Welcome our new Board Members – Marcus D. Burger and Andrea Patterson

Marcus D. Burger is a shareholder with Ross & Yerger Insurance, Inc. where 90 percent of his work is with not for profit businesses in the Southeastern United States. His focus is finding innovative ways of savings and risk management for municipalities, education systems, schools and rural health clinics.
Marcus is a graduate of Hampton University where he received his BS in Mathematics and received his Masters of Science in applied Mathematics from Old Dominion University.
Since returning to Mississippi in 2001, Marcus continues to serve his community as Immediate Past Chairperson of Leadership Greater Jackson, Inc., Catholic Charities Governance Council, St. Richard’s Parent Advisory Council, Ambition Preparatory Charter School Board Member and volunteer athletics coaching for his son Nicholas and daughter Logan.

Andrea Patterson is the Marketing Director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum where she enjoys working in several different areas including event planning, advertising and promotion, education, and community outreach just to name a few.
Andrea is a proud alumna of the University of Mississippi. She serves on the board of the Central Mississippi Ole Miss Rebel Club. She is passionate about sports, her family and friends, and the Jackson area.
She is currently serving as the President of the LeFleur Museum District, a project she’s been involved with since its inception in 2013 to create Mississippi’s first museum district.
Andrea and her husband Adam are members of Grace City Church. They just celebrated the first birthday of their daughter, Annabelle.