University of Mississippi Research Foundation

Advancing innovation and economic growth through collaboration

The University of Mississippi Research Foundation fosters partnerships and innovation across the University of Mississippi enterprise to solve problems and drive economic growth.

Our function is to align the University of Mississippi's expertise and reach with external partnerships to amplify UM's impact to economic growth, community development, and innovation across Mississippi, the MidSouth, and beyond.

  • We lead and promote partnership between University of Missisppi and industry, community partners, economic development organizations, and other external stakeholders.
  • Our foundation augments the Office for Research and Economic Development's strategy to grow collaborative and interdisciplinary research in support of the University of Mississippi's mission to teach, research, and serve.
  • We coordinate enterprise-wide engagement and partnership between the unviersity community with key and aspirational external partners.

Campus Partners

Leadership

President: John C. Higginbotham

Secretary: Hughes Miller

Treasurer: Anna Langley

Virginia “Ginny” Chavis
Associate Provost, Professor of Art
The University of Mississippi

Augustus L. (Leon) Collins
Major General, USA Retired
Chief Executive Officer, MINACT, Inc.,

Scott Kilpatrick
Executive Director, Center for Manufacturing Excellence
The University of Mississippi

John C. Higginbotham
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
The University of Mississippi

Anna Langley
Vice President & Secretary
The University of Mississippi Foundation

Hughes Miller
Senior Director of Industry Engagement
The University of Mississippi

Ryan Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Oxford and Lafayette County
Economic Development Foundation

Markeeva Morgan
Director, Special Projects Dallas
The Boeing Company

Pam Swain
President/CEO
Oxford Lafayette Chamber of Commerce

Derek Stephens
Assistant State Director
MS Small Business Development Center

Darin Van Pelt
Director and Professor of Practice General Engineering
Director of Strategic Initiatives
The University of Mississippi

Operational & financial information

Information incoming.