Since its inception in 1989, Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) has been incredibly fortunate to benefit from the generous and thoughtful guidance of our Board of Directors. Over the years, the leaders listed below have overwhelmingly given their time, talents, and treasures to GCCF so that together we can make the Gulf Coast a better place.

Ollie Bailey
State Farm

Dr. Raymunda Barnes
Pearl River Community College

Ron Barnes
Coast Electric Power Assoc.

George Cullinan
Merrill Lynch, Retired
GCCF Secretary

Julie Gresham
Ingalls Shipbuilding
GCCF Chair

Matt Grice
Mississippi Power Co.
GCCF Treasurer

Heather Ladner Smith
Butler Snow LLP

Jody Miles
The First Bank – Wiggins

Virginia Shanteau Newton
Newton Law Firm

Joy Lambert Phillips
Hancock Whitney Bank

Lincoln Scaife
Edward Jones

Dorothy Shaw
Huntington-Ingalls

Brenda Simkins
State Farm Insurance
GCCF Member-Chair Elect

Rufus Smith
Mississippi Power, Retired

David Treutel
Treutel Insurance Agency

Dave Vincent
WLOX, Retired