member of HORNE’s board of directors and the project review committee. Joey joined HORNE in 1984. He has experience in project and engagement management where he has led diverse consulting teams on client service projects for more than 15 years. He co-authored Creating Value: Your 90 Day Plan to Right Tracking Your Career, designed to help professionals jump start their careers and keep them on the right track. He has co-authored three other books during and has published numerous articles in national, state and local publications. He is a frequent speaker on professional development, strategic planning and time management. Joey earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Mississippi. Professional Affiliations include American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. Havens was a member of the Mississippi Business Journal’s 1996 “Top 40 Under 40” Class.

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Jack T. Herrin Herrin-Gear Automotive Group

ack Herrin is President of Herrin-Gear BMW, Toyota, Lexus, Infiniti, and Chevrolet. A second generation dealer, Herrin grew up in the car business, working after school and in the summer in the service, parts, and body shop departments. He graduated from the University of Mississippi and extended his studies at the Northwood Institute of Dallas, before selling cars at John Harvey Ford in Jackson. In 1983, he became general manager for George Gear at Hallmark Toyota BMW. Herrin was awarded Mississippi’s only Lexus dealership in 1991, and its only Infiniti dealership in 1992. Herrin-Gear has received the “Elite of Lexus” award, the “Award of Excellence” from Infiniti, and Toyota’s “President’s Award.” Herrin has served on Gulf States Toyota’s Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission, the Advisory Board of Mississippi Diversified, and as Chairman of the Better Business Bureau. Herrin is a member of Northminster Baptist Church. His donation of a million dollar endowment to the Carl and Nancy Herrin Scholarship Fund at the University of Mississippi annually provides 10 need-based scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each to Mississippians. He and his wife Leigh have two children, Carly and Elaine, her husband Billy Flannigan, and grandson, Finn.

Tony Jeff

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ony Jeff is president and CEO for Innovate Mississippi. Since joining Innovate in 2002, he has also served as vice-president and COO and the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation where he coordinated Innovate Mississippi’s work with entrepreneurs to bring their innovations successfully to market. Previously, Jeff had corporate experience with Florida Power & Light, General Motors and Delphi Automotive Systems. When he was promoted to ﬁnance manager for North American Programs at age 30, he was the youngest senior manager in the $4.3 billion, 140,000-employee division. Jeff left that position in 2002 to return to his home state of Mississippi and work for Innovate. In addition to his corporate experience, Tony has started two businesses – one around a patent he co-invented and successfully brought to market. He was also a student of Japanese language and a member of the Foreign Teaching Staff of AEON Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Mississippi State University. He also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Masters of Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern. He speaks regularly on emerging trends and strategies in technology and innovation commercialization. Tony is married to the former Sheila Kalka, a family medicine physician. They have two sons and live in Madison.

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Charmain Kanosky Mississippi State Medical Association

harmain Kanosky is the Executive Director of the Mississippi State Medical Association, a position she has held for over nine years. She has been with the association for 22 years and for the ﬁrst 13 years was Mississippi’s chief medical lobbyist representing MSMA physicians and medical students at the State Capitol and in Washington. She was one the front lines in 2002 when the Mississippi passed historic tort reform legislation as the lead lobbyist for the medical community. She has served on several American Medical Association advocacy committees, and is one of 15 CEOs appointed to the AMA’s STAT Team that develops strategies for passage of federal legislation. She has been treasurer of the Mississippi Medical Political Action Committee, Kanosky has for more than 12. She has served more than four years on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for BIPEC – Mississippi’s Business and Industry Political Education Committee. She also holds a position on the Board of Directors for four other businesses and the MSMA Foundation. Kanosky was ﬁrst recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal in 2009 when she was named one of MBJ’s Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women. She is a popular speaker who often addresses groups and organizations about the state of healthcare in Mississippi and current events affecting Mississippi physicians.

Mark E. Keenum Mississippi State University

r. Mark Everett Keenum is in his eighth year as president of Mississippi State University. During his tenure, MSU has experienced record enrollment growth to more than 21,600 students. Mississippi State has awarded more than 4,000 degrees at all levels for ﬁve straight years. The campus has expanded with construction projects, ranging from The Mill at MSU to new classrooms and residence halls to an expansion of the baseball stadium. Fundraising reached all-time highs, including MSU’s Inﬁnite Impact capital campaign that reached its $600 million goal three years early. In 2016, Keenum was elected president of the Southeastern Conference, where he is a member of the SEC Executive Committee and serves on the SEC’s Content Committee that oversees the SEC Network. He also represents the SEC on the College Football Playoff ’s Board of Managers. A graduate of Mississippi State with degrees in agricultural economics, Keenum began his career at MSU as a faculty member with the Extension Service and the Department of Agricultural Economics. He then was chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture prior to returning to MSU. He graduated from Corinth High School and earned an associate in arts degree from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville. Keenum and his wife, Rhonda, have four children.

