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

Advisory Board:

Mr. Dustin Autry

Mrs. Libby Backstrom, Elected Parent Representative

Mr. Charlie Banks
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.

Mr. Wes Brooks
Unify by Bread

Mr. William C. (Billy) Browning,
Retired

Dr. Beverly Bryant
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Mrs. Jessica Cloyd, Vice-Chair

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

Mrs. Daphne Cornett

Dr. Christopher Crotwell, Chair

Mrs. Hilliary Culpepper
Speech-Language Pathologist

Mrs. Tracie Fowler
United Way of Southeast Mississippi 

Ms. Betsy Ivey
United Way of the Pine Belt

Ms. Jill Hershberger
Cadence Bank

Mr. Kyle Ladner
Mississippi Power

Mr. Edward J. Langton
Grand Bank for Savings

Mrs. Melinda Lott
Covington Ridge, LLC

Dr. Maureen Martin
Retired Director of DuBard School

Mrs. Colleen Munkel, Elected Parent Representative

Mr. Michael Reed
Attorney

Dr. David Richardson
Hattiesburg Eye Clinic

Dr. Elizabeth Rose

Mrs. Lauren Shifalo

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

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

DuBard School Representatives:

Dr. Alison Webster, Interim Director

Mrs. Michelle Gilstrap, Finance and Operations Coordinator

Dr. Patricia Martin, Assistant Director

Mrs. Trish Roberson, Communications Coordinator