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STARKVILLE, Miss.--As the Mississippi State University Alumni Association marks 130 years of service, new leaders of the national board of directors are beginning two-year terms.
Entering office July 1, the incoming national officers include Ronald E. Black of Meridian as president; Brad M. Reeves of Jackson as vice president; and Jerry L. Toney of Starkville continues as treasurer. Tommy R. Roberson of Madison continues on the board as immediate former national president.
"For 130 years, the leaders of our alumni association have worked tirelessly to promote and help Mississippi State in whatever way possible," said Jeff Davis, the association's executive director. "These newly elected officers will continue that longstanding tradition and will do an outstanding job leading our association and representing our alumni."
Black, a 1980 marketing graduate, is director of human resources for Southern Pipe and Supply Company Inc. For MSU, he has been on the executive committee for four years. He served two years as first vice president and has served as South 1 Region director. He is active in the alumni association's Lauderdale County chapter.
Reeves graduated in 2002 with a degree in management and construction of land development and later earned a law degree at the University of Mississippi. He is a practicing attorney with Randall, Segrest, Weeks, Reeves and Sones, PLLC Attorneys and Counselors. He is active with the Central Mississippi chapter, where he has served as president, among other roles.
Toney is a 1996 graduate with a degree in real estate, mortgage finance and economics. He is a president of Cadence Bank for Mississippi and a senior financial consultant for the bank's wealth services division. A former MSU Alumni Association national president, he has also served as president of the Oktibbeha County chapter.
Roberson, a 1967 political science and history graduate, retired from Kraft Foods after 34 years of service. Roberson has been on the executive committee of the alumni association's national board of directors for three years, most recently in the role of national president. He also served the Memphis Maroon Club as its former president, vice president and membership officer.
The alumni association was founded June 17, 1885, by the first three graduating classes of then Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. A full-service organization, the association now includes 95 chapters and has more than 132,000 living alumni worldwide.
For more on the association's activities, visit alumni.msstate.edu.
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