Shirley Blakely
Board President

Cornelius Blanding
Executive Director
Board of Directors
President
Shirley Blakley
MISSISSIPPI
Vice-President
Daniel Bustamante
TEXAS
Treasurer
Carrie Fulghum
ALABAMA
Secretary
Satina James
GEORGIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
Raymond Olds
FLORIDA
STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF• ATLANTA, GA
Cornelius Blanding, Executive Director
Cornel Crawford, Finance Director
Eboni Thomas, Executive Assistant
Monica Rainge Director, Land Retention & Advocacy
Donna DeCaille Director, Communications & Member Relations
Briar Blakley, Communications & Outreach Specialist
Terence Courtney Director, Co-op Development & Strategic Partnership
Chawnn Redden, Regional Marketing Coordinator
Gordon Drennan Internal Auditor
Mark Hardy Accounting Clerk
Erika Shealey Administrative Assistant
GEORGIA STATE OFFICE • ALBANY, GA
Cornelius Key, State Coordinator
Lisha Brown, Outreach Specialist
Marquis Harris, Outreach Specialist
RURAL TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER • EPES, AL
Freddie Davis III, Director- RTRC
Pamela Madzima, State Association of Cooperatives Coordinator
Tiajuana Parker, Administrative Assistant to Director
Audrey Haskin, Program & Training Coordinator
Teresa Ware, Field Accountant
LOUISIANA STATE OFFICE
Bruce Harrell, Outreach Specialist
MISSISSIPPI STATE OFFICE • JACKSON, MS
Ben Burkett, State Coordinator
Myra Bryant, Director of Mississippi Center for Co-op Development,
Joe Barnes, Outreach Specialist
Darnella Winston, Co-op Development Specialist,
Kimberly Crisler, Field Accountant
Savannah Jackson-Hales, Co-op Development Specialist,
Lytanya Brown, MS Agriculture Mediation Director,
Maya Crooks, PHMS Specialist,
Tremelle Sherman, Outreach Specialist,