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CHAMBER EXPO • THE SEA COAST ECHO
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 2004 « 5
as a member of the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School Board, and provided leadership as secretary and president.
During this time, the system completed a building program to build an Auditorium and Fine Arts Building; and, completed major additions and renovations to the High School, two elementary schools and Second Street Elementary. Little did he know more than 12 years ago, that Second Street Elementary would become home to Hancock County’s first Boys and Girls Club, an effort he spear-headed and led this year, to provide healthy and enriched activities for all children in Hancock County. He also serves as Chairman of Gaits to Success, a therapeutic riding center.
This year, he is serving as Chairman of Partners for Stennis, a regional catalyst for the enhancement of education, quality of life and economic opportunities.
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respected firms in the area, he has grown his business by investing his time and energy to grow the Coast.
Locally, he has served the community through the Bay St. Louis Rotary Club and was a member of the board and an officer of the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce. For the past two years, he has provided pro bono services during a financially challenging time for the Chamber. His firm also helps numerous other non-profits in the community, including schools and athletic teams, and has been a sponsor of the girls softball team since 1982.
Regionally, he is a member of Coast 21, and has served the Mississippi Gulf Coast Economic Development Council as Treasurer since 1987. He has been involved in supporting several referen-dums including the move to defeat term limits and equal representation for South Mississippi on the College Board. He has also managed several local political and issue-oriented campaigns, including the 1990 Gaming referendum and Gene Taylor for Congress Campaigns in 1989 and 1990.
From 1982	-1990, he
served as a Board Member to
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Hancock County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tish Haas-Williams, left, with Mary Ann Strickland of Coastal Hardware, winner of the Kiln Area Business of the Year and Hancock Chancery Clerk Tim Kellar.
Bill Boyd of Rickey’s, Waveland Business of the Year, with Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo.
CPAs with a total staff of seven, and a client base of more than 800 individuals, businesses and corporations. And, while his business has grown to one of the most
the Hancock County United Way and is a past President of that organization. When he saw the benefits of consolidating the Hancock County efforts with that of other
coastal counties into the United Way of South Mississippi, he served as the first chairman in 1989. He continued to serve the United Way as a Board member from 1990-1993 and again as
President in 2000 and 2001. His commitment to United Way continues as he recruits new leaders to play pivotal roles in fund development and programming.
From 1987-1992, he served