Contact: Sammy McDavid

STARKVILLE, Miss.--New members of the Mississippi State University Alumni Association's national board of directors are beginning their one-year terms.
Taking office today [July 1] are:
--President Andrew D. "A.D." Hunt of Hattiesburg, a 1970 management graduate and owner of the Hunt Insurance Agency.
--First Vice President Charles A. Cascio of Cleveland, a 1979 industrial engineering graduate who now is business development manager at Baxter Healthcare Corp.
--Second Vice President Karen D. Lawler of Madison, Ala., a 1982 business administration graduate who also holds a 1994 master's degree in business administration. She is budget integration and analysis team leader in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
--Treasurer Jodi L. White of Birmingham, Ala., a 1997 accounting graduate who also completed an MBA in 1999. White is chief financial officer and vice president of the Red Mountain Bank.
--Immediate Past President David W. Jones of Ridgeland, who led the organization in 2007-08. A 1981 accounting graduate, he is first vice president and information systems auditor manager for Trustmark National Bank in Jackson.
The MSU Alumni Association has more than 100,000 members worldwide.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.