Released June 26, 2005

HATTIESBURG – J. Todd Gregory, vice president of the South Central Rental Group at Cintas Corp. in Baton Rouge, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation in Hattiesburg, Miss.

A 1981 graduate of Southern Miss, Gregory earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration in personnel management. He is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the College of Business and the College of Business Partnership Society at Southern Miss. He has also participated in the Eagle Club Golf Tournament.

In 2003 Gregory was appointed to serve on the Executive Advisory Council at Berry College’s Campbell School of Business in Rome, Ga.

The USM Foundation operates under the direction of a 39-member board of directors, who are all volunteers. Thirteen new board members are selected each year, while13 end their three-year term. The Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation that serves as a fiduciary of private funds donated to Southern Miss, which is the only dual-campus university in the state, with an enrollment of more than 16,000 students.

He and his wife Ginger reside in Mandeville, La. They are the parents of three children.

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