Ronnie Agnew – Mississippi Public Broadcasting Executive Director
Penney Ainsworth – President and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi
Reuben Anderson – Lawyer and Former State Supreme Court Justice
Tom Brokaw – Author and Former Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News
Hope Bynum – Jackson-area Community Leader
Fred Carl Jr. – Viking Range Founder
Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup Sr. – Administrative Bishop for the Fellowship of International Churches
Eddie Fritts – Former CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters and Founder of the Fritts Group consulting firm
Lloyd Gray – Former Journalist and Phil Hardin Foundation Executive Director
Dr. Elayne Haynes-Anthony – Director of Jackson State University Department of Mass Communications
Lee Harper – Owner of Koinonia Coffee House and Investment Advisor
Dr. Beverly Hogan – President of Tougaloo College
Paul Hurst – Former Chief of Staff to Governor Haley Barbour, of Counsel at Butler Snow
Archie Manning – Former Ole Miss and New Orleans Saints quarterback
Jon Meacham – Author and Executive Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House
John Palmer – Technology Entrepreneur and Former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal
Charles W. Pickering Sr. – Retired Federal Appeals and District Court Judge
Carol T. Puckett – Business Entrepreneur and Community Activist
Jack Reed Jr. – Businessman and Former Tupelo Mayor
Nan Sanders – Arts Advocate and Mississippi Arts Commission Chair
Brian Sanderson – General Counsel and Senior Advisor, Republican Governors Public Policy Committee (RGPPC) and Senior Advisor, Republican Governors Association (RGA)
George Schloegel – Former President of Hancock Bank and Former Mayor of Gulfport
Billy Van Devender – CEO of Claw Forestry
Ashley Wicks – Attorney at Butler Snow