Mission Statement
Board of Directors

Founding Partners

Mission Statement
“The mission of the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance is to preserve, enhance, interpret, and promote the cultural and heritage assets of the hills region. Its key objectives are to increase jobs and visitation to the region, and to develop and support projects and programs that sustain the heritage tourism industry in regional communities.”


Board of Directors:

Officers:
•Hugh Stump–Oxford CVB, President
•Linda Butler Johnson–Tupelo CVB, Vice-President
•Kim Terrell–DeSoto County Tourism Association, Secretary
•Stephanie Movre–Holly Springs Tourism & Recreation   
Bureau, Treasurer

Board Members / Designees:
•Duane Bullard–Tippah County Development Foundation;
•Martha Coleman–Pontotoc County Historical Society;
•Theresa Cutshall–Tishomingo County Tourism Council;
•Bethany Dalton-Union County Development Association;
•Mary-Kathryn Millner–Tourism Manager, Oxford CVB;
•George Rowland–North Central Mississippi Resource    Conservation & Development Council;
•Arma Salazar–Starkville CVB/Greater Starkville Development Partnership;
•Amber Smith/Richard Ramsey–West Point/Clay County Community Growth Alliance;
•Jill Smith–Union County Heritage Museum;
•Deborah Stubblefield/Judy Smith–Aberdeen Visitors Bureau;
•James Tsismanakis–Columbus CVB;
•Kristy White–Corinth CVB; and
•Brian Wilson–Noxubee County Economic Development Office

Ex-Officio:
•Mike Armour-State Director, and
Sandra Perkins-Associate Manager,
Appalachian Regional Commission
•Sarah McCullough–Cultural & Heritage Tourism Program Manager, Mississippi Development Authority-Tourism Division
•Bob Wilson-Executive Director, Mississippi Main Street Assn.
•Kenneth P'Pool-Director, Historic Preservation Division, and
Michelle Jones-Special Projects Officer,

Mississippi Department of Archives & History
•Larry Morrisey-Heritage Program Director, Mississippi Arts Commission
•David Preziosi-Executive Director, Mississippi Heritage Trust
•Mike Clayborne-President, CREATE Foundation
•Dr. Gloria Kellum-Vice-Chancellor for University Relations, University of Mississippi
•Dr. Gary Bouse-Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Mississippi University for Women

•Danny McKenzie-Assistant to the President for Marketing/Development, Blue Mountain College

Honorary Board Members:
•Judy Glenn, Corinth Realty
•Bobby Martin, President, Peoples Bank of Ripley
•Dr. Mabel Murphree, Itawamba Community College

Founding Partners
•Mississippi Development Authority - Tourism Division
•Mississippi Department of Archives & History
•CREATE Foundation
•University of Mississippi

•USDA Rural Development
•Mississippi Heritage Trust
•Natchez Trace Parkway
•Tennessee-Tombigbee Tourism Association
•Oxford Convention and Vistors Bureau
•Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau

•Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
•Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau
•Greater Starkville Development Partnership - CVB

•Holly Springs Tourism

•Union County Development Association
•Tippah County Development Foundation
•Union County Heritage Museum

•Community Development Foundation of Tupelo/Lee County

•Aberdeen Visitors Bureau

•Grenada Tourism Commission

•Mississippi University for Women
•Blue Mountain College
•Rust College
•Itawamba Community College
•North Central Mississippi Resource Conservation &
Development Council
•Northeast Mississippi Planning & Development District
•Three Rivers Planning & Development District
•Golden Triangle Planning & Development District
•Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Ole Miss
•Carl Small Town Center, Mississippi State University
•Mississippi State University Extension Service
•University of Mississippi Small Business Development Center
•Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation
•Columbus Historic Foundation

•Howlin' Wolf Blues Society of West Point, Mississippi
•Baldwyn Area Chamber of Commerce
•Booneville Area Chamber of Commerce
•Pontotoc County Historical Society
•Mississippi Industrial College Alumni Association, Inc.
•Itawamba County Development Council
•Tishomingo County Development Foundation
•Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society
•Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
•West Point/Clay County Community Growth Alliance
•Okolona Area Chamber of Commerce
•Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce
•Peoples Bank of Ripley
•Dixie-Net ISP
•Corinth Realty
•Siege & Battle of Corinth Commission
•Montgomery County Economic Development Partnership

•Elliott, Permenter & Babb, P.A.

•Mississippi United Methodist Rural Life Ministry