316 W. Commerce St. | Hernando, Mississippi | 38632 | 662-429-4414 | fax 429-0952 Market Update

About DeSoto Council

Mission Statement:

The DeSoto County Economic Development Council’s mission is to facilitate, promote and provide effective, unified leadership for economic development and improved quality of life.

The DeSoto Council was incorporated in 1978 by a group of forward-thinking citizens of DeSoto County who saw a need for a unified effort toward economic development in DeSoto County.  Since its beginning, the DeSoto Council has seen the opening and expansion of hundreds of industries, the creation of millions of jobs, and capital investment reaching into the billions.

The Council works closely with business and industry, civic organizations, city and county governments and chambers of commerce in Hernando, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Southaven, and the Town of Walls.

Click here to download the DeSoto Council's Annual Program of Work.

Who staffs the DeSoto Council office:

President/CEO – Jim Flanagan
Coordinator, Leadership & Communication – Mary Phillips Neyman
Office Administrator – Deborah Morgan
Administrative Assistant – Cynthia Ramsey-Short

2008 DeSoto Council Board of Directors

Derick Biglane, M&F Bank
Judy Beard, Center Stage Fashions
Steve Beene, Great River Beverage
Mark Brannon, Brannon Professionals
Jim Brown, Brown Properties
Mary Lee Brown, Walker Brown & Brown PA
Charles Burnett, BankPlus
Dan Cordell, Neel-Schaffer Engineering
Beth Corl, Treasurer, Kawneer
Karen Cummins, Atmos Energy
Kevin Doddridge, Past Chairman, Northcentral Mississippi EPA
Harvey Ferguson, Trustmark National Bank
Tracy Huffman, Waggoner Engineering
Karen Jeltz, Sacred Heart League
Mick Leazer, Future Electronics
Mackey Moore, First Tennessee Bank
Gary Murphy, Murphy & Sons, Inc.
Kimbell Orr, Bonne Terre
Snay Patel, Comfort Suites
 Ken Purvis, Renasant Bank
Darlene Regan, Sherwin Williams
Chuck Roberts, Chairman, Chuck Roberts Commercial Real Estate
 Rod Rumler, Delta Technical College
Greg Ryan, Pinnacle Real Estate
Cecil Sowell, Askew Hargrave Harcourt & Associates
Wayne Spell, Entergy
Charles Tackett, Cowboy Corner
Brian Walhood, Vice Chairman,, BancorpSouth
Henry Ware,Southaven Pontiac Buick GMC
Simon Weir, Secretary, Community Bank
Charles Wright, CSI

Location

DeSoto County Economic Development Council
316 W. Commerce St.
Hernando, MS 38632

Contact Information

Ph: 662.429.4414
Fx: 662.429.0952