2026 - 2027 Officers
Keena Graham, Jackson, President
Superintendent of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
Robbie Luckett, Jackson, Vice-President
Director of the Margaret Walker Center/COFO
Michael Morris, Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer
Director, Two Mississippi Museums
Roscoe Barnes III, Natchez, Immediate Past President
Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager, Visit Natchez
Board of Directors
| Tony Bounds (2026-2027) Archivist, Tougaloo College, Jackson | Malika Polk-Lee (2024-2027) Executive Director, BB King Museum, Indianola |
| Richard Damms (2025-2028) Head, Division of Arts & Sciences, Mississippi State University-Meridian campus | Patricia J Rangel (2026-2029) Executive Director, BB King Museum, Indianola |
| Heather Denne' (2024-2027) Director, Community Engagement, Jackson State University | John Spann (2025-2028) Program Officer, Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson |
| Kristi DiClemente (2024-2027) Chair and Associate Professor of History, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus | Stephanie L. Taylor (2025-2028) Dean of University Libraries, Alcorn State University |
| Linda Fondren (2024-2027) Catfish Row Museum, Vicksburg | Al Wheat (2025-2028) K-12 Social Studies Director, Mississippi Department of Education |
| Mandy Hornsby (2025-2028) BP Restores Pathway Trainer, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | Brian Wilson (2026-2029) Deputy State Treasurer & Chief of Staff, State Treasury of Mississippi, Jackson |
| Owen Hyman, 2026-2029 (2026-2029) Instructional Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of Mississippi, University | Keith Wilson (2026-2029) President, D’Iberville Historical Society |
| Thomas “T.J.” Mayfield, (2026-2029) Ward 1 Alderman, Vicksburg | Jerid Woods (2026-2029) Customer Relations/Partnership Manager, Baldwin & Co. |
| Kristi Richard Melancon (2025-2028) Associate Professor, Mississippi College, Clinton |