Board, Trustees and Foundation

2014–2015

• Executive Committee
• Board of Directors
• Statewide Advisory Board of Trustees
• MSO Foundation Board

Executive Committee 

Chairman of the Board - Michael Cottingham
Vice-Chairman, Chairman-elect  - Nancy Branton
Immediate Past Chairman - Deidra Bell
Secretary – Martha Ross Thomas
Treasurer - Lesly Gaynor Murray
Jackson Symphony League Past President - Kim Porter
Jackson Symphony League President - Sally O'Callaghan
Jackson Symphony League President Elect - Kathryn Simmons
V. P. Artistic Advisory - Connie S. Kossen
V. P. Education - Dorothy Brasfield
V. P. Marketing  - Billy Browne
Nominating - Deidra Bell
Music Director (ex-officio) - Crafton Beck
President and Executive Director (ex-officio) - Michael Beattie

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Board of Directors

Brent Alexander
Giorgio M. Aru
Deidra S. Bell
Jill Beneke
Carol Albritton Biedenharn
Robert Blaine
Bo Bowen
Nancy Branton
Dorothy Kenna Brasfield
H. Lusby Brown
Billy Browne
Jean Bush
Lee Bush
J. Gordon Christy
Elizabeth Wise Copeland
Michael Cottingham
Curt Gabardi
Nikki Griffing
Robert E. Hauberg, Jr.
Beverly Hogan
Connie Kossen
Grace Lee
Michael Jabaley
Ty Maisel
Melody Maxey
Nora Frances McRae
Melanie Morgan
Lesly Gaynor Murray
Sally O'Callaghan
James Y. Palmer
Hugh J. Parker
David Pharr
Kim Porter
Carl M. Reddix, MD
Jon D. Seawright
John L. Sewell
Kathrun Simmons
Marta Szlubowska
Martha Ross Thomas
Lester Senter Wilson
Michael Winkelmann, MD

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Statewide Advisory Board of Trustees

Douglas Coleman Brown (Monroe, LA)
Fred Carl (Greenwood)
Deborah Felt (Vicksburg)
Mrs. Charles Jackson (Jackson)
William Longfellow (Vicksburg)
Lamar McMillin (Vicksburg)
Gina Ponder (Jackson)
Phoebe Smith (Jackson)
Jamie Ward (Jackson)

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MSO Foundation Board

Chairman—Brent Alexander
Vice-Chairman—John Maxey
Secretary/Treasurer—Phoebe Pearigen

Brent Alexander
Carol Albritton Biedenharn
H. Lusby Brown
Connie S. Kossen
John Maxey
David Morse
Phoebe Pearigen
John Sewell



Michael Cottingham, ex-officio

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Concert Calendar