Freeing the Power of the Individual
Non-Profit Studies

Advisory Board

The American Humanics program has an advisory board made up of university faculty and staff and nonprofit professionals.

If you would like to be a member of our advisory board, please contact Ann Marie Kinnell, Director of Non-Profit Studies, 601.266.5339, ann.kinnell@usm.edu, or Jack Covarrubias, Gulf Coast Coordinator - Non-Profit Studies, 228.214.3260, jack.covarrrubias@usm.edu.

Advisory Board Members

Hattiesburg Board Members
  • Mr. David Brooking
    Assistant Director, Office of Community Service Learning
  • Dr. Chris Campbell
    Chair/Professor, Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Mr. Josh Duplantis
    Coordinator, Office of Community Service Learning
  • Dr. Michael Forster
    Interim Dean, College of Health
  • Ms. Kathy Garner
    Executive Director, AIDS Services Coalition/121 Haven House
  • Ms. Sheila Gaudet
    Executive Director, Boys and Girls Clubs of Hattiesburg
  • Dr. Jeanne Gillespie
    Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters
  • Mr. Dan Kibodeaux
    Executive Director, United Way of Southeast Mississippi
  • Dr. Mark Klinedinst
    Professor, Economics, Finance and International Business
  • Mr. Mark McCrary
    Executive Director, MS Center for Nonprofits
  • Ms. Marsha Meeks-Kelly
    Executive Director, MS Commission for Volunteer Service
  • Ms. Stephanie Meincke
    Director, Center for Community and Civic Engagement
  • Dr. John Meyer
    Professor, Speech Communication
  • Dr. Joe Paul
    Vice President, Student Affairs
  • Ms. Valarie Rachal
    VP Board of Directors, Southern Pines Animal Shelter
  • Ms. Laurie Risher
    Director, Family Network Partnership
  • Ms. Bettie Ross
    Director, DREAM of Hattiesburg, Inc.
  • Mr. Larry Sparkman
    Director, Luckyday Scholars Program
  • Ms. Janice Vannatta
    Executive Director, American Red Cross
  • Ms. Sheila Varnado
    Executive Director, R3SM: Recover, Rebuild, Restore Southeast Mississippi
  • Dr. Denise von Herrmann
    Dean, College of Arts and Letters
  • Ms. Maggie Williams
    Publications Manager/Instructor, Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Mr. Philip Wright
    District Director, Boy Scouts, Pine Burr Area Council
Gulf Coast Campus
  • Dr. Patsy Anderson
    Associate Professor, College of Nursing Gulf Park
  • Dr. Pat Joachim
    Associate Provost, Gulf Coast
  • Dr. Tom Lansford
    Associate. Dean, College of Arts and Letter, Gulf Coast
  • Ms. Sue Reed
    Director of Operations, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast
  • Ms. Sue Weishar
    MS Center for Nonprofits - Gulf Coast Coordinator

Non-Profit Studies
http://www.usm.edu/nonprofitstudies/