About 50 people from across the country make up the Advisory Board of the
Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration.
“They bring a wealth of expertise and advice to the board,” said Jim
Barnett, NLCC Co-chairman, representing Mississippi Department of Archives
and History, one of four sponsoring agencies of the conference.
Barnett, Director of Historic Properties for the MDAH, is one of four
NLCC co-chairmen. Other co-chairmen are Kathleen Jenkins, Superintendent
of the Natchez National Historical Park; Marie Antoon, Executive Director
of Mississippi Public Broadcasting; and Carolyn Vance Smith, former Public
Relations Director and English instructor at Copiah-Lincoln Community
College in Natchez.
Smith and Co-Lin founded the Celebration in 1990.
The four co-chairmen form the NLCC Steering Committee and serve as
leaders of the Advisory Board, which was established in 2000.
“We are delighted to have the support and energy of the Advisory Board
members,” Barnett said. The board provides suggestions for programming,
speakers, fund-raising, publicity and promotion, he said.
Emma Blissett, Former NLCC Co-chairman and
Instructor of English, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez, Miss.
Henri Bollinger, Henri Bollinger Associates,
Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Maria Bowser, retired California college
administrator, Natchez, Miss.
Betsy Bradley, Executive Director, Mississippi
Arts Commission, Jackson, Miss.
David C. Bramlette, U.S. District Court Judge,
Natchez, Miss.
Susan Cassagne, Director,
Natchez-Adams-Wilkinson Library Services, Natchez, Miss.
Douglas B. Chambers, Editor, The Southern
Quarterly, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Kevin Cooper, Publisher, The
Natchez Democrat, Natchez, Miss.
Ward Emling, Manager, Mississippi Film Office,
Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development, Jackson,
Miss.
Darryl Grennell, Member, Adams County Board
of Supervisors, Natchez, Miss., and Assistant Professor, Alcorn State
University, Lorman, Miss.
John D. W. Guice, Emeritus Professor of
History, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Barry Hannah, author, Oxford, Miss.
Alferdteen Harrison, Director, Margaret Walker
Alexander Research Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss.
Macy Hart, Director, Museum of Southern Jewish
Experience, Jackson, Miss.
Sam Haskell, formerly with The William Morris
Agency, Beverly Hills, Calif., and now of Encino, Calif.
Emily Smith Henderson, Past President,
Brookhaven Trust for the Preservation of History, Culture, and the Arts,
Brookhaven, Miss.
H. T. “Hank” Holmes, Director, Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Miss.
Greg Iles, author, Natchez, Miss.
Donzell Lee, Chairman, Honors Program,
Alcorn State University, Lorman, Miss.
Douglas Lewis, Emeritus Curator of Sculpture
and Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., now of
Liberty, Miss.
Aubrey K. Lucas, President Emeritus,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Stuart Margolin, Actor/Producer/Director, New
York, N.Y.
Scott Dixon McDowell, Professor of Film,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Gerald McRaney, actor, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Anthony Morris, Superintendent, Natchez-Adams
School District, Natchez, Miss.
JoAnne Prichard Morris, Editor, Jackson, Miss.
Ronald "Ronnie" Nettles II, President, Copiah-Lincoln
Community College, Wesson, Miss.
Cora Norman, Past President, Mississippi
Institute of Arts and Letters, and Emeritus Executive Director,
Mississippi Humanities Council, Crossville, Tenn.
Jennifer Ogden, Producer, Natchez, Miss.
Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Director, Hogan Jazz
Archive, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
Lani and Ron Riches, Monmouth Plantation,
Natchez, Miss.
David G. Sansing, Emeritus Professor of
History, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Clifton L. Taulbert, author and lecturer,
Freemount Corporation, Tulsa, Okla.
Connie Taunton, Manager, Natchez Film
Commission, Natchez, Miss.
Layne Taylor, Executive and Artistic Director,
Natchez Little Theatre, Natchez, Miss.
William Terrell, Publisher, The Bluff City
Post, Natchez, Miss.
Charles Vahlkamp, Emeritus Professor of
American Film Studies, Centre College, Danville, Ky.
Jerry W. Ward, Jr., Professor of English,
Dillard University, New Orleans, La.
Thomas E. Weed, physician, Houma, La.
Samuel L. White, Director, Resource
Development, Alcorn State University, Lorman, Miss.
Thelma Wallace Williams, retired Founding Director,
Project Southern Cross, Natchez, Miss.
Charles Reagan Wilson, Professor of History
and former Director, The Center
for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi, Oxford,
Miss.
Clara Smith Wimberly, Pensacola Junior College
Guild, Pensacola, Fla.
William F. Winter, retired President, Board of
Trustees, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Miss.
Charles Yarborough, History Instructor,
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Columbus, Miss.