DeSoto Council Honors New, Retiring Board Members and Committee Chairs
The DeSoto Council welcomes our new board members:
Mark Brannon, Brannon Professionals
Tracy Huffman, Waggoner Engineering
Kimbell Orr, Bonne Terre Country Inn
Greg Ryan, Pinnacle Real Estate
Cecil Sowell, Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates
Wayne Spell, Entergy
The DeSoto Council thanks our retiring board members for their service:
David McNeely, Edward Jones
Michael Minor, Oak Grove MB Church
Pat Nelson, Entergy
Thomas Purifoy, Greystone Commercial Lending
Roe Ross, First Security Bank
Jim Scott, Hart & Cooley
Vernon Simpson, Hugh Dancy Company
The DeSoto Council welcomes the 2008 committee chairs:
Education – Mellany Evans, BancorpSouth
Governmental Affairs – Simon Weir, Community Bank
Infrastructure – Dan Cordell, Neel-Schaffer
Leadership DeSoto – Casey Myers, Brannon Professionals
Salute to Industry – Wayne Spell, Entergy
The DeSoto Council thanks the 2007 Committee Chairs for their leadership:
Education – Darlene Regan, Sherwin Williams
Governmental Affairs – David Moore, First Security Bank
Infrastructure – Brad Evans, ATMOS Energy Corporation
Leadership DeSoto – Andrea McNeil, Baskin McCarroll McCaskill & Campbell
Salute to Industry – David McNeely, Edward Jones
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| Left to Right: Chuck Roberts, 2008 DeSoto Council Chairman; Dan Cordell, 2008 Infrastructure Committee Chair; Tracy Huffman, Wayne Spell, new board members; Simon Weir, 2008 Governmental Affairs Chair; Cecil Sowell, Mark Brannon, Greg Ryan, Karen Cummins, new board members; Casey Myers, 2007-2008 Leadership DeSoto Chair |
