Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, Inc. is comprised of at least 15 and not more than 22 individuals selected by a Committee on Trustees who have solicited recommendations from the members of the Foundation, which includes every parent or guardian of a child enrolled as a student at Jackson Prep. The board meets seven times a year to manage the affairs of the corporation. The Foundation’s Executive Committee, composed of the officers of the corporation and the immediate past president of the corporation, usually meets 10 times a year. It serves as a board management unit, annually reviewing the strategic or long-range plan, determining the annual board agenda, developing committee structure/function, and selecting committee leadership.

2023-2024 Jackson Prep Board of Trustees

- Chris Maddux: Board of Trustees, President
  
  Parent of three Prep students, Firm Chair, Butler Snow LLP

- Will Walker: Board of Trustees, Ex-Officio
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1984, Parent of three Prep alumni, President, Jackson Air Charter, Inc.

- Joe Stradinger: Board of Trustees, Vice President
  
  Parent of two Prep Alumni and one current Prep student, Founder and CEO of EdgeTheory

- Mary Elizabeth Upton: Board of Trustees, Vice President
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1989, Parent of four Prep Alumni, Physical Therapist, Progressive Rehab at Merit Health River Oaks Hospital

- Dr. Samuel Love: Board of Trustees, Secretary
  
  Prep alum: Class of 2003, Physician, St. Dominic Hospital

- Mack Mitchell: Board of Trustees, Treasurer
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1989, Parent of three Prep Alumni, Owner and Vice President, Cardinal Ventures, Inc.

- Jayda Bogan-Fountain: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of a Prep alum and one current Prep student, Senior Professional Development Specialist for Curriculum Associates, Inc.

- Jim Coggin, Jr.: Board of Trustees
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1984, Parent of two Prep alumni, Owner and President, Precision Communication, Inc.

- Lou Ann Flatgard: Board of Trustees
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1983, Parent of a Prep alum

- Deron R. Harmon: Board of Trustees
  
  Uncle of a current Prep student, Alderman, City of Flowood, Ward 1, Active member of the Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses’ Association, and the Mississippi Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials

- Jet Hollingsworth: Board of Trustees
  
  Prep alum, Class of 1994, Parent of one Prep alum and two current Prep students, Attorney, Butler Snow

- Robert Lampton: Board of Trustees
  
  Prep alum: Class of 1979, Parent of three Prep alumni, Robert has been at Ergon, Inc. for the past 42 years where he served as President of four different divisions and is presently serving on the Ergon, Inc. Board.

- Dr. Kimberly Nichols: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of two Prep alumni, Physician, Jackson Health Care for Women

- Amanda Puckett: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of two Prep students, Co-Owner, AP Collection, CPA

- Leigh Reeves: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of two Prep students, President, Snapshot Publishing

- Dr. Mary B. Taylor: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of two Prep alumni, Professor of Pediatrics and Suzan B. Thames Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

- Dana Wilson: Board of Trustees
  
  Parent of two Prep students, Vice President, State Enterprise Operations, Tyler Technologies Digital Solutions Division