Board of Directors - 2008
Mitch Morris, President
Special Projects Director. Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, Jackson

Laura Downey, Vice President
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Services, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

Rosalyn Smith-Howard, Secretary
Healthcare Workforce Specialist, Office of Nursing Workforce. Madison

David Lightwine, Treasurer
Retired Director, State Office of Rural Health, Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson

Alan Barefield, Associate Director, Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Starkville

Bonnie Carew, Rural Health Program Leader, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Department of Agriculture Economics, Starkville

Jimmy Graves, Administrator, Walthall County General Hospital, Tylertown

Frances Henderson, Deputy Director, Jackson Heart Study, Jackson

Aurelia Jones-Taylor, CEO, Aaron Henry Community Health Center, Clarksdale

Danny McKay, Administrator, Noxubee General Hospital, Macon

Joanie Perkins, Director, Practice Management/Network Development, North Sunflower Medical Center, Ruleville

Shannon Pittman Moore, Residency Director/Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson

Stephen Silberman, Director, Mississippi Area Health Education Center Program Office, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson

Tim Thomas, Thomas Rural Health Consulting, Decatur


Board Liaisons:

Bo Bowen, Vice President, Corporate Services, Information and Quality Healthcare, Ridgeland

Mary Helen Conner, Chairman, Mississippi Chronic Illness Coaltion

Lonnie Graeber, Director of Hospital Outreach, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson

Alvin Harrion, Director, Primary Care Liaison Office, Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson

Rozelia Harris, Director, State Office of Rural Health, Mississippi Department of Health, Jackson

Janie Guice, Executive Director, Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program, Jackson

Mendal Kemp, Director, Center for Rural Health, Mississippi Hospital Association, Madison

Beverly Knox, Network Coordinator, East Central Mississippi Health Network, Meridian



Administrative Assistant: Jan Entrekin


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