DuBard School Advisory Board

The DuBard School Advisory Board was established in 1992 to support and promote the school, its services and the DuBard Association Method®. Since then, the volunteer board members have generously donated their time, resources and services to our students and their families.  

Goals of the Advisory Board include the following:

• To assist with fundraising efforts to maintain quality educational and therapeutic programs for students with severe communication disorders
• To educate people in the community, state, region and country about the services offered at DuBard School
• To encourage the use of the DuBard Association Method® as a multisensory teaching-learning strategy

Mr. Charlie Banks, Vice Chair
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.

Dr. Doris P. Bradley
Professor Emeritus

Mr. William (Billy) Browning
Retired

Dr. Beverly Bryant
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Dr. Steve Cloud
Director, School of Speech and Hearing Sciences 

Mrs. Jessica Cloyd

Mrs. Sherry Coats
Speech-Language Pathologist

Mrs. Sherry Duff
Retired Dental Hygienist

Mrs. Lauren English
Physician Assistant

Dr. Tom Estes
Retired USM Vice President for Finance

Mrs. Tracie Fowler
United Way of Southeast Mississippi 

Ms. Betsy Ivey
United Way of the Pine Belt

Ms. Melanie Gatlin
Elected Parent Representative

Ms. Jill Hershberger
Cadence Bank

Mr. Dan Kibodeaux, Secretary
Consultant 

Mr. Edward J. Langton
Grand Bank for Savings

Mrs. Melinda Lott
Covington Ridge, LLC

Mrs. Richie Elkins Malone
Project Manager, Malone Development

Dr. Maureen Martin
Retired Director of DuBard School

Mr. F. Douglas Montague III
Montague, Pittman & Varnado

Mr. Chris Odom
Audio Video Specialists, Inc.

Mr. William (Bill) Pace
Consultant

   Dr. Mary Anne Perez 
Elected Parent Representative, Pediatrician

Mr. Michael Reed
Attorney

Dr. David Richardson
Hattiesburg Eye Clinic

Mrs. Jessica Smith
Financial Advisor, Primerica, Inc.

Mr. L. O'Neal Williams, Jr.
Attorney

                        Mr. Brad Wood, Chair, Finance and Development
            Chair, Legislative and University Relations
Certified Public Accountant