Coalition Leadership
Meet the dedicated Mississippi Sound Coalition leadership team. This team’s leadership provides a passionate commitment to safeguarding the natural beauty and ecological integrity of the Mississippi Sound. With a wealth of expertise and a shared commitment to sustainability, our leaders will collaborate to fight current, outdated policies and find win-win alternatives to managing the Mississippi River.
Meet Our Team
Marlin Ladner
Chair, Mississippi Sound Coalition; President, Harrison County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors
Gerald Blessey
Manager, Mississippi Sound Coalition; Special Counsel, Harrison County, Mississippi
Robert Wiygul
Lead Environmental Counsel, Mississippi Sound Coalition; Special Counsel, Harrison County, Mississippi
Keith Heard
Chief of Governmental Relations, Mississippi Sound Coalition
Dr. Moby Solangi
Chair, Mississippi Sound Coalition’s Science Committee; Executive Director, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
A. M. “FoFo” Gilich
Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi
Jay Willis
Mayor of Pascagoula, Mississippi
Linda Hornsby
Director, Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association
Mike Favre
Mayor of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Rusty Quave
Mayor of D'Iberville, Mississippi
Ryan Bradley
Executive Director, Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United, Inc.
Billy Hewes
Mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi
Casey Vaughn
Mayor of Gautier, Mississippi
Kenny Glavin
President, Mississippi Hotel and Lodging Association; Councilman, Biloxi, Mississippi, Ward 6
Kenny Holloway
Mayor of Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Jay Trapini
Mayor of Waveland, Mississippi
Nancy Depreo
Mayor of Diamondhead, Mississippi
Scotty Adam
President, Hancock County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors
Jimmy Rafferty
Mayor of Pass Christian, Mississippi