Board of Trustees
Northeast Mississippi Community is governed locally by a Board of Trustees, consisting of fifteen members, six members from Prentiss County and two each from Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union counties with one member elected at large by the Board itself. The member-at-large position is rotated among those four counties.
One representative from each county is the County Superintendent of Education unless they choose not to serve. All members of the Board except the Superintendents and the member-at-large are appointed for five-year terms by their respective county's board of supervisors. Terms are staggered to prevent the retirement of more than one member per county in any one year.
Board of Trustees
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Vance Witt
Chairman
Union County
Appointed 2001
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Christie Holly
Vice-Chair
Tishomingo County
Appointed 2014
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Kathy Shappley
Secretary
Tippah County
Appointed 2016
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John Anderson
Alcorn County
Appointed 2016
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Ken Basil
Union County
Appointed 2007
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Larry Greene
Tishomingo County
Appointed 2022
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Douglas Jackson
Tippah County
Appointed 1995
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Sam McCoy
Prentiss County
Appointed 1988
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Larry Mitchell
Alcorn County
Appointed 2016
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Katie Moreland
Prentiss County
Appointed 2020
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Lonnie Murphy
Prentiss County
Appointed 2020
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Matt Murphy
Prentiss County
Appointed 2024
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David Pounds
Prentiss County
Appointed 2020
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Mike Staten
Member-At-Large
Appointed 2021
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Luzene Triplett
Prentiss County
Appointed 2002