Cindy Tyler
Owner and Founder of The Mississippi Gift Company By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings When Cindy Tyler founded The Mississippi Gift Company in Greenwood thirty years ago, it was a very different retail market. Their niche was providing mail-ordered corporate gift baskets filled with Mississippi-made goodies. When The Mississippi Gift Company started out, […]
Danny Whalen
President and CEO of Cleveland State Bank By Becky Gillette • Photography by Holly Tharp Danny Whalen, president and CEO of Cleveland State Bank, is known as the consummate small-town banker. He not only knows banking regulations and operations inside and out, he knows many of his customers and their families, and they get VIP […]
Iris Stacker
Chief Executive Officer of Delta Health System By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Delta Health System Chief Executive Officer Iris Yeldell Stacker started working at her father’s medical practice when she was only about fifteen. At age sixteen, her father told her she needed “a real job” working at the hospital, which was […]
Sarah Ozbun
Heads Largest Privately-Owned Hotel Group in the State By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Sarah Ozbun moved to Greenville in June 2012 after taking a reporting job with the Delta Democrat-Times. It was a job she liked, moving up the ladder from city reporter to accent editor before becoming managing editor from 2016 […]
Carolyn McAdams
Leading Greenwood to Be the Best Possible By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Small town politics anywhere in the country can be challenging, and Greenwood is no exception. However, Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams has worked hard to avoid partisanship and encourage cooperation to meet Greenwood’s goals that has resulted in many notable achievements […]
Dr. Daniel Ennis
Takes the Reins as Delta States Ninth President By Jack Criss • Photography by Campbell Saia Dr. Daniel J. Ennis officially stepped into his role as Delta State University’s ninth president on June 1 after being officiall hired in March. Ennis comes to DSU from Coastal Carolina University, where he most recently served as Provost. […]
Bubba Simmons
Delta Council President By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings Bubba Simmons is the sixth-generation member of his family to farm in the Mississippi Delta. On his mother’s side, his great-great-great grandfather came to the Mississippi Delta in the 1871 before a lot of the Delta was even settled. Simmons, the new president of […]
Laura Hipp
Mississippi Development Authority’s Deputy Executive Director By Mark H. Stowers • Photography by Greg Campbell Keeping the cogs and wheels and internal and external parts of the Mississippi economy greased and rolling forward is an immense job for anyone. Laura Hipp, Mississippi Development Authority’s deputy executive director tackles it all with gumption, fire and a […]
Peter Nimrod
Mississippi Levee Board Chief Engineer Guides With Sure, Steady Leadership By Jack Criss • Photography by Johnny Jennings Leading one of the most important organizations based in the Mississippi Delta, Peter Nimrod brings concern for his constituents and extensive knowledge to his position as Chief Engineer of the Mississippi Levee Board based in Greenville. This […]
Archie Tucker
Leading the Way for USDA-ARS in the Southeast Area By Becky Gillette • Photography by Johnny Jennings L eland native Archie Tucker started out as a sixteen-year-old high school student working as a biological aide in the Southern Insect Management Research Unit at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at Stoneville. He rode his bike […]