
Leadership DeSoto is a program sponsored by the DeSoto Council and directed toward individuals in DeSoto County who demonstrate leadership potential. Leadership DeSoto provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the community in which they live and work and to better understand the opportunities and challenges facing DeSoto County.
Current Class
Class of 2010
Stephen Bittick, LifeBridge Church
Jon Bragg, Community Bank
Jonathan Bridges, BancorpSouth
Michelle Britton, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto
Chris Brunetti, Elite Water Systems
Justin Burns, BancorpSouth
Brian Cagle, Florence & Hutcheson
Larry Churchill, A&B Distributing
Patricia Flynn, First Security Bank
Mike Foster, Pickering Engineering
Barbara Frier, Exel
Carrah Grandi, Renasant Bank
Alderman Ronnie Hale, City of Southaven
Alderman Pat Hamilton, City of Olive Branch
Tiffany Heard, Neel-Schaffer Inc.
Len Hester, Grinder Haizlip Construction
Angie Hick, Hernando Chamber of Commerce
Craig Johnson, Atmos Energy
Chris Jones, Delta Asset Management, LLC
David McDaniel, F.O. Givens & Co.
Andrea McDowell, United Way of the Mid-South
Greg Morris, Marietta
Brett Ray, Fraenkel Company
Mary Alice Ruleman, Clifton Farms/Mid-South Dressage Academy
Robin Simpson, Baptist Memorial Hospital- Desoto
Susan Stout, Junior Auxiliary of Desoto County
Mary Jane Thaxton, Desoto County Board of Supervisors
Marquita Thurman, MS Department of Human Services
Jay Treadway, Northwest Community College
Sam Wrigley, SBEC