Con, Eddie, Johnny Maloney

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n 1952, Cowboy Maloney’s was born, a lumber yard selling built-in appliances for new homes. We quickly evolved to a full line appliance dealer and from there became a TV dealer when the first television station came on line in Mississippi. We were founded with the realization that, as a Mississippi company, we would be held to a higher set of standards. We strive to exceed customer’s expectations. Our major goal is not to ask for business because we’re the home team, but to match or beat any price in the market place plus stand behind every product that a customer stands in front of. In 1991, Cowboy Maloney’s purchased Electric City from the Southern Company. With more locations, and joining NATM, the nation’s premier buying group of only 12 dealers, we became a major regional retailer able to compete with all national competition and still give personal service to our neighbors. From Cowboy, who got his nickname from his appliance corral, and Dolly Mom who ran the office, to 13-year-old son Con who worked in the lumber yard, Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City has grown to over 200 associates with multiple locations, more than 40 delivery trucks, and our own electronic service department. We are the only major company in the Jackson market who has a service department. Having sold the first DirecTV Satellite and the first Sirius Car Audio System ever sold in the U.S.A., we are indeed recognized nationally as being on the cutting edge. With all this said, the three brothers, Con, Eddie, and Johnny, with their last name on the building, want to keep customers first.

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Congratulations, Charmain Kanosky Your outstanding leadership has enhanced and expedited MPHP’S mission to ensure the health of all Mississippians through assurance of healthy physicians.

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Mende Malouf Alford For being chosen one of the Top CEO’s of Mississippi.

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Mende Malouf Alford Old Capitol Inn

ende Malouf Alford, the general manager/owner of the Old Capitol Inn Boutique Hotel in Jackson, has turned being in the hospitality business into a fine art. It has led to her Old Capitol Inn being the “in” place for many central Mississippi gatherings, ranging from wedding to non-profit fundraisers. The hotel has been featured many times in Southern Living magazine and has won numerous awards such as Hotel of the Year by the Mississippi Hospitality Restaurant Association and twice by the Jackson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Alford oversees 50 employees and an annual budget of about $2 million for the 24-room boutique hotel. Active with the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Alford has chaired several major events such as Red White and Jackson and Authenticity. The latter event raised more than $100,000 for the police department and $40,000 for the fire department. Alford has also been active with the Jackson Group of Executive Women International (EWI), a group that promotes personal and professional development.

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Gary G. Marchand Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

ary Marchand has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hospital at Gulfport since 2003. Prior to becoming President/CEO, he was the Senior Executive Vice President of Finance from 1991 – 2003. Memorial Hospital is a 445-bed multi-specialty hospital offering a comprehensive array of medical, surgical, mental health and rehabilitation services to the residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Marchand led Memorial in its recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005. This tragedy formed the foundation of the subsequent growth Memorial has experienced in the past decade. The Building a Better Memorial initiative included adding two new floors to the hospital, creating 96 new, larger modern patient rooms; renovating floors 3, 4, and 5 and expanding the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on the 7th floor of the West Tower. Other facets of Building a Better Memorial included rebuilding the orthopedic and neurosurgery programs, attaining state designation as a Level II Trauma Center, being the first hospital in Mississippi to attain Primary Stroke Care certification, and expanding physician clinics and diagnostic clinics throughout the three coastal counties as part of an ongoing physician alignment strategy.

Tashia D. McGinn

ashia McGinn is a native to the Gulf Coast and a lifelong resident of Mississippi. She started her professional career in the fall of 2001 with an international distribution company. The company started McGinn off in a managerial position where she managed customer relations, created new accounts, oversaw product distribution. McGinnn went on to become the Sales and Marketing Director for the company, and achieved her own personal goal. In 2005, she became a licensed agent with Coldwell Banker. With success in condominium sales McGinn was transferred to a high rise condominium development in Gulfport. The new development was Legacy Towers and Legacy Villas. This condominium project consisted of two high rise towers ocean front, with apartment condo converted villas in the back. She went on to list 18.2 million dollars of real estate. With this accomplishment under her belt, McGinn saw a future opportunity in real estate. With the partnership of Charlene Moschella, a new real estate company was successfully started. In 2008, Exit Prestige Luxury Realty, LLC was born and a lifelong dream of hers was achieved. McGinn went on to own and operate Prestige Management Services, a property HOA Management Company and Trendsetting Designs and More.

