ABOUT US
Innovate Mississippi provides services to entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, job seekers and service providers, strengthening Mississippi’s innovation economy.
Our Team
Board of Directors
Chairman
Gerard Gibert
Former Founder/CEO, Venture Technologies
Jackson, Mississippi
Executive Committee
Mayo Flynt
Former President (retired)
AT&T Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Ashby Foote
President
Vector Money Management
Jackson, Mississippi
Tony Jeff
President & CEO
Innovate Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Private Sector Members
Tommy Chamblee
Regional President
Guaranty Bank and Trust
Fulton, Mississippi
Joe Donovan
Economic Development
Jackson, Mississippi
Mark Henderson
Co-Founder
Loglinear Group, LLC And Lazy Magnolia
Waveland, Mississippi
Dr. Tim Lampkin
Executive Director
Higher Purpose Hub
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Brad McMullan
President
bfac.com
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Jamie Miller
President and CEO
Gulf Coast Business Council
Gulfport, Mississippi
Ryan Miller
CEO
Oxford-Lafayette Co. Economic Development Foundation
Oxford, Mississippi
Nashlie Sephus, Ph.D.
Applied Science Manager
Amazon Web Services
Atlanta, Georgia
Rebekah Staples
President & Founder
Free State Strategies
Jackson, Mississippi
Public Sector Members
Rachel DeVaughan-Partrick, Ph.D.
Deputy Executive Director, Programs
Mississippi Community College Board
Jackson, Mississippi
Laura Hipp Mayer
Assistant Commissioner Of External Relations
Mississippi Institutions Of Higher Learning
Jackson, Mississippi
John Walters
Director, Office Of Technology Management
Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
In memory of Richard A. Sun, past Chairman
In memory of Rich, Innovate Mississippi’s first entrepreneur-in-residence, past chairman of the board of directors and co-founder of Mississippi Coding Academies. We honor his desire to grow Mississippi’s startup ecosystem and improve access to entrepreneurship for all who dare to try.