The Mayor's Coronavirus Preparedness Task Force
Natchez was the first city in Mississippi to have a Coronavirus Preparedness Task Force. The task force was created to help keep the citizens of Natchez as safe from the novel Coronavirus as possible, to help mitigate its spread, and to faciliate timely intervention in all events arising from the present national emergency. The task force consists of your friends and neighbors. Its members are:
Dr. Lee England: Internal Medicine Specialist
Lance Boyd: CEO, Merit Health Natchez
William Thames: Oncology Pharmacist
Tammy Crawford: Chief quality officer for Merit Health Natchez
Tim Houghton: Operations manager AMR Natchez
Ventris Green: Chief, Natchez Fire Department
Walter Armstrong: Chief, Natchez Police Department
Travis Patten: Sheriff, Adams County
Robert Bradford: Director, Natchez Emergency Management
Fred Butcher: Superintendent, Natchez Adams School District
Melvin Davis: Safety & security coordinator, Natchez Adams School District
Larnell Ford: Director of Operations, NASD
Tessa Dykes: Epidemiology nurse Mississippi Department of Health
Michelle McCain: Emergency preparedness nurse (EPN)
Mississippi Department of Health
Chesney Doyle: Community liaison to the mayor
Marc Doyle: Community representative, First Presbyterian Church
Dustin Hinkle: Special assistant to the mayor & social media manager
Jennifer Ogden: Executive Director of Visit Natchez and NCPC
Debbie Hudson: President of Natchez-Adams County Chamber of Commerce
Greg Iles: Natchez Coronavirus Website Communications