EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jim Yancey
Jim Yancey has been with the Jackson County Community Services Coalition since 2002. He was the Prevention Branch Director before assuming the role as Executive Director in 2005. Yancey's background is in mental health counseling and critical incident stress. During Hurricane Katrina, Jim directed the Medical/Mental Health Branch for the Unified Command Center. Before coming to the coalition, Jim worked as a United States Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force survival instructor.
Along with the work Jim does for the Coalition, he also sit on the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Association of Addition Professionals. He has a masters degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and is a Certified Prevention Manager and International Certified Prevention Specialist.
Jim is married to Paula Stennett-Yancey and has three children, Landon, Brian, and Beaux.
STAFF
Kim Styron
Program Director
Kim Styron has been employed with the Community Services Coalition for 5 years. She began with the Coalition in 2002 as a Prevention Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator and continues as the current Program Director. Prior to coming to the Coalition she worked as a Volunteer for several charity organizations and Gulf Coast Schools.
Lindella Thomas
Grants Manager
Lindella Thomas is the Grants Manager at JCCSC. Prior to working at the Coalition she has worked at various other jobs. She really enjoys working at the Coalition and helping to make a difference in her community.
Frances Allsup
CASA Director
Former City Clerk/Administrator for City of Hokes Bluff, Alabama. Former Court Clerk/Administrator for City of Rainbow City, Alabama.
When I moved to MS, I applied to the County for part time work. I was hired as a Clerical Float and worked in many offices of the county. Youth Court needed some help at the front desk, so I worked as receptionist (still part time) for awhile, then I was moved to fill in for one of the Deputy Clerks, then when she returned, I was moved to the Judge Starks secretary. When her secretary returned, I moved into the CASA Executive Director position and remained with that for several years. I left for a short time and was asked back under a grant from the MS Supreme Court to work under a "pilot" software program, Mycids, which is now being used by many counties in our state. I remained with the part time grant program for appx. 5 years and as of October, 2006, returned to CASA as Program Director.
Katie Allsup
CASA Volunteer Coordinator
