Our Advisors

2015-16 Education Advisory Board

• Blair Hammon- Teacher, Eastside Elementary
• Buck Cooper- Associate Head of Middle School, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
• Dr. Cathy Gaston- Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc.
• Dr. Gail Hammond- Retired Gifted Education Teacher
• Ellen Ruffin- Curator, DeGrummond Children’s Literature Collection
• Gwenda Purnell- Math Consultant
• Kim Corley- Homeschool Teacher
• Limeul Eubanks- Mississippi Department of Education
• London Thompson- Retired Teacher
• Michael Cormack- Executive Director, Barksdale Reading Institute
• Rev. Dr. Martha Alexander- Operation Shoestring
• Rhoda Yoder- Principal, Casey Elementary
• Ruth Davis- Eudora Welty Library
• Serenity Luckett- Principal, Brown Elementary
• Shelley White- Former Science Teacher
• Terri Ford- Teacher, Mississippi School for the Blind

2015-16 STEM Advisory Board

• Rita Payton, McNeely Plastics
• Clifton Osbon, Transcript Pharmacy
• Rob Rockhold, UMMC
• Ralph Didlock, UMMC
• Eric Helselt, MSU Riley College of Engineering
• Eric Hollingsworth, MSU
• Michael Ryan, UMMC Physiology
• Tessa Keating, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
• Andy Schmegal, Millsaps College
• Patrick Hopkins, Millsaps College
• Megan Pratt, Mississippi University for Women
• Mike Aguilar, The Leonardo
• Ellen Trappey, The Franklin Institute
• Richard Jones, Spann Elementary