We are extremely honored that these fine Delta individuals will be letting us salute them this year,” says Delta Business Journal publisher and owner, Scott Coopwood.
Begun four years ago, the Profiles In Leadership Awards was created to recognize Delta leaders who “contribute great leadership to our way of life here in the Delta,” says Coopwood.


Past honorees have been the late Roger Malkin, former CEO of Delta & Pine Land Company in Scott; Representative Charlie Capps of Cleveland; former Delta State University president, Dr. Kent Wyatt of Cleveland; former Planters Bank & Trust Company chairman, Henry Paris of Indianola; Bill Gresham, president of Gresham Petroleum in Indianola; Aven Whittington, farmer and businessman from Greenwood; Willis Connell, former president of the Delta Region of Union Planters Bank in Clarksdale; Jimmie Dick Carter, farmer and businessman from Rolling Fork; Ed Kossman, president of Kossmans, Inc. in Cleveland; and Dick Flowers, farmer and businessman from Tunica.

Past keynote speakers have been Senator Thad Cochran, Senator Trent Lott, and Governor Ronnie Musgrove.

The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Edward Nixon, an international business consultant and brother of U.S. president, Richard Nixon.

The Profiles In Leadership Awards is the only event of is kind in the Mississippi Delta. Seating is limited. For reservations, or for more information, please contact Scott Coopwood at 662-8433-2700. DBJ