The Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) is governed by 5 State-wide elected Officers and 26 Directors who are elected from their respective areas. These Officers and Directors are elected each year by their fellow district commissioners during the MACD Annual Meeting each January.
2019 MACD BOARD MEMBERS (left to right): Pete Hunter, Past President; Hope Daley, Secretary/Treasurer; Anita Cowan, 1st Vice President; Jerry Smith, President; Gary Blair, NACD Board Member; and Nick Elmore, 2nd Vice President. PHOTO BY DEB LOGAN
President:
Jerry Smith, Neshoba County
First Vice-President:
Anita Cowan, Marshall County
Second Vice-President:
Nick Elmore, Jackson County
Past President:
Pete Hunter, Coahoma County
Secretary-Treasurer:
Hope Daley, Jeff Davis County
NACD Executive Board Member:
Gary Blair, Lincoln County
North Area Directors
Faye Burrell, Montgomery Country, Vice President
David Hill, Prentiss County, Director
Eddie Carnathan, Lee County, Director
Pat Ragsdale, Benton County, Director
Chris Shelton, Calhoun County, Director
John Briscoe, Lafayette County, Director
Mike Sullivan, Chickasaw County, Director
Central Area Directors
Monte Ladner, Leake County, Vice President
Andy Roy Cotton, Noxubee County, Director
Paul Myrick, Jasper County, Director
Joe Byrd, Lauderdale County, Director
LeAnne Peters, Oktibbeha County, Director
David Barton, Hinds County, Director
Ross Williamson, Neshoba County, Director
South Area Directors
Greg Crochet, Harrison County, Vice President
Herman Dungan, Jr., Jefferson Davis County, Director
Robert Steele, Perry County, Director
Billy Ray Magee, Pike County, Director
Benny Goff, Jackson County, Director
Virginia Salmon, Adams County, Director
William Wilkinson, Franklin County, Director
Delta Area Directors
Gip Carter, Sharkey County, Vice President
Bob Morgan, Leflore County, Director
Terry Maxwell, Sunflower County, Director
Gary A. Bailey, Tunica County, Director
James C. Morgan III, Leflore County, Director