President of the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. Ryn serves as Director of Food Safety & Animal Welfare for Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Founded in 1957, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the United States. In fiscal 2025, approximately 1.3 billion dozen eggs were sold. Cal-Maine’s total flock of approximately 48.3 million layers and 11.5 million pullets and breeders is the largest in the U.S.

Vice-President of the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board and is president of the family business which has been a part of the Poultry World since the 1971. Foam Packaging, Inc. is a second generation, family-owned and operated business providing quality packaging for eggs, to-go/take-out foods, and cafeteria serving events.

Foam Packaging has been in business for over 50 years and takes pride in providing exceptional products for egg producers and wholesale tray operations.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce since 2018, leading the statewide Department of Agriculture to expand markets for Mississippi products and keep commerce growing throughout the state. Gipson served as Past-President of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture and the Southern United States Trade Association, and he remains actively involved in promoting Mississippi on the national and world stage.

Director of Marketing and Governmental Affairs for the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. She joined the department in 2005 and has since played a key role in advancing Mississippi agriculture through marketing, trade, and governmental outreach efforts.

Manning is actively involved with the North American Agricultural Marketing Officials, where she previously served as President. She also serves on the Operations Committee for the Southern United States Trade Association and the Mississippi District Export Council.

President of the MS Poultry Association and has served on the MS Egg Marketing Board since 2011. The Mississippi Poultry Association was formed in 1937 to promote the health of the state’s poultry flock. Mississippi’s 1,700 family-run poultry farms around the state produce about 710 million birds per year and is the sixth largest in the nation, exporting about 20 percent of its production to more than 65 countries around the globe.