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Prestige Luxury Properties

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Greg McKee The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia

reg McKee assumed the position of President and CEO in January, 2003. He leads Citizens Holding Company, a one-bank holding company and the parent company of The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia, both headquartered in Philadelphia, Mississippi. A Philadelphia native, McKee earned a bachelor’s degree in banking from Mississippi State University and was awarded the Mississippi Bankers Association Orrin Swayze Scholar Award. He is also a graduate of the School of Banking at Louisiana State University. McKee serves on the First National Bankers Bank Board of Directors, ABA Community Bank Council, Mississippi State University Department of Finance and Economics Advisory Board, Title Services Board of Directors and Mississippi Bankers VEBA Trust Board. He is a Paul Harris Fellow + one Rotarian. McKee is an active member of the First Pentecostal Church in Philadelphia. He is married to Linda Luke McKee, and they have two daughters Lauren McKee and Meredith Humphries (Evan).

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Hu Meena CSpire

s president & CEO of Ridgeland-based C Spire, Hu Meena is busy guiding an effort to extract pioneering uses from a ﬁber optic network for which C Spire’s predecessor companies — Cellular South and Franklin and Delta telephone companies — laid the foundation decades ago. With each new C Spire announcement of a digital-based product or service, the spotlight on Mississippi as a generator of tomorrow’s technologies grows brighter. By the end of the last decade, the nation’s largest privately held wireless provider — estimated by Forbes’ analysts to have reached sales of $578 million in 2011 — served notice to the telecom sector that it and the state it calls home intend to be aggressive and innovative players in the digital marketplace. Meena, a Clarksdale native, who was the 2016 Mississippi Business Journal “Business Person of the Year” says his 1,250-employee company headquartered in Ridgeland’s Renaissance at Colony Parkway is on the verge of becoming ground zero for the arrival of a Silicon Valley of sorts, citing the strides it is making in developing useful data analytics applications for businesses, “We’re doing some cutting-edge things in the data analytics space.” On his way to becoming CEO of C Spire, Meena graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in education and then coached a year of football at Greenwood’s Pillow Academy.

Jay C. Moon

ay C. Moon is the president and CEO of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, the largest and most influential voice for Mississippi manufacturers. The association represents more than 2,200 manufacturers and associated members. As president of the MMA, Jay has helped to develop and win passage of several significant legislative programs. Jay worked with Gov. Haley Barbour, the Mississippi legislature and other business leaders to enact landmark civil justice reform. Jay helped to develop and pass Momentum Mississippi, one of the most comprehensive improvements to Mississippi’s business incentive offerings. Other significant legislative incentive packages supporting Mississippi companies, such as Viking, Baxter, Northrop Grumman and Howard Industries, were also made possible through Jay’s leadership.

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Mississippi Manufacturers Association

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J O E Y H AV E N S FOR BEING NAMED A

TOP CEO IN MISSISSIPPI HORNE is a decidedly different CPA and business advisory ﬁrm that is changing expectations about accounting.

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Marco Moran Dewmar International BMC, Inc.

arco Moran is an entrepreneur at heart. The Columbia, Louisiana native is the CEO of Dewmar International, a U.S. based, veteran-owned brand management services company that specializes in developing, acquiring and/or licensing new products and brands for successful launch or distribution in both national and international markets. Dewmar’s primary business strategy has been to transform high proﬁt-margin brands traditionally reserved for niche consumer markets into more widely available general consumer brands while building a sustainable business growth model. Moran studied pre-pharmacy at Louisiana State University, before getting a pharmacy degree and post graduate degree in business at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He moved to Vicksburg in 2005 to run the pharmacy at River Region Hospital. From there, he went on to Baptist Hospital in Jackson and then on to run his own company as well as having affiliations with Clinton Wellness Center and TriHealth Solution. Moran serves as chairman of the Mississippi District Export Council and is a member of the White House Business Council.

