The Sun Herald is reporting that “an advisory board that will oversee spending of BP oil spill recovery money is now set.” Read the complete story by the Sun Herald here.

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ appointees:
Jerry Levens of Long Beach, retired partner at CPA firm Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre

Mark Cumbest of Cumbest Bluff, owner of Cumbest Realty

Gov. Phil Bryant’s appointees:
Ashley Edwards of Biloxi, president and CEO of the Gulf Coast Business Council

Moses Feagin, vice president and CFO of Mississippi Power

Becky Montgomery Jenner of Pass Christian, Workforce Development & Education Manager at Mississippi Power

Speaker Philip Gunn’s appointees:
Greg Cronin of Ocean Springs, president and CEO of Charter Bank

Jim Simpson of Gulfport, attorney for Long Beach city and school district and former state representative

Lawmakers in a special session last year determined that the Gulf Coast will get 75 percent of the settlement funds.

Most BP settlement cash going to Coast, ending special session

X

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Unless otherwise noted, you can republish most of Mississippi Today’s stories for free under a Creative Commons license. For digital publications:

• Look for the "Republish This Story" button underneath each story. To republish online, simply click the button, copy the html code and paste into your Content Management System (CMS).
• Editorial cartoons and photo essays are not included under the Creative Commons license and therefore do not have the "Republish This Story" button option. To learn more about our cartoon syndication services, click here.
• You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style.
• You can’t sell or syndicate our stories.
• Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization.
• If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @MSTODAYnews on Facebook and @MSTODAYnews on Twitter.

For print publications:

• You have to credit Mississippi Today. We prefer “Author Name, Mississippi Today” in the byline. If you’re not able to add the byline, please include a line at the top of the story that reads: “This story was originally published by Mississippi Today” and include our website, mississippitoday.org.
• You can’t edit our stories, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style.
• You cannot republish our editorial cartoons, photographs, illustrations or graphics without specific permission (contact our managing editor Kayleigh Skinner for more information). To learn more about our cartoon syndication services, click here.
• Our stories may appear on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories.
• You can’t sell or syndicate our stories.
• You can only publish select stories individually — not as a collection.
• Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization.
• If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @MSTODAYnews on Facebook and @MSTODAYnews on Twitter.

If you have any other questions, contact Audience Development Director Lauchlin Fields.

Sun Herald: These are the 7 people who will help decide how the BP oil spill money is spent

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
January 28, 2019

<h1>Sun Herald: These are the 7 people who will help decide how the BP oil spill money is spent</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />January 28, 2019</p> <p>The Sun Herald is reporting that “an advisory board that will oversee spending of BP oil spill recovery money is now set.” <a href="https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/article225079285.html">Read the complete story by the Sun Herald here</a>.</p> <p><em><strong>Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ appointees:</strong></em><br /> <em>Jerry Levens of Long Beach, retired partner at CPA firm Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens &amp; Favre</em></p> <p><em>Mark Cumbest of Cumbest Bluff, owner of Cumbest Realty</em></p> <p><em><strong>Gov. Phil Bryant’s appointees:</strong></em><br /> <em>Ashley Edwards of Biloxi, president and CEO of the Gulf Coast Business Council</em></p> <p><em>Moses Feagin, vice president and CFO of Mississippi Power</em></p> <p><em>Becky Montgomery Jenner of Pass Christian, Workforce Development &amp; Education Manager at Mississippi Power</em></p> <p><em><strong>Speaker Philip Gunn’s appointees:</strong></em><br /> <em>Greg Cronin of Ocean Springs, president and CEO of Charter Bank</em></p> <p><em>Jim Simpson of Gulfport, attorney for Long Beach city and school district and former state representative</em></p> <p>Lawmakers in a special session last year determined that the Gulf Coast will get 75 percent of the settlement funds.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2018/08/29/most-bp-settlement-cash-going-to-coast-ending-special-session/">Most BP settlement cash going to Coast, ending special session</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2019/01/28/sun-herald-these-are-the-7-people-who-will-help-decide-how-the-bp-oil-spill-money-is-spent/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=248485&ga=UA-75003810-1" style="max-width:200px"></p> Copy to Clipboard

1

Republish This Story

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.