Leadership
Board of Directors
Officers
- Chairman of the Board: David Joseph
- President: Warren Jones, MD
- Vice Chairman: Larry Ratzlaff
- Treasurer: David Williams, CPA
- Secretary: Irena McClain, MPH
- Member-at-Large: Stan Dickens, FSA MAAA
- Member-at-Large: Marcie Robertson
- Past President: Ben W. Seale, Jr., MD
- Past Chairman: Roy Ward
- Executive Vice President: Mary D. Fortune
Board of Directors
- Katelyn Armstrong, MSN, FNP, CDE
- Chuck Bearman, JD
- Michael J. Borne, MD
- Kimberly W. Crowder, MD
- Merikelly B. Luby, RD, CDES
- Daniel McCall, MD, MSPH
- Hollie Marjonovic
- S. Gail Martin, MD
- Charlie Mozingo
- Susan T. Murphy
- Shelia Porterfield, PhD
- Brian Rifkin, MD
- Tony Sanders
- Morgan Schnur
- Rose M. Sotolongo, DPM
- Billy Taylor, JD
- Jeremy S. Taylor, MD
Advisory Board
- Dwayne Blaylock, MHA
- Guy Boyll, III
- Nancy Carpenter
- Jeff Christie
- Patty Peck Christie
- Chris M. Howard
- Randy Johns, FLMI, ACS
- Com. Tom E. King, Jr.
- Con Maloney
- Brian Rippee
- William S. Siddall, III, CRPC
Medical Advisory Board
- William H. Crowder, MD
- Lynsey Cumberland, DDS
- Naznin Dixit, MD
- T. Mark Earl, Jr., MD
- Leland Gebhart, III, MD
- Jaime Jimenez, MD
- Lillian Lien, MD
- Jessica S. Lilley, MD
- Jana Phillips, MD
- A. Reagan Schiefer, MD
- Indira Veerisetty, MD
- Jane Claire Williams, MD
- Wayne Woo, MD, CDE
Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi Staff
Mary Fortune
Executive Vice President
marydfortune@msdiabetes.org
Irena McClain, MPH
Associate Director
irenamcclain@msdiabetes.org
Tricia B. Boyd
Special Projects Director
triciaboyd@msdiabetes.org
Jowilla Secoy
Regional Director
jsecoy@msdiabetes.org
Faith Ruchti
PR & Special Events Coordinator
faith@msdiabetes.org
Sabrina Walker
Admin
sabrina@msdiabetes.org
Cooper Matkins
Community Outreach Coordinator
cooper@msdiabetes.org
Bethany Theilman, MLS
PT Creative Consultant-Office/Graphic Arts/Computer
DFMBeth@gmail.com
Jameskia Lacey, Pharm.D., MPH, CHES
Community Outreach Coordinator
jlaceymsdiabetes@gmail.com
Heidi Gill
Bachelors Social Work
hgill@msdiabetes.org
Circle of Honor
Platinum Circle of Honor:
- Southern Farm Bureau: Casualty Life Insurance Company
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Patty Peck Honda
- Corvette Club of Mississippi
Gold Circle of Honor:
Circle of Honor:
- Greenbrook Flowers
Special Friends of the Foundation:
- First Commercial Bank
- Origin Bank
- Regions Bank
- Storage Max - Northtown
Friends of the Foundation:
- Citizens National Bank
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation
- Mississippi Retina Associates