MUW Foundation

2025-2026 Board of Directors

 

Officers

     
       
Deborah Hodges Toodie Jones Karen Reed Allegra Brigham
Deborah Hodges, 1990 Toodie Jones, 1973 Karen Reed, 1973 Allegra Brigham, 1969
Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer
Lucedale, Mississippi Ridgeland, Mississippi Brandon, Mississippi Ackerman, Mississippi
       
Jenny Katool Nora Miller Elise Wilson Carla Lowery
Jenny Katool, 1978 Nora Miller, 1983 Elise Wilson, 2008 Carla Lowery, 1993
Immediate Past Chair MUW President MUW Interim Executive Director
MUW Vice President
Madison, Mississippi Ex-officio Member of Development and Alumni for Operations and CFO
    and Director of Career Services Ex-officio Member
    and Professional Development  
    Center  
    Ex-officio Member  
       

Directors

     
       
Carolyn Byrd Rob Coleman Lynne Curtis Sharon Dickey
Carolyn Byrd, 1976 Rob Coleman, 2003
Lynne Curtis, 1974 Sharon Dickey, 1981
Mobile, Alabama Madison, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi
       
Sue Simmons Freeman Stephanie Gale Brandt Galloway Placeholder
Sue Simmons Freeman, 1980
Stephanie Gale, 1994
Brandt Galloway Susan Hedges, 1980
Hazlehurst, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi McComb, Mississippi
       
Julie Hussey Phyllis Polk Johnson Robin Kilpatrick Placeholder
Julie Hussey, 1995
Phyllis Polk Johnson, 1979 Robin Kilpatrick, 1983 Amy Burchfield Owen, 1981
San Diego, California Jackson, Mississippi Baton Rouge, Louisiana Birmingham, Alabama
       
Bill Parker Pamela Rowsey Placeholder Jo Shumake
William Parker Pamela Rowsey, 1978 Terri Sasser, 1982 Jo Shumake
Columbus, Mississippi Durham, North Carolina D'Iberville, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi
       
Placeholder Don Spaulding Sylvia Starr James Threadgill
Becky Smith, 1983 Don Spaulding, 1986 Sylvia Starr, 1983
James Threadgill
Columbus, Mississippi Eagle Pass, Texas Memphis, Tennessee
Tupelo, Mississippi
       
Anne Webster Placeholder Ashley Dean Placeholder
Anne Webster, 1968 Missy Younger, 1988 Ashley Dean, 2006
Bayleigh Herron Vick, 2016
Madison, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi MUWAA President MUWAA President-elect
      Ex-officio Member
       

Active Past Chairs

     
       
 Adelaide Fletcher  Ruth Jones Ralph McLain Jayne Perkins-Brown
Adelaide Fletcher, 1962 Ruth Jones, 1976 Ralph McLain Jayne Perkins-Brown, 1977
Indianola, Mississippi West Point, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Chelsea, Alabama
       
Jo Anne Reid Carolyn Ritter    
Jo Anne Reid, 1960 Carolyn Ritter, 1957    
Ackerman, Mississippi Kosciusko, Mississippi    
       

Inactive Past Chairs

     
       
Eddie Betcher, 1988 Doyce Deas, 1966 Connie Kossen, 1964 Andrea Overby, 1968
Macon, Georgia Tupelo, Mississippi Ridgeland, Mississippi Franklin, Tennessee
       

Emeriti Members

     
       
Dorothy Burdeshaw Mary Lib Francis, 1956 Bobby Harper Caroline Harrell, 1960
Baton Rouge, Louisiana San Diego, California Columbus, Mississippi West Point, Mississippi
       
Virginia Hughson, 1970 Helen Jenkins, 1954 Martha Jo Mims, 1964 Betty Clyde Sharp, 1961
Brandon, Mississippi Indianola, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi
       
Elizabeth Thisted, 1954 Nancy Yates, 1963    
Huson, Montana Philadelphia, Mississippi