Board Members

Ex Officio Members

• Cindy Hyde-Smith     
  Commissioner Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
• Kent Hoblet, D.V.M  
  Dean, Mississippi State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
• Mark Crenshaw , PhD
  Interim Head Mississippi State University Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences
• Mary M. Beck , PhD
  Head of Poultry Science Department, Mississippi State University
• Cassandra Vaughn, D.V.M.
  Alcorn State University  Department of Agriculture
  

Appointed Members:

• Terry Emerson, Chairman
  Mississippi Pork Producers Association
• Will McMillan  
  Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
• Phil Stayer  
  Mississippi Poultry Assoc
• Tommy Strickland, Chairman
  Phil Stayer, Chairman Elect 
  Mississippi Sheep Producers Association
• Betty Lipscomb , D.V.M 
  Mississippi Cattlemens Association
• Greg Howell D.V.M.
  Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association
• Jerry Cisco  
  American Dairy Association of Mississippi
• Austin Jones
  Mississippi Catfish Association
• Bill Graves 
  Mississippi Meat Packers Association
• Toby Wilson 
  Mississippi Livestock Auction Association
• James Rasberry
  Mississippi Equine Association