Robert H. Maxwell
President

Mr. Maxwell, current Mayor of Pascagoula and a native of Mississippi, served 24 years with the Pascagoula, Mississippi, Police Department.  During his years in law enforcement, he took advantage of the Federal L.E.A.P. program to earn a degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he also did graduate work.  He then taught in the criminal justice program at the University of Southern Mississippi and was the director of the Jackson County (Mississippi) Juvenile Court.  He also served many years as an officer of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association.  Mr. Maxwell is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Secret Service Dignitary Protection program.  

Upon his retirement from the Pascagoula Police Department in 1984, Mr. Maxwell joined the staff of then-Congressman (now Senator) Trent Lott of Mississippi.  His first position was that of field representative.  At the time of his appointment to the Police Corps, he was an economic development specialist for Senator Lott and worked the entire state of Mississippi.  During his tenure with Senator Lott, Mr. Maxwell actively supported passage of the legislation that ultimately became the Police Corps Act.  

Mr. Maxwell retired from Federal Service on December 31, 2003, after serving the government for 23 years.  He was the National Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education at the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.  Mr. Maxwell was named to that position by President George W. Bush in November 2001.  Mr. Maxwell served a three-year tour of duty with the United States Army in Germany.  He has also served with the Mississippi National Guard. Robbie serves on the board of directors of the Salvation Army, YMCA, the Chamber of Commerce and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson County. He is a past president of the Pascagoula Rotary Club.

Mr. Maxwell is an avid pilot.  He is married to the former Jeanie Martin of Pascagoula.  They have four children. 

Cynthia Baber-Strunk
Vice President

Cynthia joined the board in 2008 and is married to Shannon Strunk She is the President and owner of Baber's Leasing and Baber's Rent to Own outlets. She has been very active in the local community serving on the board of directors of many civic and non-profit organizations and attends First United Methodist in Pascagoula.

Evelyn S. McCarty
Secretary / Treasurer

Evelyn McCarty is a licensed real estate broker and has managed small businesses.  She has been active in the First Baptist Church, the Junior Auxiliary (a women’s charity) and the PTA when her three children were in school. She was elected to the Board in late 2004, after the death of her husband, Jolly P. McCarty, who had been on the Board when the name was changed to honor him.

Mike Dickson

Dan Magruder

Debbi McCallam

Henry Fox

Marshall Smith

Lee Bond

Bobby Edwards

Scott Walker

Rich Westfall

Todd Trenchard
Executive Director

Todd is the Senior Vice President and Marketing and Business Development Director of Merchants & Marine Bank. He hosts a weekly television show on WGUD TV19 and WXXV FOX 25.

Todd served for years as the Community Relations Director of the Home of Grace Recovery Program and as the Development Director of the MS Gulf Coast Youth for Christ organization. He founded and directs a three-quarter way home in Gautier, MS called Trinity House, has been the Chairman of the Board of the Salvation Army of Jackson County, President and Board Member of the Pascagoula Rotary Club, Vice-Chairman of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Habitat for Humanity organization, Jackson County Chairman of the 2008 Jimmy Carter Work Project, Vice-Chairman of the Gulf Coast YMCA, and was the founder and Executive Board Member of Rebuild Jackson County.

Currently, he is the President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson County, Chairman-Elect of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and serves on several other Board of Directors and Advisory Councils throughout the Gulf Coast area. He has been the Chairman of the Jolly McCarty Memorial Celebrity Golf Classic for the past seven years.

He graduated with Highest Honors from USM, is a graduate of Leadership Jackson County, Leadership Mississippi and the Gulf Coast Business Council Master's Leadership Class.

Todd has been honored as the Volunteer of the Year by several local agencies, the MS Legal Services Corporation selected him as the State of Mississippi's Southern Region's Top Community Leader, and he was honored by The Sun Herald & Governor Haley Barbour with his induction into the Roland Weeks Hall of Fame as one of South Mississippi's Top Community Leaders.

email: todddeb@aol.com

Suzanne Steinberger
Public Relations
email: ssteinberger@bacotmccarty.org