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Austin Morgan T. L. Wallace Construction Co.

ust a few years ago, Austin Morgan was named COO and secretary/treasurer of T.L. Wallace Construction Company, a Columbia-based construction ﬁrm with nearly 300 employees. However, the University of Southern Mississippi graduate was hardly intimidated by his new responsibilities. In 2013, T.L. Wallace Construction was recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as one of the Top 100 privately owned businesses in the state. Morgan has been a member of the MBJ’s Top 40 Under 40. The company boasts seven divisions, including commercial, heavy civil, disaster response, asphalt, industrial, utilities and professional services. Morgan says the key to success is keeping an open mind and possessing the ability to task outside of your job description. If he had to describe himself in one word, Morgan would say, “determined.” Morgan enjoys home improvement projects and spending time with family.

The Shed Barbecue

he Shed BBQ & Blues joint opened its doors in 2001 and become much more than just a restaurant. Owner’s Brad and Brooke, along with their team have a retail line of gluten free, all natural sauces & marinades located on over 10,000 shelves nationwide, as well as running The Saucery, a co-packing facility bottling products for company’s throughout the Southeast. Brad & Brooke run a ﬁerce BBQ competition team which holds over 40 National titles as well as 10 World Food Championship titles. They are international blues music advocates working with Blues ambassadors in France as well as teaching BBQ classes nationwide for The National BBQ Association. Brad, Brooke, and their team work with non proﬁt organizations such as Operation BBQ Relief, hosting over 200 fundraisers in the past 15 years. The Shed BBQ restaurant has been noted as one of the most documented BBQ restaurants on television in the country. Making appearances on most major networks such as Travel Channel, HGTV, ABC, HLN, FOX, History Channel, Food Network, VH1, PBS and Destination America.

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Robert Stinson The Stinson Group

ob Stinson, Executive Chef and Owner of Lookout Downtown, Salute Italian, Kellys, The Reef, Baja Beach and Pelican Wharf, has made a huge impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the past 13 years. Rob has opened 30 restaurants in his career, owning nine of those. Rob is starting the sixth season on Mississippi Public Broadcasting with his show called “Fit to Eat.” Stinson cooked and was featured on the national ABC show “The Chew.” He was chosen by Gov. Haley Barbour to represent the State as the official Chef of Mississippi in the Great American Seafood Cook off in New Orleans in 2007 and 2009. Rob also represents the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Seafood Marketing as their official Chef of Mississippi. Salute Italian was voted best Italian on the Coast 2012 and 2013. His spectrum of work has spanned from 5-star dining at Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans, Grill Room, to managing the highest volume restaurant in the world, Orlando Planet Hollywood. Rob’s community involvement has separated him from other businesses on the Gulf Coast as he serves as president of the Long Beach Rotary and former president of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, and sits on the board of many other committees. Rob was born in Mount Vernon, New York, grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio and attended Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Rob, his wife Paige, children Samuel and Abigail live in Long Beach.

Michael Sunderman M2Media Corp

ichael Sunderman was born and raised in Warren, Ohio, and is a 1984 graduate of Youngstown State University where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in both Graphic Design and Marketing. After graduation, he left Ohio and started his 33-year career in print media. In 1987, Michael was named publisher of The Laughlin (Nevada) Gambler at the age of 27. A few years later, he and his wife, Mary, started their ﬁrst newspaper, The Laughlin Nevada Times, which they sold few years later to Brehm Communications as Michael was named regional manager of a daily and six weekly newspapers in Nevada, Arizona and California at the age of 33. In 1994, at the urging of Dick Smith, a media mentor in Mississippi, they relocated to the Mississippi Gulf Coast and created Jackpot! Magazine. Several years later, they started Gaming News. In 2001, Michael was hired as President & COO of Morris Newspaper Corp. Despite great success, Michael and Mary moved back to Mississippi to grow their own company and in 2006, and debuted South Mississippi Living Magazine. In late 2015, Michael and Mary purchased See South Mississippi and re-launched a newly designed “Discover South Mississippi”. In early 2016, his daughter, Kelsey, joined the company as editor of Discover South Mississippi . Their company, M2 Media Corp, also publishes numerous specialty magazines.

Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter

effrey S. Vitter became the 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi on Jan. 1, 2016 — just in time for the exciting Ole Miss win in the 2016 Sugar Bowl. A renowned computer scientist and academic leader, Vitter previously served for ﬁve and a half years as provost, executive vice chancellor, and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. As provost, Vitter served as the chief academic and operations officer for the main campus in Lawrence and the Edwards campus in Overland Park. He initiated and co-led the campus-wide development of KU’s strategic plan Bold Aspirations and oversaw the creation of the ﬁrst-ever university-wide KU Core curriculum, expansion of the Schools of Engineering and Business, multidisciplinary research and funding around four strategic initiatives, major growth of technology commercialization and corporate partnerships, and administrative reorganization and efficiencies. A native of New Orleans, Vitter graduated in mathematics with highest honors from the University of Notre Dame in 1977 and earned a Ph.D. under Don Knuth in computer science at Stanford University in 1980. He also holds an MBA in 2002 from Duke University. Dr. Vitter’s wife Sharon is a native Kansan. They have three children — Jillian, Scott, and Audrey.

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Larry W. White Calibration Services, LLC

n 1997, after 20 years in the U.S. Navy, Larry W. White retired as an Aviation Electronic Technician. In 1998, he continued in his ﬁeld with Raytheon Aerospace (now L-3 Communication) in Madison. Then, in September 2004, he purchased the Calibration Lab from L-3 Communication, and formed AA Calibration Services. The company offers calibration services for pressure gauges, calipers, dial indicators, torque wrenches, multi meters (digital and analog), tension meters, scales, height gages and more. Since it does not represent any individual company or manufacturer, Calibration Services can offer our customers a wide range of calibration services.

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| Past Winners | CEO AWARDS of Mississippi

2017

2016 class CAROLYN BOTELER .................................................. TempStaff Inc.

STEVE MARSH ...............................................................Nissan North America

THOMAS E. BROWN .........................................Magnolia State Bank

RONALD “BUDDY” MCCLAIN ............................................McClain Sonics

GARY D. BUTLER ........................................... Camgian Microsystems

LAUREN MCGRAW......................................................McGraw Gotta Go, LLC

MICHAEL D. CALLAHAN....Electric Power Associations of Mississippi

ANDY MERCIER.............................................................Merchants Foodservice

SUNNY DESAI........................................................ Desai Hotel Group

W. HIBBETT NEEL, JR. ..............................................................Neel-Schaffer

STEVE DOBBS ............................... Merit Health of Central Mississippi

JOHN B. NEVILLE ........................................................State Bank & Trust Co.

MAYO FLYNT ............................................................................ AT&T

CARL L. NICHOLSON, JR. ...................................Nicholson and Company

CURTIS J. GABARDI ....................................... The Metropolitan Bank

CHARLES W. NICHOLSON, JR. .........................Community Bancshares

GERARD GIBERT ...............................................Venture Technologies

DAVID PALMER ...................................................................................Synergetics

DON GLIDEWELL ............................................................Think Anew

CHRIS RAY...............................................................................The Ramey Agency

LISA F. GRAHAM ..............Gulf Coast Community Federal Credit Union

BERNARD T. REED..............................................................Reed’s Metals, Inc.

W. TAYLOR GUILD III ......................... Eley Guild Hardy Architects PA.

PHILIP A. SHIRLEY......................................................................GodwinGroup

CLAUDE W. HARBARGER ............................................St. Dominic’s

CHELI STRUMILA.......................................................................Coast Observer

CHARLES B. HOLDER, JR................................Hol-Mac Corporation

RONNIE TUBERTINI....................................................SouthGroup Insurance

R. TOMMY KING........................................................William Carey University

GARY WATTS............................................................................. Broadband Voice

DOUGLAS E. LEVANWAY............................Wise Carter Child & Caraway

BLAKE WILSON ................................................Mississippi Economic Council

JANIS K. LEWIS........................................................................Account Services

DUDLEY D. WOOLEY .................................................................Ross & Yerger

LIZA CIRLOT LOOSER ........................................................The Cirlot Agency

WILLIAM G. YATES III....................................................... Yates Construction

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Congratulations! Evan Dillard President and CEO Forrest Health On behalf of Forrest Health’s physicians and staff, we congratulate Evan on being chosen as one of Mississippi’s Top CEOs. This accomplishment highlights his hard work and tireless commitment to Forrest Health’s vision to deﬁne the healthcare experience by providing world class care. With unwavering integrity, he leads a health network serving 19 counties in south Mississippi providing those rural areas access to high quality health care. Under his leadership, Forrest Health continues to grow touching more people with our philosophy of care and compassion.

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Maloney Brothers - Eddie, Con and Johnny

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