MCDP - Key Persons


Carolyn Burton

Job Titles:
  • Vice President & Chamber of Commerce Director

Donald Hales

Job Titles:
  • Retired Columbia School District

Donovan McComb

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

Hugh White

Hugh White is now Governor of Mississippi and implements a version of The Columbia Plan as his program "Balance Agriculture With Industry," known as B.A.W.I. Columbia leads the State in the use of the program to build the first B.A.W.I. plant, New Orleans Furniture. This program was the precursor to today's Industrial Revenue Bond program, used nationally to incentivize industrial development

Janette Nolan

Job Titles:
  • Marion County Circuit Clerk

Lori Watts - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Executive Director of the Marion County Economic Development District

Todd Watts

Job Titles:
  • State Bank and Trust